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I think you will have to enlighten me - what exactly is a soapstone surround?  I have tried googling it but this hasn't really told me what it is.  Wikipedia tells me Soapstone is a metamorphic rock with good heat storage capacity, so is this the key?

 

I am guessing it is not a cheap option....?  And not good for native wildlife, so maybe not good to promote?

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Whilst I do not dislike soapstone, and indeed accepting it has a slower rate of heat release than cast iron has, surely the surrounding masonry walls will fufill the same heat-store/slow release function. Or such has been my lifetime experience.

And our bare CI Morso takes hours and hours, and hours to fully cool down, sans soapstone.

Btw, the 3 masonry walls backing our 2 story front porch, (vertical glass to the front with a flat roof over), store MASSIVE amounts of solar gained heat, which one easily feels of an evening well after the Sun has set, and the area is still remarkedly warm the following morning.

 

So essentially soapstone is an expensive fashion statement.

 

mth

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3 hours ago, BowlandStoves said:

@Rich RuleWould you recommend soapstone to anyone who asked?

I have never owned a stove without one so I don’t have experience to make a fair comparison.

 

Even though the stove was installed when we purchased the house...  I would have gone for one as I think it sets off the stove due to the modern design.  So aesthetically it gets a thumbs up and the heat retention properties are a double bonus.

 

 

 

 

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On 27/09/2019 at 11:00, Rich Rule said:

I have never owned a stove without one so I don’t have experience to make a fair comparison.

 

Even though the stove was installed when we purchased the house...  I would have gone for one as I think it sets off the stove due to the modern design.  So aesthetically it gets a thumbs up and the heat retention properties are a double bonus.

 

 

 

 

Which model do you have?

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