Bricks in the oven to make a storage heater?

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Well what about it?

Any reason why I can't put 2 brease blocks in the oven of my taylors 029 (burners for which have increased from £40 each to £27 million each since I bought it but that is a different matter!) to turn it into a "night storage heater". Currently I tend to run it until I go to bed and then wake up in a condensation ridden sodden boat in the morning...perfect. I do leave fair ventilation but think I'm going to fit an extractor fan. Any way...bricks in the oven? whatdoyousay?!
 
firstascent2002 said:
Well what about it?

Any reason why I can't put 2 brease blocks in the oven of my taylors 029 (burners for which have increased from £40 each to £27 million each since I bought it but that is a different matter!) to turn it into a "night storage heater". Currently I tend to run it until I go to bed and then wake up in a condensation ridden sodden boat in the morning...perfect. I do leave fair ventilation but think I'm going to fit an extractor fan. Any way...bricks in the oven? whatdoyousay?!
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Somewhere in the back garden I have an old 'brick' removed from inside a storage heater, I think it would work better than a breeze block. You're welcome to have it but I live near London.
 
I would think a proper storage heater brick is the way to go. I am not sure if they are insulated in any way inside a storage heater to slow the release of the heat. On its own it may just dump it all out in an hour or so.
 
If you do it then engineering bricks would be the ones to go for. Much less affcted by heat and dont absorb water so wont crack and disintegrate on the first firing.
They will easily stand the heat, I used to use them in a solid fuel stove to reduce the firebox size but whether they will retain the heat you will have to try it.
 
neale said:
I would think a proper storage heater brick is the way to go. I am not sure if they are insulated in any way inside a storage heater to slow the release of the heat. On its own it may just dump it all out in an hour or so.
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Correct - Storage heaters are highly insulated to slowly release the heat over many hours - I suspect that the amount of bricks you could fit in the oven, and the lack of managed heat loss, would mean that it would not get you through the night.
Even a small storage heater can not be lifted by one person once loaded with bricks, so weight would also be an issue I feel.
 
Storage heaters do indeed have insulation in them to slow the release of heat. As I learnt many years ago.

I recall (and still itch now when I think of it!) when I was about 10 being paid 15p by my mate's dad to take out all the bricks and fibreglass insulation from an old storage heater that was too heavy to take downstairs.

The bricks were bl**dy heavy too! I reckon if you put one in your oven it'd rip clean off the gimbals!!:eek:
 
My fire place is built with fire bricks,very heavy,a bit smaller than an ordinary uk brick,the brickwark is warm in the morning and I reckon is an integral part of the heating process..get some bricks quick,you can always throw them at somebody come the summer!
 
I have loads of storage heater bricks which you could have, taken out of an old heater which was very, very heavy. If you try them you will break your cooker with the weight but that is your concern. Furthermore, if you are heating your cabin with your cooker then you are filling it with nice warm water vapour which will subsequently condense exacerbating your problem unless you ventilate it so much that you fail to heat your cabin. Ideally you would do better with some form of boat heater which is designed to heat your boat and vent the products of combustion. If your budget is too tight then you are probably better off with lots of clothes during the day and plenty of bed clothes/good sleeping bag at night. Before we had a diesel heater we would tie up in marinas during the winter and use a fan heater when we were awake and an oil filled heater at night (the latter being both quieter and safer). If not in a marina we would use hot water bottles and er... each other to keep warm under a high TOG duvet. The point being to keep down condensation you need to have a cold cabin and lots of ventilation. If you have a moderate budget you might try for a 2nd hand heater with the forced air diesel heaters providing the driest heat. Mate of mine got an Eberspacher for about £500 which was as new on E-bay. Bricks are in North Wiltshire at our old place, we currently live in Berkshire so will have a little bit of organisation to get together should you want them.
 
Your right,burning paraffin creates the same quantity of water,he needs dry heat a wood stoveis cheap to run if you scavenge for bits of wood other poeples locker fronts ,masts cut up make great logs.....
 
If you go down the "brick" route be sure they are completely dry or you could blow your oven up!The explosion could even break the gas pipe.You are warned!!
 
Well, it's a better idea than installing geothermal heating on a yacht. Just not much better.
 
firstascent2002 said:
Well what about it?

Any reason why I can't put 2 brease blocks in the oven of my taylors 029 (burners for which have increased from £40 each to £27 million each since I bought it but that is a different matter!) to turn it into a "night storage heater". Currently I tend to run it until I go to bed and then wake up in a condensation ridden sodden boat in the morning...perfect. I do leave fair ventilation but think I'm going to fit an extractor fan. Any way...bricks in the oven? whatdoyousay?!
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Might have to drill a few holes in them to assist in heat transfer!
 
Bored waiting for a process to finish at work.

Heat capacity of a brick roughly 1000 J/kg/deg
Take 10kg and heat by 100 degrees and you've got 10^6 Joules?
You need some heat for a few hours. Say 10^4 seconds.
If you eek out the energy it's only 10^6 / 10^4. i.e. 100 watts or one (illegal) light bulb.

I now see why storage heaters are so totally useless.

How about popping the bricks into an old fashioned bed warming pan?
 
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