Contemporary wood burner recommendations?

antrobus

silverwhistle wrote: »

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OP, have a look at the Contura range. I have one and it's very efficient. ....

I believe that what you are supposed to do is buy a stove with the EcoDesign Ready label. Contura offer them. 80% reduction in particulate emissions apparently compared to 'old' stoves..

https://www.contura.eu/english/news/blog-and-articles/ecodesign-ready-stoves-reduce-emissions-by-90/

It's all to do with complying with the EU Ecodesign Directive.

FreeBear

Is heating by wood environmentally friendly, debatable. But it is certainly less damaging than burning coal or gas.

Switching to burning bioethanol is even worse than using coal & gas - Once you've taken in to account the fertilizers, processing, and transportation, ethanol starts to look very dirty. Couple it with the environmental impact of converting large swathes of rain forest or marshlands to grow the crops, and it is even worse than the nuclear option.

Ectophile

Back on topic, Stovax do some minimalist modern wood burners.


I have a View 5, which is basically a black cube with a big window on the front. There aren't even any handles on it - just slots to insert the separate bent piece of metal that acts as a handle.


The only thing is that it's useless at burning damp or poorly seasoned wood. But given the debate that this thread has started, that's probably a good thing - dry wood burns a lot cleaner.

Davesnave

We have gone with a company from Devon and installed a Woodwarm Phoenix Firegem.

https://woodwarmstoves.co.uk/stoves/phoenix/phoenix-firegem-5kw

We've used it for a couple of winters now and we're very pleased with the output and ease of control.

We generate a good amount of 'free' wood through land maintenance and receive logs in lieu for rent for land, so having a wood burner makes good sense for us. The air here, as indicated by the presence of certain lichens, is pretty clean.

When we lived in a town and did none of this 'living off the land' stuff, we were very happy with a gas fired stove. If we moved back to town conditions, that's exactly what we'd have again. It's a no-brainer.