Wood Burning Stoves
Discussion
Got a Morso wood burner www.morsoe.com/ukeire/index.html, It's great, although we don't use it as much as we should, because I can't be arsed with cutting wood, but it heats a large room very well and during powercuts we have used it to boil water (saucepan on top) much more controllable than an open fire. Highly reccomended 
These have to be the best... www.clearviewstoves.com/
Shop near me sells them..
Shop near me sells them..
some good info from here: www.solidfuel.co.uk
remember tho
remember tho
solid fuel association said:
Smoke Control Areas
If you wish to burn any type of wood fuel and you live in a smoke control area, you may only do so if you burn wood on an "exempt" appliance. An "exempt" appliance is one which is exempted to burn unauthorised fuels in smoke control areas, under Regulations published under the Clean Air Act. At the moment there are only a limited number of appliances that have received exemption, although many of the stoves for sale in the UK would undoubtedly meet the standard required because they use a system of secondary combustion. Wood pellet stoves are not yet exempted, but this situation is expected to change in the future
We have got a Morso Squirel stove in our kitchen, and an Aarrow Acorn stove in the bedroom.
The Morso is about 10 years old now and still looks like it will last a lifetime, have had to replace the door glass a couple of times, but this is fairly normal on stoves used regularly.
The Aarrow we have had for about a year, works really well, cheaper than a Morso, suspect it won't last as long, but it is used less frequently, and is more than adequate for the room.
The Morso is about 10 years old now and still looks like it will last a lifetime, have had to replace the door glass a couple of times, but this is fairly normal on stoves used regularly.
The Aarrow we have had for about a year, works really well, cheaper than a Morso, suspect it won't last as long, but it is used less frequently, and is more than adequate for the room.
Big thumbs up to a woodburning / multifuel stove.
I run a pretty large Villager multifuel stove in my house, and it heats a large area very quickly when loaded with well seasoned dry hardwood. If well seasoned hardwood is difficult to come by, I suggest making sure you get a multifuel type, as you can then burn coal, or pretty much anything else for that matter !
Once you have got used to the way they burn, you can can keep them running at a fair temperature with suprisingly little fuel, far far less than an open fire.
Definitely make sure you get one that sweeps air over the glass to keep it clean, although if you use poorly seasoned wood, it will still get grubby when running it at lower temperatures.
Agree with earlier comment about the "type of heat", it really is quite something !
I run a pretty large Villager multifuel stove in my house, and it heats a large area very quickly when loaded with well seasoned dry hardwood. If well seasoned hardwood is difficult to come by, I suggest making sure you get a multifuel type, as you can then burn coal, or pretty much anything else for that matter !
Once you have got used to the way they burn, you can can keep them running at a fair temperature with suprisingly little fuel, far far less than an open fire.
Definitely make sure you get one that sweeps air over the glass to keep it clean, although if you use poorly seasoned wood, it will still get grubby when running it at lower temperatures.
Agree with earlier comment about the "type of heat", it really is quite something !
When we were bulding our house we did alot of research before buying a Rais Malta. The use of volcanic stone as a heat sink allows it to give out warmth for a long time after the fire has burned down, though of course you can throttle the fire and keep it burning all night if you want. The big front window allows you see the flames, giving me more pleasure than the old Morso that my parents had.
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