Having a wood burning or multi fuel stove may seem like an extravagance or a luxury fitting for your home. However, having a stove installed in your house will provide you with much more than a decorative centerpiece for your living room, greatly increasing both the efficiency and warmth of your home as well as […]
Stove Articles
Are Wood Burning Stoves eco-friendly?
In the 21st Century, protecting the environment has become a major issue which has become increasingly hard to ignore. The need to find renewable energy sources and sustainable ways of living have never been more important to the everyday individual and, when it comes to heating, this concern is no different. There are currently over […]
Why Doesn’t My Stove Work? – Spring & Autumn Syndrome
There are a multitude of common misconceptions surrounding how a stove operates and in this series of Why Doesn’t My Stove Work? articles, we hope to dispel the myths and clearly underline the actual causes and simple solutions. First and foremost, it is essential to recognise that the flue (chimney) is the engine that powers […]
Stove Fans
You’ve installed your beautiful new stove and its roaring away but do you suspect you may not be basking in the direct heat you had hoped for? This can be a side effect of radiant stoves due to the natural cycle of hot air rising off the stove only to be replaced by cooler air […]
What Size Wood Burning Stove Do I Need?
Using our stove size calculator is the simplest way to calculate the wood burner size you need, plus you can take into account how well insulated your house is. You can also find out the appropriate wood burner size in kilowatts by: When choosing a wood burning stove it is difficult to know what size/KW […]
How to Keep Your Wood Burning Stove Running
You should not have too many difficulties in making a fire in a wood burning stove and keeping it burning. There is no standard ignition procedure because it all depends on the stove and its user. However, the first step usually consists in opening the air vent found at the bottom of the stove and […]
Wood Burning Stoves becoming consumer’s preference
The modern wood burning stoves have known a significant rise in popularity mainly because they can be noticeably cheaper than the conventional heating systems which operate on oil, gas and electricity and whose prices depend more on global economics than consumer preference. A log burner seems like the ideal heating solution in the present climate, […]
How to save money by heating your home with log burners
The good news so far is that, possibly due to climate change, the UK winters have become milder. However with continuing cold snaps for December through to March predicted, for many consumers the financial burden of growing heating costs is concerning. The combination of gas & electricity providers raking off significant profits year after year […]
Caring for your wood burning stove / multifuel stove
Your wood burning stove or multi fuel stove, with the proper care, should last you a lifetime and make a fantastic centre piece to any home. wood burning stoves are fairly easy to maintain but it will need some TLC over the years to keep them functional and looking their best. What to burn on […]
Stove Sizing Guide
It is incredibly important when selecting your new wood burning or multi-fuel stove to consider the Kw output in terms of is it appropriate for the size of your room and will it meet the needs of you and your home? Failure to precisely calculate the appropriate stove size will result in issues such as […]
Safe Distances to Combustible Materials
Due to the levels of heat emitted from flue pipes and stoves, it is essential these are installed at a safe distance from any combustible material which could catch on fire from heat transfer (typically wood, carpets and soft furnishings). Commonly referred to as ‘clearance or distance to combustibles’, this measurement varies from Single Wall […]
Defra & Smoke Control Areas
BRIEF BACKGROUND For centuries we have burned coal in our homes with little impact on the environment. With the birth of the industrial revolution came increased levels of coal burning by heavy industry which inevitably led to pollution on a scale never before seen in our towns and cities. Over time this led to poor […]
Air Supply And Ventilation
It is an essential requirement that your wood burning or multi-fuel stove has an adequate air supply to ensure that complete combustion of fuel occurs and your chimney functions as it should. The primary source of this air supply for a stove comes via a permanent air vent positioned within the room. This is in […]
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
We come into contact with low levels of carbon monoxide in our every day lives from vehicle exhaust fumes to cigarette smoke and paint fumes but these impact the environment much more than they impact us directly. As the owner of a solid fuel stove, what concerns us is the unavoidable production of carbon monoxide […]
Hearth Regulations
The Building Regulations concerning hearths can be an area of confusion with different thicknesses, materials and terms such as constructional and superimposed to consider. By breaking these regulations down to what is relevant to you, we hope this simple guide clears the mystery surrounding hearths. Firstly, what is the purpose of a hearth? A hearth […]
Technical Information
In this section we have simplified all of the Building Regulations and technical jargon surrounding stoves, flues, installation and all related products to hopefully make the information more understandable and relevant to you. Please click on the links below for further information…
Contemporary Stoves
Contemporary stoves are becoming in creasing popular in the UK, offering a unique mix of the traditional charm of a fire in your home with contemporary design and sophistication that will look at home in the most modern of city apartments. Most of our contemporary multi fuel stoves are free standing, meaning that you do […]
Boiler Stoves Blog
A boiler stove can take your wood burning stove from being an add on, cost saver or nicety to a central part of your homes central heating system. Boiler stoves have an integral water boiler which can be plumbed into your standard heating system to provide heat all round your home and even provide you […]
Cast Iron Stoves Info
Cast Iron Stoves are by far the most popular form of wood burning stoves in the UK, partly because of their versatility and partly because of their traditional styling. Traditional cast iron stoves can easily be used to replace an open fire and are designed to fit into fireplaces and be neatly installed into exisitng […]
The Rise in Popularity of Wood Burning Stoves
Wood burning stoves have seen an incredable rise in popularity in recent years, in part due to rising costs of other forms of heating and fuel, in part due to their environmentally friendly attributes and in part because of the cosy and warm feel that you get from a wood burning stove that you don’t […]
