inset boiler stove recommendations

[Craig Johnson]

Thinking of changing my current stove for a slightly bigger but more efficient one.

front runners are the esse 350gs with s/steel door which seem to have good reviews or woodfire rx15Woodfire RX inset boiler stoves

 

which I think looks better, thoughts?

[spudulike]

We have a Stovax Riva, been good and great heat, had it 13 years and replaced the fire bricks once and made a stronger internal baffle plate as we got a build up of ash on it, the wife didn't notice and it warped but very happy with it.

[Alycidon]

Esse 350 is a good stove, done several boiler models of it. Another option is the Stratford boiler stoves, made by Arada, they are my go to boiler stove range. Both these brands are made in England from UK steel.

 

You need to work out your heat requirements, be aware that the Stratford outputs are shown when burning solid fuel, if you are intending to burn wood you will need a Stratford with an output of around 30% more than you heat calcs suggest.

 

So if your heat calcs say you want 12kw to the water then select the Stratford if thats the one you like with an output of around 16kw. Looks like the bigegst inset has a total output of 16kw, so that will need breaking down to heat output to the room and heat output to the water.

 

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