Review of Esse 100 stove
Esse 100
My Esse 100 stove was installed in January of 2010. I bought it because I liked the rustic styling, in particular the wide glass door and generally pleasing appearance. However, after only about 5 months usage, it has begun to emit fumes and when I investigated, found the deflector plate at the top of the combustion chamber badly distorted. This wasn't surprising as it is only a piece of thin (1mm) mild steel sheet. Also, one of the two fire resistant(?) bricks at the back was in three pieces and there was evidence of quite severe corrosion plus some signs of distortion of the fabricated outer steel casing which is only 5mm thick. By contrast, the cast iron components forming the front,top and fire basket etc. are perfectly OK. In short, a good design but badly let down by inadequately specified material. I wouldn't be happy about buying one again. \n\n
Stove expert replied: sounds a little like this stove was fired very hot, perhaps on coal, and perhaps with a strong chimney draw. A lot of steel stoves are actually made from 5mm steel plate.
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