A Defra Approved stove , or more accurately termed a ‘Defra Smoke Exempt Appliance’ , is a wood burning stove which has passed the UK Government’s Department of Environment , Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) criteria for emission levels and the amount of smoke that it will be allowed to produce…
Stoves
Stainless Steel Flexible Liners & Smokeless fuels: What you need to know.
Occasionally a chimney flue will be in such a bad condition that a liner will be required. This might be due in part to the age of the building but is definitely more to do with the user (or abuser as the case may be) of the flue: as in what…
Condensation and other issues that show up in cold weather.
At this time of year when the weather gets cold enough to start affecting your fire or stove you may be surprised or even shocked when things don’t seem to work the way they normally do. Appliances have Running Temperatures Stoves have a running temperature and take time to reach this…
Reasons for regular maintenance of stoves and the risks of neglect.
Any kind of appliance that does something with moving parts and especially those exposed to high temperatures , will need to be maintained regularly.When it comes to maintenance people can normally be divided into three kinds:1. Those that know , understand and appreciate the situation and whom will maintain their devices/appliances.…
Buckled Baffle Plates
It almost always comes as a shock to new wood burner or multi fuel stove owners that their baffle plate (also known as a throat or deflector plate) is classed as a stove ‘consumable’ and is therefore NOT covered under their stove warranty in the same way that most of the…