Stovax STOV1008 Indoor Fireplace User Manual


 
Welcome to Stovax, a company that has been dedicated to the development and
manufacture of high quality, woodburning and multi-fuel stoves for more than 25 years.
Today, Stovax is home to one of Europe’s leading ranges of stoves and fireplaces with
models and colours to suit all types of interiors.
Premium quality
Accordingly, the Stovax Stockton range combines the
advantage of both materials to offer superb performance
and value for money.
State-of-the-art cleanburn technology
Most stoves in this brochure feature cleanburn technology
so they burn logs or solid fuels with outstanding efficiency*,
resulting in more heat delivery into the room and less
going up the chimney. It works by introducing pre-
heated, secondary air into the firebox to burn the excess
hydrocarbons in the smoke. Airwash air also helps keep the
window clean, allowing you to enjoy the flames to the full.
CE Marked and HETAS Accredited
All Stovax Stoves in this brochure, with the exception of
the Large Regency, are CE marked, and this is shown
by the CE mark on their product pages. This means they
have been independently tested to exacting European
standards for both heating efficiency and emissions. They
have also been accredited by HETAS, the UK’s official
body recognised by the government to approve solid fuel
domestic heating appliances.
Authentic choice
There is nothing like the irresistible ambience of a real
Stovax stove. Expertly crafted to be traditional in appearance
yet modern in flexibility and convenience, they continue
to offer discerning homeowners the best of all worlds.
Whether you choose woodburning or smokeless fuel options
they are clean burning, highly efficient and available in sizes
and styles to suit most rooms and living spaces.
Cast iron or steel
Originally, all heating stoves, such as the Regency illustrated
on page 24, were made from cast iron. Today, in spite of
commercial steel production expanding from the late 19th
Century onwards, cast iron still remains the material of
choice for many premium quality stoves. This is because of
the way cast iron diffuses warmth giving maximum radiant
heat over a period of time. Moreover, the iron can be cast
more thickly in areas where greater strength is needed,
whilst additionally allowing attractive designs to be cast into
the stove panels.
However, in the 21st Century modern manufacturing
technology also permits the use of heavy gauge steel for the
body of the stove to be complemented by cast iron doors
and firebox components.
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Woodburning and solid fuel
All Stovax stoves are designed either for multi-fuel
use, which means they burn logs, smokeless fuels or
peat/turf briquettes, or as woodburners only.
Multi-fuel stoves have a riddling grate which allows
ash to be riddled into a built-in ashpan to create
the optimum conditions for efficient combustion.
Woodburners have a fixed grate and no ashpan, since
wood burns best on a bed of ashes.
Wood is better in environmental terms as the amount
of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is
approximately the same as that absorbed by the
tree during growth. It is also a renewable resource,
particularly when derived from plantations and
cultivated woodland. For optimum results, we
recommend logs should be seasoned for 2 years or
more to achieve a moisture content below 20%*.
This will not only give twice the output of freshly felled
timber but help avoid a build up of tar in your flue.
Furthermore, if you can obtain hardwood logs this is
better still, as they will have up to twice the calorific
value of softwoods.
In rural areas, Stovax stoves have a particular
advantage as they allow homeowners to burn readily
available log supplies from local sources. Indeed, if you
are a farmer, smallholder or landowner your fuel could
even be free!
Just as importantly, if you choose a Stovax stove with
a boiler option, you can even provide yourself with
domestic hot water or run radiators from the same fire.
Alternatively, you can
augment your existing
oil or gas fuelled central
heating system, or
reduce your reliance on
it as a single source,
by feeding hot water
from the stove into the
system via a ‘neutralising
chamber’. Both methods
help make greener
heating and hot water
a reality.
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AST IRON STOVES
Brunel Stoves
6
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Huntin
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22 – 2
3
Regency Stoves
2
4 –
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5
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7
Dimensions & Flue Pi
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5
8 – 61
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TEEL STOVE
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4
28 – 31
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3
Accessories & Stove Care 54 – 57
Dimensions & Flue Pi
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6
2 – 67
CAST IRON
& STEEL STOVES
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* All efficiencies quoted in this brochure are for
seasoned wood with a moisture content of less than
20% or for approved smokeless fuels.