505. LIGHTING a REFLEKS STOVE | INSTALL PT2
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2023
- This is part 2 of the REFLEKS stove install by Lockgate Stoves.
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A bit about Refleks Stoves
Founded in 1956, Refleks are a world renowned brand manufactured in Denmark known for reliability and efficiency on vessels ranging from North Sea fishing boats to inland canal barges.
A bit about Lockgate Stoves
Established family business started over 20 years ago by Paul's dad Michael, the experience and expertise gained over the years has led us to become the UK's leading supplier and installer of World renowned Refleks Diesel Stoves.
Our understanding means we can assist with all your stove needs from supply and installation to comprehensive servicing and diagnostic support.
To us, each job is unique and we are committed to providing excellent customer service and as such we have a strong customer following.
We are always on hand to help with any questions, advice and recommendations.
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You know that these posts will be well visited by anyone that has the same stove each year when they need to use their stoves again. This is the perfect user manual and troubleshooting for you 🤗🤗
I hope they serve as useful for people. I agree they are good tutorials for me to come back and remind myself of what’s what
Always enjoy videos that feature someone who really knows their stuff.
Good to know - in that case every 500 videos I’ll bring someone on who knows their stuff. Otherwise it’s just me who knows nothing 😂
BUT you know exactly how the inside of your boat is put together James which is worth its weight in Gold imo. Crack on fella 👍🏼
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Ha. Didn't mean to imply you don't know your stuff, just that that those occasional specialists you feature are really interesting.
@@GaryB007 yeah I know mate
Always great to listen to an expert though
A fantastic demonstration and absolutely honest review with detailed valuable information. I think you should do another review in a couple of months as I'm sure you will be astonished how comfortable this heater will make your boat. The chrome work is amazing!
Yet another stunning video very informative I have to say that you never disappoint .
Fitting the heater has come just in time with the weather changing as it did. today I woke up to a hard frost on my vehicle..
As far as I remember this has happened early .. this year..
Anyway James keep up with your excellent work on refurbing your boat ..it is an inspiration to all who intend refurbing a boat..
Safety first .and no cutting corners is the right way to go..
Anyway fela I am glad to see that you are safe and well.
Perhaps you could find work .. making improvements to narrow boats..as I have made a good living in the past doing exactly that..I have recently retired ..
And still get inquiries from all sorts of boaters concerning refitting all sorts of boats..as for advertising your services .??? Your videos are a testament to any potential clients..
I am looking forward to the day you have finished your home .as I believe you will be hard pressed to find a better fitted out boat.
If what I see is finished to the highest standards that you have shown so far..
Cheers Wayne
I’m enjoying refitting this boat with you guys beside me but doing it for a living….I’m not sure. It doesn’t really pay the bills yet for me.
I’ll keep cracking on
Cheers
What a lovely video to see it all come to life, very exciting it will be a warm place now to keep going with the rest of the build. Have great week 😊
Thanks sandy
You too
Am not technical, but what an amazing run through on the workings of a diesel heater! It looks well smart with a steam punk look!!🤗
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏. So pleased you now have warmth. Keep safe and well. 😊
Chuffed and warm 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hi James great video on the second part of the install of the stove. Very informative from.paul. great explanation of how it all works. Not many people do that these days. Top man
You’re not wrong Glenn. It was a great explanation and a great reference tool
Excellent video. So informative. Paul was great and your filming and questions were on point. I am so glad that you now have heat. Love the fact that it is cool to the touch especially with the little ones on board. Your vision of what life will be like onboard becomes clearer and closer to completion each episode. Great work!
😊🤗 Kathy
Thanks Kathy
The stove has really brought the vision to life - now to crack on with the rest of the galley
Grand vlog guess lots will be glad of all the info well done tc the oldies 🤗👍
Am glad you recorded his instructions. He relayed a few details that might come in handy later. 😂
Paul a good installer he would make a great teacher easy to follow.
That’s True
it's good that you've got this video as a tutorial to look back on
Absolutely
Invaluable
How can you remember so much information on how to clean it, light it, turn it off, looks like you have a lot of learning to do James, looks fantastic now it’s been installed.
I consider myself very lucky to have been with you since day one with Slow Patrol and now this new boat. I just hope I am stil around when she is finished. I am an old man now!! Keep up the excellent ideas and work to produce an excellent home and boat.
Haha you and I both my friend. We’ll have to go for a spin next summer - you can borrow that hat 🤣🤣🤣
Wow fantastic vlog James, that stove is a thing of beauty it looks very different to those little black stoves and it makes the boat look very modern....cheers for that and I will catch you on the next one. 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks pal - glad you enjoyed it
Great timing, especially with upcoming two weeks of minus temps. 🥶
You’re not wrong Max - it’s damn cold
Next time you’re passing - make sure you pop in for a cuppa
Glad you have heat now , Paul was great to show how everything works.
Yeah he was a star
This is definitely my favourite spot. Love that house.
Yeah it’s a lovely spot mate
Nice one james that will help with the work on the boat being on with some warmth will give you the better feeling of wanting to get the work done good luck 😊😊
Once again Paul went that extra mile in the install and operation. This is so hard to find these days as most operators rush in grab the cash and are never seen again.
Absolutely. I had a couple of diesel issues which Paul also sorted. Total star
Thanks James,I am pleased you have finally got some heat on the boat.
Oh me too mate. This morning was cold but the boat was toasty warm
Got my Reflex going. 2nd winter with it. They are brilliant..on 24/7..the boat is a consistent temp all winter. Best thing ive done on the boat 😊...love my reflex x
I had the same stove, beautiful stove. Disadvantage of heat in one place.
I got rid of this heater because it used way too much diesel.
And that with the current diesel prices.
I have had a Saffair 3200 heater for 3 years now and it uses almost half of the diesel consumption
Very interesting. One step closer with your renovation!
One step indeed
Great stuff.
Looking good James!
Hi James, can I suggest getting a spare thermocouple for the unit. Back in the days when gas boilers had pilot lights and thermocouples we used to sell(managed & worked in plumbers merchants for nearly 20 years) lots of them as they don't last forever. They always seem to go on the coldest of days as well. Don't worry they last year's but getting a new one won't be as easy popping to your nearest plumbers merchant anymore.
Yeah that’s a good call
I’ll ask my local friendly Refleks man
Looks really nice. I really like what you have done with your steps into your boat too . I have a set of straight down steps .
Hi James. Little surprised you haven't installed a small separate fuel tank and run your heater on bio-diesel.
So gorgeous to look at. Love it James . Feel warmer already ! lol not my boat but Im so excited for this refit to be completed. Enjoy the heat James ! X
It'll be really interesting to see how you get on with this. Looks very promising. How about a nice little chrome radiator for the bathroom, keep your towels warm n dry for ultimate luxury?
CONGRATS.... JUST IN TIME FOR WINTER!!👍👍👍 THE INTERIOR IS LOOKING PROPER.GOD BLESS FROM IDAHO U.S.A
Wow Idaho
Thanks bud
I said that you are going to love it! Should be even better when the radiators are sorted.
You’re spot on mate
Yeah man, nice stove...i made my own woodburner😊👍
Cheers pal
A Flue fan is very helpful James and pushes the heat around. It looks like you have enough room for one it must be clamped directly to the flue so at the top where the flue guard finishes. Hope that helps 👍🏼 had ours on again last night overnight lovvvly in the morning. 👍🏼
I’m not sure how a flue fan would mount - I’ll check them out - thanks
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt it’s a massive jubilee clip around the flue that a flue fan leg sits under. I’ll send you a pic, no drilling required
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt B&Q have a magnetic one!
@@IDKline I had the flu once too, not a fan, 1/10 would not recommend.
Thanks James great video. Paul fitted our stove in 2021 and we love it. It is easy to light and keeps us warm. Just a couple of small points .....when it is on low it runs sooty and soots up the window ...we wonder if yours will ....so we chuck a cleaning tablet in it from time to time....also on windy days diesel smoke sometimes comes into the boat. Thanks for the money off link as we might upgrade the heat cage.
I’m glad that after a couple years in you’re still happy with yours. Cheers for the heads up - I’ll keep an eye. Paul mentioned on windy days there could be a bit of blow back. Do you keep yours on all the time ?
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt As continuous cruisers we move more than the minimum once a fortnight and we tend to switch it off when cruising. It's not nice having diesel fumes blowing into you as you move. Good thing is the engine heats the calorifier that in turn heats the radiator system (a little bit) so the radiators are partially warm when we come to switch back on. Our system can take a while to get to properly warm. We tend to keep it on low overnight when it is properly cold.
We were interested to see the new heating mesh on yours. I have emailed Lockgate to see if we can upgrade ours. Ours has a seperate mesh then a kind of ring that has to balance on the burner pot. We find it a bit fiddly. Finally.....I suggest you google "diesel Stove cleaning tablets". Some how or other they help burn away the excess soot in the pot and up the flue.
We have a Reflex but thought the flame should be blue once it got going.
Extra mile ? I would expect that information and skill as part of the price .....
I love wood burners, but the dust etc gets everywhere in our house. May not be as cute as a squirrel, but cleaner, but the little cooking oven is a time and fuel saver. But, this is YOUR home, you get what feels best for YOU.
I love a wood burner too but this is a thing of beauty, simplicity and efficiency
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So not only do you have warmth to work in, but you can make endless tea! And toast, and toasties!
Do you plan on having the heating system be both solar electric and using the new diesel heater? I have seen some good results with that both on small boats and live-in vans.
On Slow Patrol did you have any issues with boart safety having the gas hob & gas line so close to the multifuel stove? I guess this installation may have the same issue. It says to ensure the gas line is away from sources of combustion so I'd expect having the fire and gas cooker back to back was a no-no but... Asking because I am about to do the same thing. I can move the fire to the other corner of the cabin if it is an issue but don't want to cut holes for the flue if I may need to move it.
Excellent James will it run on heating oil ? I no you would need a separate tank but heating oil is even cheaper today it is 67 pence per litre
I’m not sure - I’ll ask the question but I’ve heard that most diesel appliances need alterations to run on bios
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James it’s brilliant, pipe work looks great, however can’t the automatic air vent be placed somewhere out the way ? I think that’s going to really spoil the install, love the videos and workmanship 👌
I know what you mean. No I has to be at the highest hottest part - but I can paint it silver or chrome maybe
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt sounds like a plan, I just thought behind the fire board, surely moving it a few inches away from stove and out of sight would not affect the stove in anyway, and as automatic it’s not serviceable? Maybe worth an ask, keep up the great works and keep these videos coming 👌
You can get stainless steel auto vents, that would look better as they are satin stainless finish
I've always loved the cosiness of woodburners but since watching narrowboaters realise how sooty they get and there must be quite a smokey smell. Your stainless steel stove will be so much cleaner and shinier! Does it make any smell?
Love your guitar music (at least I think it's you?).
Going back to the curvy wood, could you spray foam all the way up the curve with maybe a bendy plastic former to keep it all in.
I know NOTHING about it but am worried that anything knocking into the curve might spoil your hard work.
Remember this is all "meant in the best paaassible taste" 😊 I'm really enjoying watching your progress
I am not convinced that spray foam is the answer ... It is designed to insulate, but not for structural strength... It will compress quite easily
Modern stoves are closed so there's not a lot of smell and soot outside, but they're much more of a faff maintaining and running, and you need a lot of space for fuel.
@@PinkLittleElephant They actually put fence posts up using expanding foam, apparently, they're as rigid as those concreted in and the posts are much less likely to rot.
@@markdoble736 totally different type of foam. The stuff James is using is diy insulating foam with very different properties
@@PinkLittleElephant Best let James know then, he's the one using it.
Excellent informative series of videos. I intend to install a Refleks on my yacht. A small but important point: 'Install' is a verb and you are using it as a noun. Best use the noun 'Installation' instead!
Wow I haven’t been corrected on grammar in a while. Thanks
would it work on a yacht as it seemed the float switch was designed to switch the heater off if it heeled or rolled.@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt
I wonder if you use performance diesel you would get a hotter burn etc .
Possibly but I wouldn’t know
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Anyway, you are using the same diesel tank for both the engine and the stove?
I doubt you could buy it from a fuel boat! Can you get heating oil from them though? The stove will probably burn anything - waste veggy oil, used motor oil etc, but there are legalities and you'd need to filter and clean it plus clean the stove rather more. Probably just easiest to burn what's easily available on the canal.
So, that's about 75 litres for a 14 day mooring. I'm guessing you'll have to keep a pretty close eye on the fuel level so you'll be able to get the boat to a fuel point.
They have "fuel boats" too, not sure if all canals are covered though.
I only use fuels boats - we have 2 that service this part of the network so it’ll be fine
Also could you add radiant heat on the system under the kitchen floor to keep your feet warm? If you so choose too? Or is that even a thing, and if it is could you do the same under the shower?
For underfloor heating you need lower temperature than for radiators, not sure if this would work.
That’s all a bit too much for me at the moment
I notice that your fuel is not the red diesel at the moment. Is the red diesel going to stain anything that it should not if you had red instead of clear? Or do you always have to have clear now and never red? Curious just asking?
No I do have red diesel - just looked a bit weird on screen
Ooooh, SHINY!!!
Question for Lockgate: does the Refleks stove come in matte black or brushed metal? The shiny finish is nice but I'm not a huge fan.
Oh now you’re talking - Matt black !!! That would look amazing. I guess you could get it wrapped - doesn’t get hot ?!?!
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Matt black would look fabulous, especially with brass or copper details.
Even if it doesn't get too hot on the outside I think it would be better to paint it with a heat resistant paint or maybe powder coat, just to be safe.
@@IDKline Yeah that's what I saw on the website, but maybe Lockgate could help with a custom colour?
@@IDKline Not right now but AS(ish)AP 😁
Collecting information and ideas while I'm getting my ducks in a row.
@@IDKline Mind, that's probably more like 2-3 years before I even start looking, but still, a girl can dream.
How will you get hot water in the summer when the diesel stove is off?
I can run the engine to heat the calorifier
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuiltthat sounds like a lot of unnecessary wear on the engine... You'll have to run it regularly in winter to supplement solar for the batteries, and then in the summer too, just to get hot water.
If you have excess solar in the summer, is there any way to use that to heat your hot water?
@@PinkLittleElephant 12 volt immersion heater elements are a thing. The solar system could be set up to dump excess power to one.
Toasty, James, but no good for toasting. ☹
Crack on!
Oh ye of little faith - I’ve already griddled a piece of toast on the hot plate
Burn to a crisp - lovely
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Should be good for a small crock pot. Does that top rail come off, so you can get a bigger pot on top?
@@sarkybugger5009 no it doesn’t but it’s got a slot for a saucepan handle
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt I do toast on our aga hotplate - it's a bit different from the toaster, but in some ways nicer! There are 2 ways - drop the bread straight on the plate, it can stick and burn though depending on how hot the plate is.
The other way - We have a toast "griddle" (???) - 2 circular bits of coarse woven stainless wire with handles that kind of grip the proto toast between them and keep them off the hotplate - they can stick to the wire but you just bang them off with your hand.
But the best thing about the second is you can make toasties with them! MMMMMMM TOASTIES! :) Cheese and ham is my fav.... I tend to put a piece of tin foil over the plate to keep the delicious melted butter off the hotplate itself.
Hi. Where are you based. Always great content and very informative. I have 3 brand new small white rads on project boat which is in packet boat marina. Near Heathrow Which Im not going to be using. Free if you want them. I'm there this weekend
Cheers Duncan
Hi Duncan
Could you possibly send me an email picture mate
Narrowboatjamesbuilt@gmail.com
Cheers pal
Hi mate. Won't be back at the narrowboat till the weekend. If that's okay
hi ooo
👍👌❤️🇨🇦,
Well, the small fan works, I wonder if the bigger fan will or if not there, on one of the radiators? ;-)
You’ll be pleased to know the big fan fits on too so I think a little swap is in order
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Without radiators, the only part of the diesel stove that puts out heat is the top plate?
Shouldn't there be tiles on the floor before installing the stove? The PVC seems a bit rough and fragile.
They heat from the top plate the bottom is cold
The base is stone cold excuse the pun
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt I meant, if you are going to tile the sides for looks would it not be more pretty with tiles on the bottom too instead of PVC.
Carnt forage for diesel
Can’t really forage for coal either
Some people do forage for diesel ... Good idea to have a lockable filler cap!
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt People used to in the right parts of the country! You could forage for used veg oil though, or indeed burn logs in it, but you'd be doing a lot of cleaning it out afterwards! Which would rather defeat the point of having one.
I cannot understand why you wouldnt have a webasto or eberspácher running radiators , press a button, instant heat , instead of all that faffing ? Same fuel , probably more economical anyway , certainly takes less valuable space
That would only make sense if I had no stove. A narrowboat with no stove isn’t really a narrowboat.
Rob was a webasto and a Refleks. His webasto is only used occasionally when the stove is off and It’s more efficient to run the Refleks
Defanatly buy new radiators you don't want all the old rust and crap from the old ones in your new system
Actually I don’t think they were ever used but new ones I’d like
Is Paul a bit shoddy in other fittings ? Why the statement ' that extra mile ' ? No , No , no .
Sorry,
but that poor guitar music you keep playing, is very distracting.
Barhumbug
I quite like that one!
Can’t agree with you on that! It’s usually jameses dad playing too !! He’s rather good in my humble opinion! We can’t all like the same things .
Lovely looking stove. I’ve got a couple of radiators new in the pack if you want them. I’ve sent you a message on WhatsApp.