| Many of todays contemporary style stoves are | | | | discussed in more depth in another article. Many |
| mostly wood burning stoves yet several | | | | modern wood burning stoves are used as stand |
| manufacturers have designed them also to burn | | | | alone features and add to the ambience of a |
| smokeless fuel. This is due to the thickness and | | | | room like a well designed piece of furniture. The |
| grade of steel along with high temperature internal | | | | stoves look equally good when placed in a |
| linings. The designs are mostly taller than the | | | | fireplace opening as long as a minimum of 300 to |
| traditional multifuel stove mostly seen in the UK. | | | | 400 mm is left clear above the wood burner so |
| An advantage of the taller wood burning stove is | | | | as not to impede the air convection. |
| that it has a much bigger burning chamber than | | | | Many of these contemporary wood burning |
| the traditional cast-iron stove. The bigger burning | | | | stoves are supplied with an upper chamber in the |
| chamber leads to a better fuel combustion, | | | | outer design of the stove which can be used for |
| cleaner burning with less emissions and a high | | | | keeping plates, coffee or food warm .Some of |
| efficiency. | | | | the stove designs have even a pyroceramic glass |
| The wood burning stoves are cleverly designed | | | | oven door on the front with a glass mounted |
| with inner and outer steel sides. Air rises from | | | | temperature gauge. I have used this type in our |
| inside the base of the stove heats up in the | | | | showroom to successfully cook bread, small |
| cavity and is expelled from the top. This is known | | | | chickens and pizzas all to the delight of our |
| as convection and as well as heating a room | | | | customers. |
| quickly it helps keep the side walls of the | | | | A large number of our customers who started |
| woodburning stove cooler as the convection is | | | | their stove experience with a traditional style |
| continually dissipating the heat. Radiant heat is | | | | wood or multifuel stove have since moved on to |
| mainly from the front of the stove. The best of | | | | the more contemporary, modern wood burning or |
| these woodburning stoves not only will have a | | | | multifuel stove. |
| primary burning system which is necessary for | | | | I recommend that you always look for a Din or |
| solid fuel burning but a preheated air system for a | | | | Din+ kite mark with your contemporary wood |
| cleaner glass. The result of the larger burner | | | | burning stove which shows it has been produced |
| chamber and preheated airwash is a log burning | | | | to high German standards for quality and |
| fire that is stunning to look at with a great heat | | | | emissions. |
| output. Primary, secondary and tertiary air are | | | | |