Using Your Stove
Master your new stove and become an expert owner. Learn to build proper fires for clean, efficient burns. Find tips to keep your stove in top shape — from maintenance like cleaning and inspections to troubleshooting common user issues. Discover how to use your stove safely, economically, and confidently all season long with our comprehensive guides.
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Why Is My Wood Burner Smoking?
Is your wood burner having problems with smoke? If so, don’t worry – you’re not alone. When in proper working order, stoves provide efficient heat that rarely lets you down. However, circumstances can sometimes create conditions that don’t allow a stove to perform at its best. This can result in the odd hiccup, which often […] -
How to Cook With a Log Burner
We like to think that our stove buyers are adventurous types – after all, stoking the flames of your own handcrafted fire does bring a little more excitement to your life! So, we thought we’d let you in on a secret about your log burner that you might not know about – you can cook […] -
How to Properly Put Out a Fire in A Log Burner
When you first fire up your stove, your main concern is probably along the lines of how best to light your log burner. However, it is just as important to make sure you put out your stove safely. While we don’t like to dampen the fun, fire is serious business. An improperly used stove can […] -
Why Does My Log Burner Keep Going Out?
Whether you are using a log burner or multi fuel stove for the first time, or have bought a new one you’re not quite used to yet, you might find yourself struggling to get your fire going. If so, don’t worry – you’re not alone! Getting the knack of building a roaring fire that crackles […] -
Lighting Your Stove for the First Time
If you’re the proud owner of a new wood burner or multifuel stove, you probably can’t wait to get it up and running for the first time! However, before you get carried away, it’s good to get a few pointers. Unfortunately, lighting the perfect fire comes only with practice, so don’t feel put out if […] -
Why You Need to Sweep Your Chimney
Once you have bought a stove, a chimney sweep should be a permanent fixture on your household calendar. However, you may be wondering why it’s such an important thing to do. Sweeping your chimney is essential in keeping your stove not only clean and efficient, but also as safe as possible. With dirty or badly […] -
The Positives of Buying A Wood Burning Stove
Wood burning stoves have had a bit of a hard time in the press over recent months. It’s primarily been off the back of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s call for a ban on wood burners in urban areas, particularly in London, in a bid to try and improve air quality. Mr Khan asked for […] -
How To Keep Your Wood Burner Healthy
First things first, as a stove retailer you know that we love stoves and so it stands to reason that we’d want to keep our stoves ‘healthy’. We also encourage all our customers (and prospective customers) to do the same. But what does it mean to keep a stove ‘healthy’? I hear you ask. A […] -
How To Clean & Maintain Your Wood Burning Stove
One of the main considerations when it comes to investing in a wood burning stove is often the time it takes to keep it cleaned, maintained and working properly. Although wood is a brilliant fuel source for generating heat efficiently, there can be no getting around the fact that it does require some additional maintenance. […] -
How To Clean & Maintain Your Wood Burning Stove
One of the main considerations when it comes to investing in a wood burning stove is often the time it takes to keep it cleaned, maintained and working properly. Although wood is a brilliant fuel source for generating heat efficiently, there can be no getting around the fact that it does require some additional maintenance. […]
