The Kilowatt Rating of Wood Burning Stoves and Multi Fuel Stoves

I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A SHOP I MUST ONLY BUY WOOD BURNING STOVES OR MULTI FUEL STOVES RATED AT 3 or 5 KILOWATT. IS THIS CORRECT?

The tendancy in shops is to sell Wood Burning Stoves or Multi Fuel Stoves which are too small for your purpose. This means that your wood stoves will not last so long because you have to run it to it`s maximum capacity constantly to get the heat output you require.

All wood burning stoves and multi fuel stoves have a kilowatt rating. That is the approximate nominal or average temperature the casting is able to cope with. It has nothing to do with how warm the heat production is which depends on which wood, coal, peat etc you use, how much of it you use and in what combinations. If you require less warmth burn a smaller fire.

Therefore the answer to this is if you require 3 to 5 kilowatts to heat your room then buy woodburning stoves or multi fuel stoves with a slightly larger kilowatt rating and light a fire to suit. Your wood stoves will then last you much longer. This latter method in the manner in which correctly used stoves are fired.

The best idea is to buy the wood burners or multi fuel stoves which looks asthetically pleasing in your fireplace. This is what adds the value to your home.

In these days of high fuel costs the fashion in assessing stoves size has changed. Many people are buying the largest stoves that can possibly fit their fireplace, often too large for the actual room, but lighting a smaller fire with less fuel when present in the room and when leaving the room they stoke the fire with excess fuel, leave the room doors open, often an eco fan onto top to circulate the heat, and using these techniques the heat then travels from the room round a good part of their home. This is what Tom and Sue at Country Kiln Stoves do in their own home.

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