Which woodburning stove is the best?

rrtt

Sheldor, have you seen my response to Lottie, on previous page (7)?

8 years after buying my first one - which I dismantled and brought with me when I moved house last Sept - I bought 4 more Woodwarm stoves for the empty openings in new house & annexe. Delighted with all of them. Classic & timeless looking, designed and made in Devon. Not the cheapest re initial purchase, but they'll save you money with their longevity. Great products, immaculate personal customer service, I'd never buy any other make now whilst Woodwarm keep producing. I've no association with them except as a very happy customer btw.

http://www.woodwarmstoves.co.uk/aboutus.ashx

Sheldor

Thanks rrtt. Glad you've found a goodun. It's nice and I know I'm being fussy but I'm after something super plain and minimalist. I don't want patterns of any sort or any fanciness of handle.

rrtt

Sheldor wrote: »

Thanks rrtt. Glad you've found a goodun. It's nice and I know I'm being fussy but I'm after something super plain and minimalist. I don't want patterns of any sort or any fanciness of handle.

Heh, the handle is an issue I agree - am hoping that it'll just dull/blacken down in time In that respect the old style was much better, as it was tiny and invisible off to the side.

Neither the Wren nor Gem has any pattern/s tho, not sure what you mean there ...

Sheldor

Am I missing something rrtt? I can't see Gem or Wren on that site and when I googled it just came up as a title page with no content.
All I'm seeing there is Foxfire and the too big Fireviews.

rrtt

Sheldor wrote: »

Am I missing something rrtt? I can't see Gem or Wren on that site and when I googled it just came up as a title page with no content.
All I'm seeing there is Foxfire and the too big Fireviews.

How strange Sheldor, yes, you're right, they're absent from their 'products' page. I found this review of the Wren ('Firewren' is full name, 4kW) on another site, but not the FireGem - which is basically the same design as the Wren, but a bit wider and 5kW not 4. Maybe they're now discontinued, but if you like the look of the Wren you could always contact Woodwarm to ask; or google around retailers to see if they have any left, as they'd only recently be discontinued if they are.

http://www.whatstove.co.uk/woodwarm-phoenix-firewren-4kw-reviews

Sheldor

Thanks rrtt but I've just hit gold with a local-ish company - now getting the Morso 04 for £665 if I go and collect it. I am one happy bunny!

Its odd that a comment I left earlier re the wren seems to have vanished. I said that I'd googled and found one of the Wrens but that it was too expensive for me.

rrtt

Sheldor wrote: »

Thanks rrtt but I've just hit gold with a local-ish company - now getting the Morso 04 for £665 if I go and collect it. I am one happy bunny!

Its odd that a comment I left earlier re the wren seems to have vanished. I said that I'd googled and found one of the Wrens but that it was too expensive for me.

Definitely strange re post on the Wren disappearing! but glad you found what you want Sheldor, & hope it does a good job for you

kah22

A lot of wood burning experts here I'm guessing, I hope to finally choose mine on Monday

Tell me this though what size logs would you burn: about 30cm long seems to be a guide line but what kind of diameter ? I ve read a recommendation for 10 or so cm, would that be about right.

10 cm seems small and if you are buying loose seasoned hardwood then I guess there's going to be a lot of calories burned. :eek:

How do you split your logs and to what size?

silverwhistle

I suspect what you've read is that anything over about 10cm in diameter should be split. I burn whatever I can get free (except for stuff like Elder) and change the mix according to the type of fire: early/late season or small I might burn small stuff and sticks but for longer burns in winter I'll put on quite big lumps of split wood once the stove is up to a decent, steady temperature.

So I've got some 35/40 diameter cm rounds of Leylandii up to around 30cm thick stacked in my garden for 18 months which I'm now splitting with a lump hammer and grenade for final drying and stacking for this coming winter. At this stage must of the bark also peels off easily so avoiding too much resinous material. If you're buying in hardwood that shouldn't be a problem.

Daviross

We've installed a Charnwood Country 4 in our draughty cottage and are delighted with both the build quality and the performance of it. Self-cleaning glass, easy to light, easy to control, easy to keep in overnight - perfect! For a 4kw stove, the heat output is amazing!
I've recently had cause to contact Charnwood concerning a technical issue and they could not have been more helpful, their communication is spot on, they really do care about their customers, I can't praise them highly enough.