Can someone explain the point of the top cover? I guess if you want to keep the heat contained you would close it, but for my needs, I think I would always have it open....is there a way to remove it?
@jonnyramsden116117 күн бұрын
Nice relaxing video, I liked the music choices 🙂 looks like a cool project, the roof looks a bit gappy in places though, did you do some of it as butt joints? Is the plan to cover with something else to waterproof or does it just need to be dryish? Wooden shingles are supposed to be a good option for roofing but I think a lot of labour goes into splitting them out
@ThomasTheTankedEngin27 күн бұрын
Thanks for this. We've got the foreign/AU/NZ version of the Bakeheart - fewer fire bricks, less efficient, and just one solid ring at the top, defo jealous of the UK version but still love ours. Glad to hear we're not the only ones who struggle to get it lit without smoking out the joint. That oven-as-part-of-the-fresh-air-system tip is priceless! Hadn't figured that out yet, I'll go try that right now. Cheers!
@aurora044442 ай бұрын
I'm looking for an efficient wood cookstove for just me. I'm in the US. I like Heco and Kitchen Queen 750 too, tho they are huge and US made cookstoves
@finlaycairns21963 ай бұрын
How large a space would you say this heats? Do you rely solely on wood heat? Thanks
@jakelesnake49273 ай бұрын
great review, thanks. It's not obvious how you remove the ash. Does the wood just sit in a tray that you pull out the glass door? This would explain the difficulties getting it going, in normal stoves you can let air come from directly underneath from the ash tray to really boost it to get it going. Of course with an oven underneath this is just a limitation they have to work with. I wonder if the direct air feed they offer would help in that regard.
@ukselfreliance82643 ай бұрын
Thanks @jakelesnake4927 The ash just sits in the fire box and you have to shovel it out - I have a little shovel for this. It's best to have a reasonable bed of ash when burning wood so you don't have to empty it too much. I do it every couple of weeks or so, depending on the wood. The main air intake is through a baffle at the front and it can get blocked by ash, but only if it gets to be about 4 inches deep. The newer stoves have air holes in the side firebricks too, which seems like a good improvement.
@cazzerrella3 ай бұрын
Great review. Check out KZbin Info on Esse Bakeheart. So much brilliant info. The wood is everything when having this heater/ stove/ cooktop working to its optimum. I learnt that too much moisture( even cold air moisture on so called seasoned wood, )can cause smoke and make it harder to light the stove. Pivot Stove and heating has heaps of info. I love my Esse. It does everything and more than a bigger hungrier more expensive unit would do. Cheers. Ps thanks for teaching me how to change the door seal!
@ukselfreliance82643 ай бұрын
Thanks @cazzerrella. Absolutely - the wood makes a big difference. I completely agree, these stoves are really efficient!
@emmahamill10723 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your review - always great to find a down to earth review from a fellow consumer not trying to sell the product. We bought our house with less procrastination than choosing a new stove! Thanks again.
@ukselfreliance82643 ай бұрын
Thanks! I know what you mean - we agonised about the stove way more than the house! Still, I reckon this stove is pretty much the only thing I've bought that I genuinely think was good value for money. The heat you get from wood is just fantastic.
@LyLanCan-qv5rl4 ай бұрын
so great
@hippychipys4 ай бұрын
Thanks Man! This was great! My old cheap bunnings one rusted out! After 5 years skandia heat n cook. This is def the upgrade version / going to buy an esse like your tommorow!
@ukselfreliance82643 ай бұрын
Glad it helped. I hope it's burning well for you, buddy!
@JUSTJAMIE824 ай бұрын
Living the dream👍
@VictorVictor-hq7ui4 ай бұрын
Do you season the wood correctly that you scavenge as by the way your glass is so dirty you don't? It's not acceptable now to burn damp wood.
@ESSE18544 ай бұрын
Thank you for your product review.
@ukselfreliance82644 ай бұрын
Any time! I'm a big fan
@OttmarBallou5 ай бұрын
I think I'd have built a bonfire and rolled the ends of the logs above it, rather than use a ruck of gas to char them. P.S. I have 20/20 hindsight.
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right! I was a bit scared of putting them in a fire as I only had a limited number of poles so didn't want to risk forgetting about them and losing one. But I'd definitely do it that way next time - I got through a lot of gas :)
@markirish75995 ай бұрын
New subscriber here. Happy Easter from Ireland 🇮🇪 . Looking forward to this journey
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
Thanks for subbing :)
@jameskyle3805 ай бұрын
Looks folded steel bodied to me. Even top looks steel as well as doors. Esse description Ironheart misleading.
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
It's definitely cast iron, mate. It's in the stove technical specs on Esse's website and you can tell if you see one in person. It might look odd on mine as it's pretty filthy and gets a bit covered in ash - that's because I use it all the time and am more interested in using it than having a pretty, perfectly blacked show piece :)
@gavlersworkshop1925 ай бұрын
Thank You, been looking for reviews on this for the past two yers
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
Cheers - I hope it was useful. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know about it
@andrewnorgrove64876 ай бұрын
I'd rather buy a kitchen wood fired stove / oven & stove top with pressurized able hot water like we used for 10 plus years , They are the best ever They keep the house warm and use near to nothing wood !You can also have them switched over to LPG with easy
@ukselfreliance82646 ай бұрын
I completely agree, @andrewnorgrove6487. I actually really regret that I didn't get the version of this Esse Bakeheart with a back boiler. At the time I didn't think we could fit it in, but I should have just found a way!
@roystonvehicles91296 ай бұрын
I've got an esse columbian, you've got a back boiler (doing rads) 2 ovens and hotplate, it's lit 24/7 atm
@ukselfreliance82646 ай бұрын
It sounds awesome!
@roystonvehicles91296 ай бұрын
@@ukselfreliance8264 yes bud.
@roystonvehicles91296 ай бұрын
@@ukselfreliance8264 I just plumbed mine into rads with an expansion tank to take the heat rise, atm its doing the upstairs rads buy just thermosyphon, I'm going to do a pump for next year. Up stairs rads, 8 get hot. Hot water rises, cool water flows down, on 24 hours
@rebekahfranks42056 ай бұрын
Love the chickens
@rebekahfranks42056 ай бұрын
Watching in March 24
@rebekahfranks42056 ай бұрын
Your channel was recommended and it’s really great
@ukselfreliance82646 ай бұрын
Thanks @rebekahfranks4205! I really appreciate you watching. Do come back - we've got lots more videos planned :)
@Shambala_G Жыл бұрын
You have great spirit. If you haven't read them yet, I encourage you to read the Ringing Cedars books. Much love to you all 🌱🌻🌲💚
@LitoGeorge Жыл бұрын
My kind of mallet. However you treat your Japanese saw (Gyokucho?) poorly.
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
This is a very fair comment! :)
@merlinnehru35682 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I wanted to do in my farm land, in Tamilnadu, India
@topazpowell85613 жыл бұрын
is this project still going???
@Bushman12643 жыл бұрын
This video was fantastic
@georgie48083 жыл бұрын
Where’s part 2 tho this video?
@bearcupcake31033 жыл бұрын
I'm waiting to
@nicnietrza6353 жыл бұрын
oak is not suitable for a cutting board sorry
@loleslaw803 жыл бұрын
How do you know where to dig?
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
The water table is only about 10ft down for us, so we could dig anywhere on the land and hit water!
@petermport3 жыл бұрын
What cut of beef do you use
@xMeta4x4 жыл бұрын
The music is terrible!
3 жыл бұрын
Why? it is cool.
@georgie48083 жыл бұрын
There’s no such thing as terrible music, only music that’s not to your taste.
@SilkyMilkyOriginal2 жыл бұрын
No, grime and drill music is terrible.
@Vadlife4 жыл бұрын
Good work guys. Would be interesting to see how you found where to dig.
@ukselfreliance82645 ай бұрын
For us, you can dig anywhere as the water table is about 10ft down everywhere. Our main concern was picking a nice central spot for all the different fields
@lonefoxbushcraft4 жыл бұрын
Could you do this anywhere...?.im.UK to Manchester?
@knowledgeoverfear49713 жыл бұрын
was just thinkin the same thing!
@liamholcroft72122 жыл бұрын
the water table exists everywhere in the world, just depends on how deep you have to dig to find it. As for if it's legal... Just don't get caught!
@Nellyontheland2 жыл бұрын
@@liamholcroft7212 it quite legal.
@liamholcroft72122 жыл бұрын
@@Nellyontheland Ah right, I didn't know, not that that would stop me anyway if i wanted to do this.
@Nellyontheland2 жыл бұрын
@@liamholcroft7212 I suppose if you don't force anyone down there, you can dig down to Australia 😁 I've dug holes for posts. Over night they have filled with water. So some wells need not be deep. It depends on the surrounding higher elevations.