Anyone got a woodburning stove?

[Enid]

ours is new. apparently it gives off fumes when you use it for the first couple of times - are they dangerous? does anyone know?

ours cost about 800 something. we paid more to get it in welsh slate blue

What size are yours? (if you don't mind me asking!)

you can see mine on link below

Physical size or output?

ah yes. I have been looking at your link - that is the size we're thinking of. There are some for sale at a shop near us for about half that price but I'm weondering if this would be a false economy. (maybe they don't have the kettle thingy).
My problem is we want 2.

katymac - physical size. Our rooms are fairly small so I don't think we need a huge output. Please correct if wrong!

ours was really expensive but we had saved money on other parts of the build so went for it.

I dont know, I mean I know people that say villagers are crap but then I know people who have had them for years and they are fine.

yes - the ones we had been looking at are villagers. They don't look as nice as yours.

Cheap ones from the far east are not (generally) as high quality

UK ones are (generally) very good quality and ones from Germany./Belgium and Scandanavia are excellent

here's mine

i havent even lit mine yet though

am waiting till the weekend so can have all doors and windows open to air the place

I love those ones katymac, esp the little tiny very ornate ones

also the jotul ones are good but sometimes a bit overdesigned

my neighbour has a fab bright yellow 60's one it is the worlds grooviest woodburner

Mine heats a room 17x11 and warms the house plus heating the bathroom (on a radiator - for free) and heating our hot water tank (still warm the next morning (enough for 2 baths)even if the fire goes out overnight

very nice, Katymac.

I hadn't even considered country of origin. Really don't want some shoddy thing imported from thousands of miles away!!

We got Nestor Martin stove about a month or so ago.

For the first two lightings there was a pretty horrid smell - like burning glue.

Didn't have ds (5 months) in the room for 2 days and wouldn't have gone in there if I'd been pregnant. Don't suppose it was dangerous but it smelt a bit chemically.

Certainly think you should do it at a time that you can open windows.

Stove now running properly and is most best.

this is my new one - but without the canopy - I think a canopy is naff

Also you have the environmental impact of importing it - local is better (cast iron is better than steel too)

they are such good stoves arent they katymac

what colour did you get?

I quite liked that brown colour

thanks lummox thats good to know

I went for black as I have a black slate hearth

mmmm black slate....

we have tiny brick hearth I'll need a cheapo rug in front of it

Have just requested a Clearview brochure.

lol!

they are fab honest

we saw them in a place full of other types of woodburners and they really stood out

Oooh, stoves - I love them! We've been planning to install one for years but haven't got around to it yet. We have an open fire that heats the surrounding countryside very nicely so I reckon a stove would be much more efficient in terms of heating the house and fuel usage. We'll probably get one when we move back here permanently. Do you manage to keep them in all night or do you need to start afresh each day?

I have just remembered where we got ours from....

dowling stoves

Ours is the hybrid in black - love the sumo!

We don't tend to keep ours in overnight, but sometimes it just does all by itself