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The modern soapstone wood stove from NunnaUuni utilizes century-old technique for the best heat retention. The periclase on the surface of the soapstone fire chamber ensures the unique thermal properties of NunnaUuni premium soapstone fireplaces and wood stoves and remains a defining feature of the company. Periclase, which is 6 times harder than talc and withstands temperatures of up to 1,600°C, appears when Magnesium Carbonate present in the soapstone surface, converts into it at temperatures exceeding 520°C. With the melting point of pure periclase close to 2,800°C, the soapstone stove chambers deliver outstanding heat storage and long lasting output.
Posted July 27, 2010 1:32 PM

The stylish freestanding fireplaces designed by Malm in the heart of Sonoma County are perfect for today's busy lifestyles. Unlike traditional masonry brick fireplaces which often take hours to heat the mass of bricks and waste much of the heat, the sleek freestanding Malm fireplaces heat up rapidly and radiate heat efficiently in all directions. And unlike traditional wood burning fireplaces, Malm's let have you a clear view of the fire from any angle. Finally you can get them in practically any color, including a variety of porcelain colors, brass, stainless, nickel, copper plated or matte black finish.
Posted July 5, 2010 2:07 PM

The stylish water heating wood stove, Oasi from Caminetti Montegrappa comes in two models with 10. 5 kW and 16.5 kW heat outputs, and is characterised by the full glass door with logo and screen printed edging. With its curved door glass panel, you can enjoy the view of flames from many points in your room. Such a modern water heating stove represents an excellent fusion of efficiency and aesthetics, serving as an essential furnishing element and a reliable appliance for heating water in your house. The compact stove takes little space despite having a boiler, and is suitable for smaller apartments. Its boiler is made of very thick sheet plate for durability and safety, with particular attention paid to the potential issues of thermal stress. The water flow was studied by Caminetti designers in order to simplify its path and to obtain high thermal exchanging coefficients.
Oasi has a cast iron hearth and is the first water heating wood stove with combustion lined in CMtech, the new ultra thick refractory material that provides incredible sturdiness and optimum combustion, and enhances the glow and the movement of the flame just perfectly. To optimise combustion, the wood burning water heating Oasi is equipped with a damper and preheats the secondary air before letting it into the combustion chamber.
Posted January 28, 2010 11:51 AM

The Line Series air heating, wall mounted stoves by Caminetti Montegrappa are solid, heavy gauge steel, wood burning stoves finished in tough, yet subtly elegant black temperature-resistant coating. Compact, with strong dynamic lines and available in two models, Linea 6 and Linea 8, these wall mounted wood burning stoves feature front door with large ceramic glass window that is capable of withstanding thermal shocks of up to 750°C. The firebox is lined with refractory material designed to store heat when the fire is burning and release it very gradually, keeping the air warm even after the flames have died. Each wood burning stove comes with a natural convection system and has a 15 cm rear or top flue outlet. The stoves also offer heating efficiency in excess of 80%. Linea 6 variable heat output is in 3.9 to 7.8 kW range while Linea 8 yields between 5.2 and 10.4 kW. CO emissions are kept under 0.09%.
Posted January 28, 2010 9:50 AM

You can pick contemporary pellet stove from an extensive collection of cast iron pellet stoves by MCZ. Each wood burning stove model has contemporary linear design and comes in many finishes, including silver, black, white, burgundy, yellow, grey, blue and anti-fingerprint stainless steel. Designed of cast iron with ceramic walls and top, these contemporary wood burning pellet stoves are able to keep heat for prolonged time while a large pellet tank and remote control provide for greater autonomy and comfort. Certain models enable you to channel warm air up to 8 meters way from the stove. All MCZ pellet stoves also feature two fans with independent electronic control for maximum versatility. Very reasonable burning rates, excellent burning efficiencies up to 90% and heat outputs up to 12 kW make these economical pellet stoves suitable for keeping large, up to 350m³ spaces warm and cozy. MCZ.




Posted January 12, 2010 5:30 PM

The Vogelzang Frontiersman is efficient compact wood stove made of heavy gauge, reinforced steel with firebrick lining and welded seams to ensure long years of reliable heating. Finished in satin black nickel-pewter trim, the Frontiersman is equipped with 60 CFM F-4 blower system, offering a 102,000 BTU rating to sufficiently heat up to 1,000 ft². The Vogelzang Frontiersman also features a heavy cast iron door that surrounds an air washed ceramic glass window for a full, unobstructed view of the fire. The door of this Vogelzang wood stove has a spring handle designed to remain cool to the touch even when the stove is extremely hot. The 165 lbs Frontiersman stove accepts 16" wood logs and sells for around $600. Vogelzang.
Posted January 8, 2010 7:00 PM
All that snow shoveling this morning made me think of a nice and rugged wood burning stove. Since I refuse to buy a snow blower to minimize my carbon footprint, while my wife thinks I am just cheap, only EPA certified wood stoves would do it. I might just go and pick on of Vogelzang wood stoves, either Performer or Shiloh comes to mind. Both stoves qualify for the federal 30% Energy Tax Credit to benefit those who purchase and install specific types of energy efficient product in their homes. So let's see what we got here.

The Performer is a larger of the two Vogelzang wood stoves and at 325 lbs is much heavier. It comes with adjustable 100 CFM blower that directs warm air around the firebox and into the room, and 6" round flue size, features whopping 119,000 BTU rating and easily heats up to 2,200 ft², which is probably all the footage I have. This EPA certified wood stove is quite safe and can burn up to 12 hours on one fueling of 20" wood logs, producing a tremendous amount of heat and keeping it for a long time. It is built from 3/16" reinforced steel plate with interior firebrick lining and has a ceramic glass window on the cast iron door with cool-touch spring handle, offering a beautiful view of roaring flames. Finished in smooth black with pewter trim, the airtight wood stove operates with a 75% efficiency rating and has a large pull out ash tray for convenient ash removal. Seen in stores for around $1,100.
Posted January 8, 2010 11:14 AM

Designed by Jacob Jensen whose contemporary toasters we are quite fond of, attractive and original Heta Vision stoves are as captivating to watch as a real fire. Available in three models - full size Vision I, compact Vision II and wall mounted Vision III, these contemporary wood stoves provide coziness of bright flames and physical warmth for up to 120 m² space. With its maximum 8 kW heat output and tight, clear design, these are the perfect Heta stoves for cold and long winter evenings and nights. Vision also comes with window-rinsing function, in which a stream of air prevents soot from forming on the interior of stove large panoramic window, and a simple control panel that can be used to regulate the combustion.

Posted January 2, 2010 5:23 PM

Scan DSA 5 is one of the few Denmark made stoves available in the U.S. Large and expertly crafted from high quality stainless steel, these EPA exempt Scan stoves take 18" long logs and will heat rooms up to 1,800 ft². Air washed glass, 10 kW heat output, 75% efficiency rating the stoves carry on Euro markets and up to 8 hours burning time, make Scan DSA 5 a very solid stove for the cold U.S. winter. Price is approximately $5,500. Scan.

Posted January 2, 2010 12:39 PM

Scan 57 is modern free standing wood burning stove with wide combustion chamber which is capable of taking wood logs up to 50 cm in length. Finished in black with side panels in durable stainless steel, this free standing wood burning stove comes with a fixed plinth, but is also available with a revolving base, making it possible to enjoy the flames from all sides of the room. Such rotating stove is perfectly suited to be placed in the middle of the room and turned to enjoy the flames from different angles. With heat output up to 9 kW and 78% burning efficiency, the stove is ideal for large rooms with size of up to 340 m³. And like the Scan 58 wood burning stove, it carries prestigious Swan label from Nordic Ecolabel. Scan.
Posted December 29, 2009 1:00 AM

The beautiful wood burning stoves from Scan are environmentally friendly and inexpensive to use. The Scan 58 Series consists of a range of wood burning stoves built around an elliptic burn chamber. Designed by one of the leading design companies in Denmark, every Scan 58 stove is built with a relentless focus on smart details and user advantages, resulting in an innovative elliptic stove that provides an incredible view of the fire.

These stoves feature 3 different burn chambers that can be combined with 3 different plinths, and you also have the option between an elegant top plate of steel, glass or heat accumulating soap stone. Sufficient to heat up to 300 m³ with nominal heat output of 8 kW and 76% heating efficiency, Scan 58 Series of wood burning stoves includes 4 floor models with different configurations and trims, and a wall stove.
Posted December 28, 2009 12:05 PM

Designed to burn the small, cylinder shaped pellets produced from compressed left-over wood dust, Rüegg Kea is the free standing pellet stove with 9.0 kW heat output and close to 300 cubic meters heating capacity. Since the pellet is eco friendly, CO2 neutral and easy to burn, the free standing Kea is the excellent choice for environmentally sensible consumers. With the touch of a button, the integrated automatic system of this pellet store ensures the proper placement, clean and complete burn as well as 92% burning efficiency. Also, this economical free standing stove consumes no more than 2.2 kg per hour and that is in the worst case scenario, making its 16 kg pellet storage last for the whole day at the very least. Rüegg offers this free standing pellet stove in three different finishes, combining varnished stainless steel with anthracite and soapstone. Price is € 3,300. Unfortunately, Rüegg Cheminee appliances are not certified for North American market. Also, Rüegg Valigrill.
Posted November 15, 2009 11:07 AM

Aga Minsterley is the large cast iron central heating boiler stove, capable of heating up to 8 radiators, burning either wood or solid fuel, thanks to its interchangeable fuel plate. The Minsterley is ideal stove for the family home with an excellent central-heating/hot-water to space-heating ratio. Equipped with Advanced Airwash Technology, this highly efficient Aga stove offers outstanding hot water performance with virtually no excess heat given into the room. Minsterley construction combines hidden baffles, channels and ducts to manipulate the air circulation, allowing Aga to achieve a very efficient and clean combustion with low emissions.
Posted October 31, 2009 11:00 PM

The new and compact Aga Fusion is rather small pellet stove with clean lines and compact footprint. With burning efficiency over 90% and 13 kW maximum heat output, this small and elegant pellet stove offers clean burning and brings warmth and coziness into your house. Wood pellets are made of recycled waste wood and burn efficiently and conveniently, giving off almost no wood smoke. Aga equipped the stove with automatic control, built-in room thermostat, room humidifier and offers optional remote thermostat. Automatic start up cycle makes Fusion easy to use. And this small pellet stove consumes approximately 1 kg of pellets per hour. Other features include 7-day programmer 2 on/off periods per day, automatic cleaning cycle, fan assisted convection air, automatic overheat and chimney safety shutdown, and removable ash tray and burn pot. Price for the Fusion small pellet stove is approximately £2,160. Aga.
Posted September 11, 2009 11:50 AM

This stylish free standing wood stove from Thorma gives you quite a performance in spite of its rather compact size. Isberg offers 9 kW in nominal heat output while measuring under 99H x 63W x 47D cm. Enough to heat living quarters up to 200 m³. Since the wood stove is free standing and weighs just over 152 kg, it can be moved around the house, as long as you can hook its outlet, that is. Its wood burning efficiency is 81% while wood consumption is 3 kg per hour. You can get Thorma Isberg for approximately € 700.
Posted August 31, 2009 3:05 PM