Professional Chimney Sweep, Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning in Maidenhead

This means the appliance is adapted so as to be capable of burning wood, coal and smokeless fuel. Although most manufacturers specify wood or smokeless fuel and not coal, largely down to environmental reasons and high bitumen and creosote contents.

Stoves control is centred less around heat output and more on the length of the burn time. Different stoves handle at different levels with the cheaper stoves tending to be less controllable. Also fuel quantities can help (Ie. less fuel = less heat.)

Even without a chimney options are available thanks to twin-wall stainless steel and Pumice chimney systems. Although there are limitations due to termination heights, distances from combustible materials and limitations on the amount of bends there can be, you do need a class 1 flue system.

Open fires are considered to be 20% efficient at converting fuel into heat. Stoves, on the other hand, are considered to be 80% efficient. It's also worth remembering that an open fire will still be drawing even when not lit, actually removing heat from the room!

Measure the height, length and width of your room, multiply them together to give you the volume of the room and divide that by 14 to estimate the required KWs. For example: A room 6.5m x4.5m x2.4m has a volume of 6.5x4.5x2.4=70.2m dividing this by 14 gives 5.014 or approximately 5kW. If you have measured the room in feet and inches calculate the volume then multiply this figure by 0.028368 to convert to cubic meters before dividing by 14.