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Wood Burner / Stoves - what make would you recommend...

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Trix11 · 10/10/2008 22:11

I am hoping to purchase one of these in the next week and would really value some advise on what make/brand to go for. We live in a built up area so will have to use smoke free fuel - I would also like a contemporary design.

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geminigirl · 10/10/2008 22:28

There is a new Parkray dual fuel one that sounds like a good idea to me. (Consort 9)

KatyMac · 10/10/2008 22:30

Clearview - very efficient burns very clean & the glass never goes dark

I have an Aarow - which I am quite pleased with but the glass doesn't stay very clean

I used to have a Frano Belge - but that wasn't as good as the aarow

booge · 10/10/2008 22:33

Woodwarm, as good as Clearview but cheaper.

babyOcho · 11/10/2008 23:13

we have a charnwood (country 4, we've a small place). it's really good, gets really warm ut could be that we have a really good draw on the chimney.

most of them have a airwash system that keeps the glass clean-ish.

it's really good.

we've not used with smoke free fuel.

we went to a place where there were a few in use, but to be honest we already made up our minds before we got there (its a small burner)

NappiesLaGore · 11/10/2008 23:22

charnwood

jasper · 11/10/2008 23:39

I had 2 installed at once.
Morso and clearview.

Clearview ten times better.

Spidermama · 11/10/2008 23:41

I like the Esse Ironheart.

Bramshott · 11/10/2008 23:58

We have a Dovre in the living room and a Stovax (cheaper) in the kitchen. Both are good, although the Dovre is nicer looking and can be run with the doors open or closed.

NotAnOtter · 12/10/2008 00:21

i cannot see where to buy the clearveiw one you all love?

NotAnOtter · 12/10/2008 20:16

are clearview the best?

certainly pricey

KatyMac · 12/10/2008 20:19

Did you find them?

here

Chocolateteapot · 12/10/2008 20:20

Mine is a cheap one and the glass does go dark but it is incredibly easy to clean when it goes like this. You get a bit of damp newspaper, dip it in the wood ash and apply to the glass. The black stuff comes off really easily, you then rinse of with more damp newspaper and dry. Comes up like new. Hope that might help anyone suffering with black glass in their woodburner !

NotAnOtter · 12/10/2008 20:21

thanks katy but they dont actually sell them

is it worth paying over £1000 for one?

themoon666 · 12/10/2008 20:24

Mine's a stovax. I love it.

KatyMac · 12/10/2008 20:27

email them - they will tell you where you can go to see one

I would have had one in a shot - but it would have meant major restructure of my fireplace

My Arrow is very good but my parents clearview is superb

I was anticipating spending about £1500 on my clearview & if I could have had one I would have done (& I am not in anyway a 'brand' person I have been known not to buy something if it was too branded)

Have a look on the Its not that easy being green forum - their advise is much more technical

NotAnOtter · 12/10/2008 22:10

thanks katymac i will do

KatyMac · 13/10/2008 20:58

I d have to say my aarrow is very good - but the glass does go black very easily - however it heats my whole house by central heating & it provides loads of hot water

happychappy · 13/10/2008 21:02

We have one which has a watertank above it and a pump. It's all connected to our radiators and heats the whole house and give us hot water. Cost a bomb but well worth it.

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Trix11 · 13/10/2008 22:28

Did you have to get a specialist to fit it all happychappy? Does it cost more like thousands rather than hundreds?

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Trix11 · 13/10/2008 22:30

Do clearview do a contemporary range? Cant see it.

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KatyMac · 13/10/2008 22:41

I had a full central heating system for about £3K incl 7 rad, HW cylinder, pump & wood burner

NotAnOtter · 13/10/2008 22:43

souns fab happy wonder how many rads it would heat

happychappy · 14/10/2008 07:08

It cost about (in all with the plumber fitting it) £5000. I know a lot but not if you consider we live in the cuntryside in a country with no natural gas supply. So from November to March we pay about £700 A MONTH on gas alone. Last year we proably got about half that money back last year. As gas prices go up the more we effectively save. There's is some kind of calculation you can make which tells you based on sq feet how big a fire/water tank you need to heat you house effectively. You can get them to work on wood or on pellets. We had difficulty choosing but where we live because the cost of heating is sooooo expensive what we have isn't unusual. Also because its green you may be able to get some funding to help with the cost, they come under the solar power umbrella.

Oh and by the way your boiler can have a switch on it so in the morning (when you don't want to be making fires) you can use your gas to heat the house. Plus the water is warmer because it comes from the tank and therefore doesn't need so much gas to get the radiators hot. Cool Hey!

Yes I am a fan

forevared · 14/10/2008 09:49

Sorry to barge in but like happychappy we live out in the sticks with no natural gas supply. We've been thinking of switching over to a solid fuel range as oil is costing us a fortune. I've never heard of some of these companies, we've been looking at Rayburn and Stanley.

happychappy do you use bottled gas then?

happychappy · 14/10/2008 14:20

We have a gas tank in the garden which hold 800 litres of gas which a tanker comes and fills up when we call.

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