I have a Varde Uniq 1 stove that was properly installed by one of their recognised fitters. It is useless! The fire will keep going unless the door is slightly ajar. No amount of experimenting
with the secondary and primary vent works. It is like there is no proper airwash. The installer has come back and taken a look and verified that everything is installed properly and does not know why it is not working. Basically it is a very poor design! Don''t bother with Varde. In fact, download their instructions and have a read - they are the worse instructions, the diagrams used in the instructions aren''t even of the same stove!!
We have 2 stoves in our house. The Varde Ovne stove is far superior is quality and design to our Charnwood stove. For example the door handle design and operation is superb. There''s no pressed
steel or poor grade cast iron. Much of the construction is fabricated and welded from decent grade steel.
We also love the look of the stove - as do people that visit.
We use it most nights from Nov - May and it lights so easily.
Finally, it''s really efficient - 3-4 logs per evening is all it uses.
Can''t speak highly enough about it!
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