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Review of Lovenholm stove

Driving me mad!!

Mike Matthews 14 years ago

I bought the Lovenholm after having done all my homework and felt really pleased with my purchase. Had it fitted and it looked good, really stylish.\n\nThen it started happening.....creaking!!!! I thought initially it was just because it was getting hotter and it was the expanding metal however it then got worse and worse. It now happens intermittently (every 30 secs or so at it's best) throughout my using it and is at it's worst when I have just put some fresh wood on a bed of embers. It's at this point that it just creaks and clicks constantly. It's so bad I can only have loud music on or the tv as a 'quiet' room drives me insane.\n\nSo I spoke to the shop (who were very helpful) who replaced it for me saying this can happen very occasionally and is a 1 in 200 chance so imagine my surprise when it happened again (1 in 40000 now)!!!\n\nI've had my head all around the thing desperately trying to locate it but all I can say is it's is coming from the stove and not the pipe etc. \n\nSo now I'm either on to my third or I get a different one (Dunsley Highlander or Stockton 5 as needs to be DEFRA approved and a similar size due to the necessary clearances). \n\nRemember the VW Golf advert years ago with the squeaking car and it turns out to be the passengers ear ring? Well I don't wear ear rings!!!!\n\nYours in insanity

Overall rating:

2.5 flames

Build Quality 2 flames (avg 4.3)
Quality of finish 4 flames (avg 4.3)
Value for money 1 flames (avg 4.1)
Ease of use 4 flames (avg 3.9)
Ease of lighting 4 flames (avg 3.9)
Firebox size 3 flames (avg 3.4)
How well does the airwash work 4 flames (avg 3.8)
Controllability 2 flames (avg 4)
Handle operation 3 flames (avg 3.3)
How likely are you to buy it again? 1 flames (avg 3.7)
What is your overall satisfaction? 1 flames (avg 3.7)