boiler stove

English translation: boiler stove

12:15 Jun 24, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Furniture / Household Appliances
English term or phrase: boiler stove
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!
David Willett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:39
Selected answer:boiler stove
Explanation:
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
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juvera
Local time: 07:39
Grading 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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5Furnace
warren
4wood stove
Demi Ebrite
4boiler stove
juvera
3boiler
jccantrell
3comment
Ken Cox
3back-boiler
David Moore (X)


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Furnace


Explanation:
although the term would also be used in British English

warren
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
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


Explanation:
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.


    Reference: http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/space_heating_...
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
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


Explanation:
The scarcity of North American hits is probaby a consequence of the extreme rarity of hot-water heating systems in NA.

Ken Cox
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back-boiler


Explanation:
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.

David Moore (X)
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Native speaker of: English
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wood stove


Language variant: US English

Explanation:
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/


    Reference: http://www.stratfordboilerstoves.co.uk/which_boiler_stove.ph...
    Reference: http://www.appliancist.com/wood_burning_stoves_heaters/berri...
Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  wendyzee (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!

disagree  juvera: Boiler stoves can be multi-fuel, wood stove is only one type of boiler stove..
7 hrs
  -> 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.

neutral  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.
13 hrs
  -> 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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boiler stove


Explanation:
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

juvera
Local time: 07:39
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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Grading 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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