Shed Heating

[Mudhead]

Hello all

First things first, I dont know an awful lot about plumbing. Im looking for an easy and cost effective way to heat my shed/workshop in the winter and wondered if this would work. Also I like to build things (dont we all) and have things that are a bit one off.

Basically I was thinking of putting a radiator inside the shed, running copper pipe outside to a solid fuel stove/chimnea, coiling the pipe around the inside of said chimnea and up the chimney, back into shed, then back to the radiator. I know I will need an expansion tank of some sort in the system.

Would the natural heating of the water be enough to push it round the system? Any problems I may have with a system like this?

 

[Norcon]

I assume the sf stove is already inside the shed providing heat?

Or is it your next door neighbours flue pipe?

 

[Mudhead]

Ha. Sorry about that. The stove is outside being used as a patio heater.

I didnt want to lose space inside the shed or I would have put one in there. The shed is wooden btw which I have build from scratch, not a garden centre 5 minute job.