When we bought our house a gas fire was installed, we decided to brick up the fire and go for an electric contemporary fire. A few weeks ago I decided to sledge hammer the wall with a view to... [ read more] ]
By Sheenagh Owen-brown on Thursday 28th November, 2013
Really good stove, I installed it about 10 years ago and has been fine until this year I made a terrible mistake I put some coal that I had got from the mother in law, trouble was I didn't realise... [ read more] ]
This is my first stove so I can't say how it compares with others. However, I find it easy to light (have only tried wood so far) and it gets hot quickly. The firebox is small so there are few... [ read more] ]
Great stove, fitted two years ago, kept us super warm all through the snow last year- 28 degrees in a 10x7m room with doors to the rest of the house open! We only ever burn seasoned wood or... [ read more] ]
We've just had this installed and are very happy indeed with the ease of lighting and quality of heating. However, the secondary burn lever has no latitude at all, barely 1/2cm. It's fixed over... [ read more] ]
By James Alexander on Wednesday 27th November, 2013
We have had several good stoves in the past but have been disappointed by the performance and build quality of this Carron 4.5kw stove. The door seals do not align properly with the rim of the... [ read more] ]
Did all the prep work myself and got a HETAS guy to do the final fit, just this afternoon.
Fired up in less the a minute.
Now the dog has just left the room as it is too hot. Brilliant buy. [ read more] ]
We had our F400 fitted 2 years ago and despite heeding all the advice about burning well-seasoned wood, using a moisture meter etc, the glass constantly gets black at both sides. I have also... [ read more] ]
By Ian Sommerschield on Friday 22nd November, 2013
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