All Stovax Stoves are designed either for multi-fuel use, which means they burn logs, smokeless fuels or peat/turf briquettes, or as woodburners only.
Multi-fuel stoves have a riddling grate that allows ash to be riddled into a built-in ashpan to create the optimum conditions for efficient combustion. Woodburners have a fixed grate and no ashpan, since wood burns best on a bed of ashes.
Wood is better in environmental terms as the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is approximately the same as that absorbed by the tree during growth. It is also a renewable resource, particularly when derived from plantations and cultivated woodland. For optimum results, we recommended logs should be seasoned for 2 years or more to achieve moisture content below 20%. (All efficiencies quoted for Stovax Stoves are for seasoned wood with moisture content of less than 20% or for approved smokeless fuels) This will not only give twice the output of freshly felled timber but also help avoid a build up of tar in your flue. Furthermore, if you can obtain hardwood logs this is better still, as they will have up to twice the calorific value of softwoods.
In rural areas, Stovax Stoves have a particular advantage as they allow homeowners to burn readily available log supplies from local sources. Indeed, if you are a farmer, smallholder or landowner your fuel could even be free!
Just as importantly, if you choose a Stovax stove with a boiler option, you can even provide yourself with domestic hot water or run radiators from the same fire.
Alternatively, you can augment your existing oil or gas fuelled central heating system, or reduce your reliance on it as a single source, by feeding hot water from the stove into the system via a 'neutralising chamber'. Both methods help make greener heating and hot water a reality.
