Review of Coalbrookdale Severn stove
Coalbrookdale Severn Boiler
No longer made this'll be a one to score on Ebay. I swapped out a Stovax Regency (see my Stovax reveiw)for this boiler model. I have this running back to back with a Dowling Sumo 40Kw (see that reveiw too) both feeding a Dunsley. They don't make them now because CBD (Aga) can't complete at this quality against the imported Chinese stuff. It weighs double any other stove save another CBD. Proper heavy mild steel where you need it (in the boiler to handle the temp changes and thus no cracking) and cast-iron where you want it to look pretty. So you can repair when the boiler eventually does go. But hell, it'll outlast any other before it does. I run smokeless coal. You can get a 10Kg bag straight in it, i removed the throat handle to make this easy still. Burns 3 x 10kg a day at flat out max.
Good: Output is as quoted: 11KW to water. 3-4 to room. Good for this. I use mine on very mild days to take chill off, but that s 'cos a I have the Mutha! (see Sumo review) Control is good, provided you have stat set and maintained well. An Ebay one will very likely need complete re-caulking, mine did. New stat pad and of course door seal rope 9mm. Watch feet & doors when you move it. best taken off first. I broke mine. My fault not the stoves. Bad: Air wash isn't really a goer, needs a clean every day, even when burning at flat out, it still needs a wipe, daily. So not the best. Ash pan is tiny. So you are forced to empty every day, but then I'm spolit with the Sumo (empty a Sumo every 2-3 days yet burn twice as much!) Bad: Also when you open doors with max capacity, ash falls to the hearth, not into ash pan. So messy to use and annoys missus. Good: few stoves are made as decent output boilers, I have a larger house to run, (22 rads) so you have Aarrow stuff or this. Go for top prices on Ebay as a result, but then compared to waht is now made, so they should. A ten year old one still has more in it than a new China made cast iron boiler. Put a stat in to control the cold water entry. (Or it wrecks 'em -applies to all stoves) Lastly Parts are a doddle. One regret, still not enough for me, I need say 20Kw to water, but thats me. Most will find a Severn doing their house if they have 7-8 rads. Use a Dunsley for linking. There is a 15kW non-boiler model, but really you may as well do you rads and water too. 'sides 15Kw is tooo much for all but an massive open plan room. Buy one.- Be the first to comment
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