Jun 24, 2008 12:15
16 yrs ago
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English term
boiler stove
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Furniture / Household Appliances
What do you Americans call these?
You can see lots of pictures of them on Google images if you enter "boiler stove", but they all seem to have UK web addresses, leading me to think they must be called something else on the other side of the pond.
TIA to anyone who can help!
You can see lots of pictures of them on Google images if you enter "boiler stove", but they all seem to have UK web addresses, leading me to think they must be called something else on the other side of the pond.
TIA to anyone who can help!
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4 | boiler stove |
juvera
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5 | Furnace |
warren
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4 | wood stove |
Demi Ebrite
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3 | boiler |
jccantrell
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3 | comment |
Ken Cox
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3 | back-boiler |
David Moore (X)
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Jun 24, 2008 13:33: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Boiler Stove" to "boiler stove"
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boiler stove
Yo can use "boiler stove". That's what you have, and it would be understood; it is not totally unknown in the US.
Simply, they tend to qualify the fuel type, and wood, or pellets, (often corn pellets) are more common than other type of fuel.
"The coals are cold in the old boiler stove..."
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) September 30, 2006
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-152135222.html
"What makes Central Boiler Stoves the best on the market? Here are some reasons why Central Boiler blows away the competition...."
Northwoods Fireplaces & Outdoor Stoves, Inc.
5157 Woodman Road SW, South Boardman, MI 49680
northwoodsoutdoorstoves.com/why_central_boiler
Stoves with back boilers, multifuel stove backboiler,...
catpeeonfloor.frederickgrigorian.com/insulated_piping_wood_boiler.html (Missouri)
Aarrow stoves provide multifuel, woodburning, gas and boiler stoves.... (Baltimore)
dukeenergync.kennethschaumaker.com/wood_burning_back_boiler.html
Simply, they tend to qualify the fuel type, and wood, or pellets, (often corn pellets) are more common than other type of fuel.
"The coals are cold in the old boiler stove..."
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) September 30, 2006
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-152135222.html
"What makes Central Boiler Stoves the best on the market? Here are some reasons why Central Boiler blows away the competition...."
Northwoods Fireplaces & Outdoor Stoves, Inc.
5157 Woodman Road SW, South Boardman, MI 49680
northwoodsoutdoorstoves.com/why_central_boiler
Stoves with back boilers, multifuel stove backboiler,...
catpeeonfloor.frederickgrigorian.com/insulated_piping_wood_boiler.html (Missouri)
Aarrow stoves provide multifuel, woodburning, gas and boiler stoves.... (Baltimore)
dukeenergync.kennethschaumaker.com/wood_burning_back_boiler.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all for your help, especially also Demi. I was very tempted by "wood stove" but plumped for "boiler stove" in the end to maintain generality, reassured by juvera's evidence that such things aren't completely unknown in the US."
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Furnace
although the term would also be used in British English
Note from asker:
Thanks, but when I google "furnace", I get pictures of functional things that live in the cellar rather than in the these designer objects. |
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boiler
It is my understanding, and explained in a link, that a furnace heats the air but a boiler heats water.
The water is then pumped, usually in a closed loop, through radiators in the house.
The water is then pumped, usually in a closed loop, through radiators in the house.
Reference:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic=12530
Note from asker:
Thanks, but I think "boiler" by itself is too general. (I'm actually looking for the AE translation of German "Kaminheizkessel" - "boiler stove" is just fine in BE, but the translation is supposed to be AE.) |
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comment
The scarcity of North American hits is probaby a consequence of the extreme rarity of hot-water heating systems in NA.
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back-boiler
For the UK, I'd set a higher CL, but this might even apply in N America too. It's a boiler at the back of a fireplace.
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wood stove
From what I can see, a 'boiler stove' is the same as as a 'wood stove', operating on wood or pellet fuel (pellets are made of wood)
There are in fact 'boilers', or 'furnaces' which heat by circulating water through radiators placed in each room. These were popular in the early part of the last century, and one can still find them in old buildings. Generally they are replaced with gas furnaces, or electric heat is installed. Where city ordinances allow, many people use wood stoves to heat or augment heat, and they can be very decorative.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-06-24 16:14:48 GMT)
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This is a manufacturer of stoves that use wood, pellets, gas and electric:
http://www.lopistoves.com/product_guide/
My favorite are Scandinavian, as they are very efficient:
http://www.woodmansforgefireplace.com/dept.asp?d_id=15775&l1...
http://www.morsoe.com/global/Products/Wood-burning_stoves/
There are in fact 'boilers', or 'furnaces' which heat by circulating water through radiators placed in each room. These were popular in the early part of the last century, and one can still find them in old buildings. Generally they are replaced with gas furnaces, or electric heat is installed. Where city ordinances allow, many people use wood stoves to heat or augment heat, and they can be very decorative.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-06-24 16:14:48 GMT)
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This is a manufacturer of stoves that use wood, pellets, gas and electric:
http://www.lopistoves.com/product_guide/
My favorite are Scandinavian, as they are very efficient:
http://www.woodmansforgefireplace.com/dept.asp?d_id=15775&l1...
http://www.morsoe.com/global/Products/Wood-burning_stoves/
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wendyzee (X)
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Thank you!
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juvera
: Boiler stoves can be multi-fuel, wood stove is only one type of boiler stove..
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In the U.S. we don't market 'boiler stoves'. The closest I can get is wood stoves; Lopi (see URL) makes stoves for wood, pellets, gas and electric, but they market them under 'wood stoves', as that is what one woud seek for alternative home heating.
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Jack Dunwell
: Mark Twain called them the American wood stove(of whatever breed is a terror). The origin is wood. It's not a masonry stove.//Demi, if it's soapstone, eg Tulikivi, it's a masonry stove. I have the MHA of N Am portfolio here.
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Thank you ~ Most all I have seen are of iron or soapstone . . . Fourth, you're right about soapstone! Still, they burn wood ~
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