Review of Mendip Woodland Mk3 Stove and Convector stove
very disappointing for an expensive stove
Despite following the instructions from the fitter and from the user manual it is impossible to add fuel without smoke bellowing out and stinking out the conservatory. Have to open windows to let the smell out and the heat goes too. Have not noticed this problem with other stoves. Would have our money back if this was possible.
Stove expert replied: Mendip have asked us to point out the Woodland has been improved and developed since the Mk3 and the latest model is both award winning and entirely made in the UK. You can read reviews for this model here: https://www.whatstove.co.uk/mendip-woodland-dc-stove-reviews This is 99% likely to be due to the chimney rather than the stove. There are a couple of things that could be happening here. Modern stoves are getting more and more efficient - that also means they tend to be more heavily baffled - so they are less forgiving if your chimney does not draw well. Often a chimney for a conservatory stove will either be quite short, or it may have several bends in it to take it back to the main house and then up. It can also be due to not enough air coming into the room - as you open the door of a stove air needs to rush up the chimney or it will smoke into the room. You can test whether this is the case by opening a window when you try to refuel. The solution to the chimney, if that is the problem (which is very likely), is often simply to make it higher. I am sure that Mendip stoves would like to help guide you in how you might make the chimney work better - I can put you in touch with them if you like?
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Janina Robbins said 8 months ago:
We have the same problem with our wood burner fitted Feb 2022 and I disagree with the experts comments as we were told the same thing - put all of the blame on the installation. We’ve done everything: ventilation brick behind the burner - our flue was extended and a Whirly vent added to the top of the flue to draw the smoke up - made no difference and now we have an unsightly massive chimney much taller than our neighbour who has the same house but a different much cheaper burner and no smoking problem. Common sense says if you put sloping tiles with the gap for the smoke to go up the chimney to the very front smoke is going to be pushed towards the door when you open it. We have had wood burners before and never had this problem I would like a mendip expert to come out to our house and tell us what more we could do as I think it’s the design. Very unhappy with this burner and I would like Mendip to replace this with a different model as they have said even though it’s under warranty it is not the fault of the wood burner.