On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:13:41 +0000, 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

Cheapest I can see it for is £670 quid.

I don't want to save money buying something cheap and naff but don't
want to spend more than necessary.

So general opinions would be appreciated on stoves and prices.


We have used Stovax Stockton stoves for our last two.

They are steel, and seem to work well.

Morso were a good brand for cast iron, but I understand that cast iron is
more fragile than steel if mistreated, and steel stoves are also cheaper
to produce these days so there seem to be more of those especially at the
budget end of the market.

We did want a particular Esse stove (as seen on River Cottage) which
included an oven but we found (by talking to retailers) that there were
design problems.

We use our stove for fun - that is we have full central heating but we
also like a wood fire and often run it in Autumn/Spring while the CH is
still resting.

One small point - you usually have a choice of top or rear connection for
the flue. A rear connection pushes the stove into the room a bit more but
it does give you the entire stove top for cooking should you be so
inclined. With a 5kW stove you may find that there isn't enough room
around the flue if it is top connected.


Cheers


Dave R


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