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Alycidon

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  1. They get their supplies mainly in pellet form from diseased softwood trees from the USA and Canada, none the less chip demand in the UK is leading to a shortage in timber for firewood use. A
  2. Must have been a very old Charnwood, are you getting ash build up on the left hand side of the glass or have they now redesigned them ?. A
  3. Scrap it would be the safest option, you have been burning it to hot or using it without a rear fire brick in place. Seen a couple of Clearview 650s do this. A
  4. New figures release by Defra show that PM2.5 emissions show an 18% reduction since 2012 and 2022. Read the full report here: https://stoveindustryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/240215SIAStatementAirPollutionStatsFINAL.pdf Profesional members here are encouraged to use this data when talking to the public about installing a stove and the future of firewood as a fuel, there is no cost to you for doing so. The public should be encouraged to replace open fires which are usually around 20% efficient and older less efficient and less clean stoves with a 2022 compliant stove that is ultra clean and ultra efficient. I now have one stove ( Charnwood Haven) at 90% efficient and many in the upper 80s, so x4 the heat from the same volume of fuel as an open fire , or, the same heat level but only using 25% of the fuel to do it. At a national SIA meeting last autumn DEFRA advised the meeting that once gas boilers are banned from being installed into new properties ( 2030) then heating plan is air source heat pumps supported by wood burning stoves providing zonal heating in specific areas of a property. A
  5. Sorry a bit late here. I am a Charnwood major dealer so am perhaps a bit biased but in my opinion Charnwood are probably the world leaders in combustion technolgy at this time. The bigger C series ( 6,7 and 8 ) and great stoves but most people dont have rooms large enough to allow them to work hard. The smaller C4 and C5 are by far the more popular and I usually have 6 or 8 of each in stock at any one time. I have a Skye 7 live in my local showroom in Northants and live Aire 5 and live Haven in my Buckinghamshire one, and my daughter has an Aire 7 in her home. Usually for bigger stoves we sell Aire 7, Skye 7 or Island 2 as they have slightly larger glass areas although I did sell a C6 around Xmas time. I rebuilt a grate on a Charnwood boiler stove installed in 1984 a couple of summers ago, all it has had done to it previously was a couple of door ropes, 38 years use for almost zero maintainence cost. . My Skye 7 in the showroom has now done around 7000 service hours, the only part that required replacement was the baffle fire brick, cost about £70 from memory, cost of ownership with these stoves is very low as they are all well made in the UK from British made steel and cast iron. Many of the cheap stoves I see championed here would be nearing the end of their service life in 7 years. Enjoy, A
  6. Assuming this is a Clearview 750 stove then that stove would usualy require 250mm of non combustible material under the stove. However the Clearview web site suggests that 125mm is enough. Frequently Asked Questions | Clearview Stoves WWW.CLEARVIEWSTOVES.COM Here we have answered some of the more frequent questions on the choosing and fitting of a Clearview Stoves Talk to a good installer before going any further, most Clearview stoves do not comply with the 2022 emissions and efficiency regulations or the 2014 version of the same and as a result many installers will not install a Clearview product. A
  7. A bit late on this one apologies. The Stove Industry Alliance have been fighting this crap on behalf of the stove industry, I would ask you all to spend some time looking at their web site please. Home - Stove Industry Alliance | SIA STOVEINDUSTRYALLIANCE.COM Yesterday figures on air pollution released by Defra on air pollution data shows an 18% reduction in PM2.5 emissions nationally between 2012 and 2022. The SIA issued this press release yesterday: 240215SIAStatementAirPollutionStatsFINAL (1).pdf At an SIA meeting last October DEFRA gave the attending members a presenttion on the future of domestic heating, once gas boilers are banned from being installed into new properties from 2030 then the long term plan is for the use of electrically powered air source heat pumps, however the insulation values of properites built before around 2012 will not be good enough to hold a room temperature above around 14 C, therefore wood burning stoves will be used too provide zonal heating in specific areas. It costs a significant amount of money to fight this sort of stuff which is driven by inaccurate out of date details, having a fry up for breakfast releases far more PM2.5 into the home than a 2022 complaint stove. On test last year a Charnwood C5 BLU wood burning stove was proved to REDUCE PM 2.5 in the home as when the stove door was opened to refuel air from the room containing these particals was pulled into the stove and up the chimney, this is solid independantly verified reserch. The SIA needs all the help financially it can get, however at present membership is only open to stove manufacturers, flue manufacturers, retail stove showrooms, certified stove installers and certified chimney sweeps. But you are free to access the data on the SIA website and social media channels and use this to reassure the public that the outdated and misleading nonsense being peddled in the press etc has been independantly tested and found to be inaccurate in some cases and plain wrong in others. A.
  8. Talk to Firepower heating, they are the importers and usually know what they are about. A
  9. Charnwood non black colours are soft, they need gentle handling untill the stove is well burnt in, thats why you get a free aersol can of paint with the stove. The Country Living colour options are even softer. I would recommend that the stove is cleaned up and resprayed once its been swept in the spring, use only genuine Charnwood paint, 2 maybe 3 very light thin coats. As a Charnwood major dealer I can tell you the Island 2 is a smashing stove, I hope you are putting into a large room. A
  10. Not unusal especially is houses suffering from damp or condensation. Clean it up using wire wool and respray with 2 or 3 coats of Heta stove paint. Do not use other stove paints as some are oil and someare water based and dont play nicely together. A
  11. Probably made by Saltfire in China and retailed under several brand names in the UK. . Very unlikely to have any spare parts available. A
  12. I understand that one or maybe two do meet the requirements, the rest have not gone forward for testing, but independant testing by others has revealed efficiency levels well below the current 75% minimum requirements. This is unlikely to change in the short/meduim term I feel. A
  13. Dont act for Dean Forge so cant fairly comment on them, Esse I do act for, very tough robust stoves, 100% built in Barnoldswick on the Yorks/Lancs borders but more basic in air managment than other brands. If they were a car they would be a Ford or a Vauxhall, good solid decent bits of kit but not as advanced as an Audi or BMW say.
  14. Stoves that stand the test of time are generally those made from scratch in the UK or western Europe. The issue now is that there is a lot of importing not only of chinese etc junk but also by UK brands buying in semi finshed stoves from China and eastern Europe mainly and perhaps fitting a door handle or glass in the UK,. These can then be sold as made in the UK. Sooner or later your stove will need service parts so its important to select a brand that is well estabilished and financially sound with a good parts back up. I have rebuilt grates on Charnwoods and Morso stoves that are 40 years old plus, Arada outer casings are warranted for life, Esse are a very robust product,other decent brands to consider, Woodwarm, Heta, Hwam, Jotul. Dont like Burley, the circular air flow in every one of theirs I have seen within the firebox puts ash up the left hand side of the glass, Chesney someone mentioned, they went bust 2 or 3 years ago, then reformed a few weeks later minus a lot of debt, they buy in stoves from other manufacturers and re sell so quality and parts support would be a lottery. Somebody else mentioned Clearview, really good stoves in their day but that was 20 /25 years ago and technology has moved on. Most of their models are not compliant with the current emissions and efficiency requirements, the buisness is for sale as the owner wishes to retire so their long term future is questionable. As a stove retailer I believe that the current world leader in combustion technology is Charnwood, they have a big price ticket yes but very low ownership costs linked to a long product life makes the cost per year far lower than cheaper brands. A
  15. Bit late now but that is a very old 100, but a good shotblast should get it back into a form where it can be rebuilt, but it has been abused, check the steel sides and rear for warping or cracks before spending time and money on it. Suspect its been overfired and been involved in a chimey fire as a result. I am an Esse stove dealer and have supplied that stove since 2008 with no issues at all. From what I can see it needs a new grate, firebrick set, baffle plate and door glass and rope kit. Screws holding the bottom of the glass in place are likely to need drilling out and re tapping. A

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