Home DIY

Our friends just built a new house. Bang in the center of the open plan ground floor. They have this tiled cylinder that goes from floor to ceiling, and is literally 2 meters, if not more, in diameter. Its a wood burner, with a complex piping system inside, and special ceramic tiles. So once up to temp, it uses several times more of the heat from firewood than our stove. Plus being so big. The tiled surface doesnt need to be dangerously hot.

It cost a fortune, and you'd need to build your house around it. But it is the coolest feature ever.

Together with a air/air heat exchanger. they hardly need any wall mounted heaters.

A friend of a friend had something that sounds very similar (but rectangular) in their flat in Berlin. It was pretty amazing. I got the impression that they were a common feature of those kinds of flats/apartments.