| Wood burning stoves have been in use since as | | | | good conductor of heat. The stoves are usually |
| early as the eighteenth century. They became | | | | made from plates which are bolted together. If a |
| extremely popular during the nineteenth century | | | | part is damaged, it can be quickly replaced. It also |
| and even now they are in great demand. In the | | | | allows the stove to be designed in various ways |
| earliest stoves earthenware tiles were used for | | | | and ornamented as one desires. As you can |
| protection. They were often beautifully decorated | | | | readily see the stoves were more than a mere |
| and were employed in some of the greatest | | | | source of heat the wood burning stove made of |
| palaces of Europe during the middle ages. | | | | cast iron represented a beautiful piece of furniture |
| Ceramic at that time was popular for use as the | | | | and occupied a place of pride in whichever room it |
| material from which to fashion wood burning | | | | was kept in. Even today these stoves are in big |
| stoves from. Even up to the twentieth century | | | | demand by collectors. By the end of the |
| the use of ceramic was prevalent in the | | | | nineteenth century the cast iron stoves began |
| construction of the wood burning stoves even | | | | being manufactured in various enamel colors. |
| those with an iron firebox. The ceramic stoves | | | | Modern manufacturing methods dictate that there |
| were able to absorb large quantities of heat and | | | | are mainly three materials which are popular in the |
| release that heat over a long period of time. | | | | construction of modern wood burning stoves - |
| Later, after cast iron was found to work very | | | | steel, cast iron and soapstone. Steel is a very |
| effectively in the stoves it became the popular | | | | good conductor of heat and is suitable for large |
| material for building the wood burning stoves. It | | | | rooms and basements where it quickly starts |
| tended to offer many advantages over the | | | | radiating heat after being started. Soapstone on |
| ceramic versions. Cast iron is a very strong | | | | the other hand takes a long time to heat up and |
| material and the stoves which are built from it are | | | | keeps on radiating heat for a considerable amount |
| actually quite durable. Many of the cast iron | | | | of time after being turned off. Cast iron lies |
| stoves from over a century ago are still functional | | | | somewhere in the middle of these two extremes. |
| and in a very good condition. Most of the antique | | | | Wood burning stoves have revived their |
| wood burning stoves were made of cast iron. | | | | popularity because they look beautiful and are |
| Cast iron can easily sustain very high | | | | very cost effective and reliable as compared to |
| temperatures without being damaged and it is a | | | | gas, oil or electric stoves. |