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Review of Country Kiln Aspect stove

Not so Hot!

Martin Wynn 13 years ago

I brought this stove for a small single story cottage but I am very dissapointed all round. Not only is the quality build very poor (the feet screw holes did not line up and it was difficult to fit these),in addtion the glass in the door has repeatedly cracked and I have had to purchase 3 replacements at £50.00 a piece in the space of 12 months. ( This has never happened with any other log burner I have purchased).\n\nAt the time of fitting the log burner, my chimney was also lined by a HETAS professional who gave me a work guarantee but he and I were very dissapointed with the overall performance of the log burner when lit, it just does not seem to kick out a lot of heat regardless of what fuel I use. The living room it is installed in, is quite small only 12 x 12 feet, so I was thinking it was going to be very cosy and warm based upon past log burner purchases but this is not the case.\n\nHaving paid more in the past for a log burner and choosen the Villager which is much more solid I would not recoomened this for even a budget conscience commercial project.

Overall rating:

1.5 flames

Build Quality 1 flames (avg 1.7)
Quality of finish 1 flames (avg 1.7)
Value for money 2 flames (avg 2.3)
Ease of use 2 flames (avg 2.7)
Ease of lighting 2 flames (avg 2.7)
Firebox size 1 flames (avg 2)
How well does the airwash work 1 flames (avg 1)
Controllability 1 flames (avg 1.3)
Handle operation 2 flames (avg 1.7)
How likely are you to buy it again? 1 flames (avg 1.3)
What is your overall satisfaction? 1 flames (avg 2)