On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:13:19 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

No. You can put your hand on the stove pipe. It's nearer 60-70C. For an aga.

I was comparing the chimney outlet of a masonry stove with that of a
conventional stove, not agas which I had earlier said had low temperature
flue gases,


VERY efficient heater. More so than a condensing boiler IMO.

:-) I've left my personal opinions of agas out of this....

AJH