Wood burning stove recommendations

[SiobhanP]

We're planning on putting a wood burning stove in a sejour 7.5m X 5.5m.

It will be the only source of heat in that room.

What make would contributors recommend?

[Théière]

The Burley, http://burley.co.uk/category/wood-burning-stoves/

The Saltfire ST1  http://www.stovefittersmanual.co.uk/articles/saltfire-stoves-st1-st2/

The Clearview  http://www.clearviewstoves.com/

The Efel harmony range https://www.lehmans.com/p-4685-efel-harmony-i-wood-heat-stove.aspx?show=all

Something Scandinavian

Definitely nothing French like Goddin or Invicta because the Flam Vert badge is a con, as these are inefficient burners compared to the models shown above.

[woolybanana]

Try SCAN, Danish/Norwegian, but get one which draws air from the outside, not from the room (an option with all models, I think). Not the cheapest but amongst the best.

Agree about the French ones.

[SiobhanP]

Thank you both for those recommendations.

Much appreciated

[Cendrillon]

I can recommend Jotul

[Lehaut]

And a fan. Have put one behind our stove for the first time this year, really improved the heat distribution in the main salon (6mx6m) and through into the kitchen.

[idun]

Even though we bought soapstone  2 Handols, now Contura, which are wonderful, the bloke who sold them to us, recommended Franco Belge,which was cheaper. I just wanted soapstone and I don't know whether they do soapstone now, but that was the only reason why we didn't go for France Belge.

And his recommendation we took very seriously, as in spite of him selling all the main makes and would probably get staff discount, that was what he had and loved.

[Théière]

[quote user="idun"] that was what he had and loved.

[/quote]

People often buy with their eyes and if that fits the look of what they have in mind the other bits like efficiency don't matter.  The Burley for instance is a modern steel plate stove and not the rustic look but it would beat the others hands down on saving wood, and great heat and therefore money.

Finding a rustic look with great performance and within a sensible budget is a quest as the old rustic ones just don't seem to have it. The new efficient models burn at a higher temperature and the cast iron seems to degrade a bit too quick under those conditions.

[NickP]

We have a Jotul F600 with a soapstone top, superb piece of kit. As for cast iron degrading, consensus seems to be that Steel plate deforms under high heat, I've never heard that about cast. As Asene Wenger famously said, everyone thinks their wife is the prettiest. [:D]

[Cendrillon]

're a very pretty stove, we also have a Castelmonte, (Italian) old and rustic with decorative tiles. This one works very well too.??

[idun]

RE me saying: that was what he had and loved.

 Well, it was to do with efficiency and not looks, this bloke sold lots of stoves some very beautiful ones, some quirkey ones and many with a look that was very similar including the Franco Belge. He lived in an old house and this fire was very efficient AND very controllable too, ie he could get it going well before leaving for work and then leave it banked up and it would burn slowly and well for hours. Meaning he came home to a warm home.

Now there are two of you who have Jotuls and my friend says she is getting another one in her new house. She used to live in an old house, with high ceilings and a tall chimney and neither of her jotuls radiated heat like a stove should. Always felt like I was a kid again, sitting close to either of them, too close really and having a cold back. So I would not even look at them, not even a soapstone one. People have said that they were badly fitted or it was this or that, but I do know in two different rooms in her sprawling home, neither did the job I thought that they should be doing.

I have a hankering to look into the german Wallach soapstone fires if we ever move, or better still a tulikivi, I would absolutely love one of them and they are sold in France.