On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 20:29:44 UTC+1, Mark Allread wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:23:08 +0100, damduck-egg wrote:

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 16:13:41 -0000 (UTC), R D S wrote:

We are looking at woodburning stoves, around max 5kw would suffice.

The guy who is going to fit it likes Esse and I quite like this,
https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=esse+525+stove


Which is a steel one and

I installed one of these http://salamanderstoves.com/
and am quite pleased with it.

that is a cast one

Our existing stove is a cast one but we are looking to change next year
and cannot decide whether steel or cast is better.

Gut feeling is to stick with what we know and go for cast - but these
seem to be getting less common.

In addition to the OP request can I add a supplementary for views on cast
vs steel.

Cast Iron is more expensive than steel but won't burn/corrode away as gradually happens with steel.
Some steel stoves have vitreous enamel to try to prevent this.
Steel is more prone to distortion if it should overheat.