Wood burning stoves can be a beautiful addition to your home, but it can be overwhelming at the beginning when you’ve decided to buy a stove.
We want to ensure that you choose the right stove for you and your home so we’ll help guide you through the process by explaining what you should look out for before you make a purchase decision. We have also complied a list of places where you can buy your new wood burning stove. Understanding all of your options and how they impact you is the single biggest way to avoid that classic buyer’s remorse.
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Where Can I Buy a Wood Burning Stove?
If you are looking to buy a new wood burning stove in the UK, we have listed some potential options below. Buying a new wood burner may be your best option if you’ve got a bigger budget and would like something more modern. New stoves are also usually the best option for efficiency and are more environmentally friendly.
Buying New Stoves
Bell
Bell have been creating customers fireplaces since 1898. They provide wood burning stoves in various shapes, sizes and styles and can be a great focal point in your living room, creating a warm, cosy feel.
Amazon
We all know Amazon sell more than just books at this point. Whilst the online giant can provide a wealth of options, just remember to do your research before clicking that Buy button.
StovesOnline
Another good option is stovesonline, where they help with wood stove choice, installation advice, and flue and chimney design. They even help design a renewable central heating system with you.
Woodburner Warehouse
Woodburner Warehouse currently have three successful retail showrooms in Wales, where leading brands of wood burning and multi-fuel stoves and range cookers are displayed. Well worth a look if you’re in that area of the UK.
Glowing Embers
Glowing Embers is one of the largest suppliers of high-quality stoves in the UK.
Buying Second-Hand Stoves
If you have a smaller budget or just don’t want to buy a brand-new stove, you can get a second-hand burner. We have listed some options below.
Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace is classified-ad section that specifically highlights and promotes products and sellers within your local area. Handy if you don’t want to travel too far for your stove purchase.
Ebay
Everyone should know eBay by now, but did you know that you can find both brand new and second-hand items on the online marketplace these days? Well worth a look depending on what you’re searching for.
Gumtree
Gumtree is another localised classifieds-style marketplace, meaning you should be able to find some stove options right around the corner!
Authentic Reclamation
Authentic Reclamation Reclamation Yard is based on the Kent and Sussex border and supplies reclaimed building materials to the whole of the South East including Surrey and South London. This includes wood burner and multi-fuel stoves, depending on supplies at the time of looking.
Preloved
Preloved is one of the largest classified advertising sites in the UK with hundreds of thousands of adverts in over 500 categories. Much like Gumtree or Facebook Marketplace, you might find a gem within the rough.
There are so many routes you can take when you buy a new burner. What type of stove will you buy? Will you buy a second-hand or brand-new stove? Will you buy it online or in-store?
Only you will know what the best decisions are for you, your home, and your family. However, beyond those questions it’s also important to acknowledge the efficiency, environmental impact, your homes structure, time spent, and budget before you make any decisions.
What to Look for When Buying a Wood Burning Stove?
As with any significant purchase, and especially with a home purchase which could last decades, it’s important to do your research and understand what you’re ideally looking for and what options are available.
Efficiency:
You should ensure that you choose a stove that has a high-efficiency rating. All stoves should have an official efficiency rating that indicate how efficiently the stove burns wood. Anything over 70% efficiency is acceptable. Having an efficient stove will help you save time and money as it will maximise the heat output from the wood you burn.
Environmentally friendly:
When choosing a wood burning stove, you should ensure it’s not too harmful to the environment. Overall, stoves are far more eco-friendly than gas or electric heaters. Wood is a carbon-neutral fuel which means it does not produce more carbon dioxide than is already present in the carbon cycle.
New and modern stoves are more eco-friendly than older designs, so keep this in mind when deciding what one to purchase. If you want to ensure you are causing as little of an impact on the environment as possible, it is also important to understand the type of wood you should be burning.
Type of stove:
You need to decide what type of stove is best for you. There are three different types:
- Wood burning stove – These are only designed to burn wood.
- Multi-fuel stove – These allow you to burn other types of fuel, such as coal.
- Pellet stove – These are the best choice if you want to burn pellets instead of wood or coal.
Freestanding or insert stove:
Stove inserts work just like a freestanding stove except it must be located within your existing fireplace.
Blower, ash bin, & airwash system:
Look for a stove that has a blower if you want your stove to push heated air into your room. Ash bins allow you to easily remove ashes between fires. If you want to keep your stove burning for a long period of time, then you should look for a wood stove that has an ash bin. Wood stoves that have airwash systems built intend to have cleaner glass doors. Airwash provides a flow of air down the inside of the glass. This helps prevent particles from settling on the glass.
Steel or Cast Iron stove:
Cast iron stoves take longer to heat up but the heat will last for longer (even after the fire has gone out). You may also have a greater choice of patterns and designs. Steel stoves will take less time to heat up, but the heat won’t last as long. Steal stoves are more sleek-looking and are generally a cheaper option.
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We hope this helps when making your decision.
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