What is an inset stove?

An inset stove is very similar to a freestanding stove in construction. The main difference between the two is

that the inset stove is designed to fit into the chimney breast. The inset stove will have a convection box which allows cold air to run around the firebox thus pushing hot air back into the room. The inset stove will also have glass doors, baffle, and firebrick linning just as the free standing types. The benefit of an inset is that as the convection box has it's own air gap it, so requires much less space than a free standing stove. Most free standing stoves require 6" either side 2" behind & 6" above to allow good air circulation to allow the radiant heat to disperse into the room. But if you don't have the space in some smaller chimney breasts you will have to put up with a tiny stove and start cutting those logs really small to get in.

When choosing between a Multi fuel& a Wood burner consider your choice of fuel as smokeless fuels are manufactured of consistent quality and are available all year round. Where as good seasoned dry quality wood in some areas can be very seasonal – if you may run out of seasoned, dry hardwood before the end of the heating season, a multi fuel stove gives you the opportunity of burning a combination. You can only burn wood in a wood burner.

Just a few of our inset stoves

 

Hunter	Capital	Parkray

Esse	Varde	Westfire	Jetmaster

How It all Works! The firebox sits inside a second outer casing with a cavity between the two. Cool air from the room is drawn in at the base of the appliance by the natural process of convection into this cavity, where it collects heat from the sides, back and top. It then leaves the stove through a discreet outlet grille at the top of the stove in a continuous stream of hot air back into the room