Newbie here with questions :)

[darsh]

Hi everyone,
I just signed up and I hope someone can offer some advice.
I'm an Irishman living in Poznan, Poland and soon I'll be moving into an old town house here that has (I had never seen these before) 3 tiled stoves, one in each of the rooms.

The apartment now has gas heating but the stoves still remain.
Originally we wanted to remove them but now I'm thinking of leaving one and possibly turning it into a pizza oven.
Does anyone think it's possible?

I don't know exactly which design these are, but when I remove the 2 unwanted ones I can get a good idea of what to expect in the third.
Here's some plans of how they look generally:

www.google.pl/search?q=piec+kaflowy+plan&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=665&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx94mcpOXRAhUC1iwKHXraC3oQ_AUIBigB#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=piec+kaflowy+plany

and attached are 2 from my new home

[albacore]

They look very similar to the German Kachelofen, designed for space heating - brilliant looking things and very clever; I think some of them had hot air ducts as well to heat other rooms.
No idea about convertiblity to a pizza oven, but it sounds like a big leap. Shame to get rid of all of them tho'!
Watch out for any asbestos insulation or seals if you dismantle them. I don't know if they contain it, but it must be a possibility.

Lance

[darsh]

I think they're the same as Kachelofen, but we have 3 of them in one flat haha.
I thought about keeping one just because, but I'd love to turn it into something else useful.
I think a wood-fired oven would be a great addition to an old kitchen
Yea I was thinking about asbestos, but to be honest, I don't know how to be careful with it other than wearing a mask and trying not to breathe so much haha.

[albacore]

Have a search for "Kachelofen asbest" on google.de - lots of hits and might give you a clue as to high risk areas of the appliance. Make sure your mask is P3 rated.

[darsh]

Ok thanks albacore