Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Local Tradesmen => Topic started by: tuzlachap on September 09, 2013, 20:43:10 PM
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OK,
Have given up on any idea of any kind of solar central heating.
Got a bloke round to quote for a Sorba with back boiler and pump, which seems ok, but what I want to know is, what is the cost of wood, hard or softwood and how much would an "average" sized Sorba use in a winter from say end October to start June?? Would Charcoal be more efficient as per cost or is Turkish coal viable??
Any advice gratefully received.
TC
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There's no 'r' in it. It's Soba and it's a generic name, like a Hoover or an Aga. There are several manufacturers of wood burning stoves, Soba being just one of them, and the quality varies.
In Kaya we were using about 3 tonnes of hardwood, a tonne of pine and about half a tonne of coal during the winter. If you have the capacity to buy in bulk, you can reduce the costs quite significantly. Think about combining orders with a neighbour and buy the wood by the trailer load.
Charcoal would cost you an absolute arm and a leg !
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KKOB.
Is that four and a half tons of wood??
We have a 3 bed apartment using only 2-3 rads at a time.
TC
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TC - its a bit warmer in Tuzla compared to Kaya - we are close by you in Babataşı and last year only needed the fire on during December and January, never actually counted the cost or quantity used.
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TC I read it as 3 tonnes of hardwood and 1 tonne of pine making 4 tonnes of 'wood' and half a tonne of coal.
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Soba from oct to start of June. We don't lıght our fıre after 1st March unless ıts very cold. Too hot for a fıre from Aprıl onwards.