Wood burning stoves with boilers and back boiler stoves for central heating

Boilerstoves.co.uk is a site dedicated to wood burning boiler stoves. Boilerstoves.co.uk gives an overview of the subject and is a good starting point if you want a broad understanding of how to heat your house with a back boiler stove. Central heating, domestic hot water, details on various boiler stoves, information on installation, linked system and linkup, solar thermal are all covered.

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Stoves with backboilers

A stove with a backboiler can be used to supplement your existing heating system or to entirely run your heating and hot water. When we specify a large boiler stove we like to ascertain the heat demand of your house first so that we can be sure that the stove has the required heat output.
As a rough rule of thumb domestic hot water generally takes 2.3-3kWh/person /day (8-10,000 BTU), whilst an average radiator (3' x 4') takes around 1.5kW (5,000 BTU). This rule of thumb is no substitute for the advice of a good plumber / heating engineer. You can use our BTU to kW converter if you want to convert BTU to kW or kW to BTU, however please be warned that just adding up the outputs of all the radiators in your house will usually give you a total figure which is too high and so it is not a good basis for sizing your boiler stove.

For information of how to set up a central heating system using a stove with a backboiler please visit our page incorporating a boiler stove as part of a central heating system.

Woodfire boiler stoves

Woodfire boiler stoves can come as 12kW freestanding versions, or as a 12kW and 18kW insert. With efficiencies of 82% and overheat safety as standard these are advanced wood boiler stoves.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Woodfire 12i contemporary insert boiler	10.8kW	1.2kW	82%	Wood
Woodfire 18i contemporary insert boiler	14.4kW	3.6kW	82%	Wood
Woodfire Alto Stove	10kW	4kW	81.6%	Wood
Woodfire C12 contemporary boiler stove	10.8kW	1.2kW	82%	Wood
Woodfire C18 contemporary boiler stove	14.4kW	3.6kW	82%	Wood
Woodfire F12 contemporary boiler stove	10.8kW	1.2kW	82%	Wood
Woodfire Firo Granite stove	6.1kW	2.3kW	80%	Wood
Woodfire Firo Sandstone stove	6.1kW	2.3kW	80%	Wood
Woodfire Firo stove	6.1kW	2.3kW	80%	Wood
Woodfire Nx10i inset boiler stove	8.5kW	1.3kW	84.2%	Wood
Woodfire Nx15i inset boiler stove	12.5kW	2.2kW	82.7%	Wood
Woodfire Nx15i Panorama wood boiler stove	9.6kW	5.3kW	84%	Wood
Woodfire Nx22i wood boiler stove	18.5kW	2.1kW	82%	Woodburning
Woodfire RS 12 insert boiler stove	11kW	2.2kW	76%	Woodburning
Woodfire RS 15 insert boiler stove	12.6kW	2.2kW	78.5%	Woodburning
Woodfire RS 19 insert boiler stove	16.7kW	2.3kW	75%	Woodburning
Woodfire RS 24 insert boiler stove	20.7kW	2.3kW	75%	Woodburning
Woodfire RS 32 insert boiler stove	27.7kW	4.7kW	75%	Woodburning
Woodfire RSD 15 double sided insert stove	10kW	4.8kW	76%	Woodburning
Woodfire RSD 19 double sided insert stove	14kW	5kW	74%	Woodburning

Stratford boiler stoves

The new range of Stratford Ecoboiler stoves perform really well, getting up to running temperature a lot faster than their predessors.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Ecoboiler 12 HE	12kW	6kW	71%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 12i HE	12kW	5kW	71.5%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 16 HE	16kW	8kW	72.8%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 20 HE	20kW	10kW	72.8%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 25 HE	25kW	12kW	71.6%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 7 HE	7kW	3kW	60.8%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 9 HE	9kW	4.5kW	67%	Multifuel
Ecoboiler 9i HE	9kW	4kW	67%	Multifuel

Broseley boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Broseley eVolution 26 boiler stove	16kW	10kW	78%	WOODBURNING ONLY
Broseley eVolution 8 boiler stove	8kW	3kW	82%	WOODBURNING ONLY
Snowdon 26 Woodburning Boiler Stove	16kW	10kW	78%	Wood
Snowdon 30 Multifuel Boiler Stove	22kW	2-8kW	75%	Multifuel

Aquatherm boiler stoves

Next generation 80% efficient, contemporary, insert, boiler stoves. Dedicated, very high efficiency, woodburners with high boiler outputs. Can go on vented systems and most can go on pressurised systems.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Aquatherm Eco C26 Wood Boiler Stove	17kW	10kW	78.4%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco F15 Wood Boiler Stove	10.5kW	4kW	75.1%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco F21 wood boiler stove	15kW	6kW	78.2%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco F26 V Wood Boiler Stove	17kW	9kW	78.4%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco F34 DS Wood Boiler Stove	24kW	10kW	78%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco F34 V Wood Boiler Stove	24kW	10kW	78%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco P26 Wood Boiler Stove	17kW	9kW	78.4%	Woodburning
Aquatherm Eco P34 Wood Boiler Stove	24kW	10kW	78%	Woodburning

Esse boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Esse 350 Greenswitch stainless contemporary door	11.8kW	3.6kW	78.5%	Wood
Esse 700 27B central heating stove	8kW	9kW	70.5%	Multifuel

Esse Range Cooker boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Esse ironheart range cooker stove	4.7kW	5.4kW	82%	Multi fuel

Hunter boiler stoves

Hunter make affordable steel stoves with a wide range of boiler outputs with the maxiumum output at 16kW (54,624 BTU) (Hunter 80B) makes hunter a popular central heating stove. All the prices below include delivery within mainland England. Hunter also offer a thermostatic control which regulates the air supply of the stove and therefore automatically regulates the heat output of the stove. The Hunter thermostat is available as an optional extra for all the following stoves with wraparound boilers.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Herald 14 Flat top multifuel stove	7-13kW	3-4.5kW	78.6%	Multi fuel
Herald 6 Flat top multifuel stove	3.5kW	2.5kW	75.9%	Multi fuel
Herald 8 Flat top multifuel stove	5.5-8.5kW	2.5kW	78.9%	Multi fuel
Hunter 80 B woodburning central heating stove	16kW	4.5-10kW	71%	Woodburning

Stovax boiler stoves

Stovax have a range of boiler stoves known as the Stockton HB (HB = High output Boiler), with high outputs up to 18kW (61,452 BTU). They can came with optional thermostats (£132 each) which control the output of the stove based on the water temperature. The HB boilers are multifuel as standard but an optional woodtray increases the size of the firebox for more effective woodburning (£95, £104 and £124 respectively).

For more information please see this pdf: Stockton high output boiler stoves
The standard Stockton range can also come with clip in boilers with lower outputs - these are listed below the HB models.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Stockton 11 multifuel stove	7.1kW	3.1kW	76%	Multifuel
Stovax Stockon 11HB Boiler Stove	11kW	7kW		Multifuel
Stovax Stockton 14HB Boiler Stove	15kW	7kW	65%	Multifuel
Stovax Stockton 7HBi Insert Boiler Stove	7.4kW	4kW		Multifuel
Stovax Stockton 8HB Boiler Stove	8.2kW	4.2kW	76%	Multifuel

Franco Belge boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
The Belfort multifuel stove	2.3kW	4.2kW	74.3%	Multi fuel
The Limousin multifuel stove	3kW	9kW	71.9%	Multi fuel
The Savoy Classic stove	2.3kW	5.7kW	72.4%	Multi fuel

Morso boiler stoves

The Squirrel is often used on house boats and narrow barges to provide hot water.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Cleanheat Squirrel cast iron multifuel stove with squirrel sides 1430	2.3kW	2.3kW	71%	Multi fuel
Dove 1631 cleanheat cast iron multifuel stove	10kW	2kW	74%	Multifuel
Morso Squirrel Standard stove	2.3kW	2.7kW	76%	Multi fuel

Firefox boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Firefox 12B boiler stove	7.4kW	6.2kW	73%	Multifuel

Aarrow boiler stoves

Aarrow Ecoburns and Aarrow Acorn stoves can come with clip in backboilers. These backboilers can supplement your hot water (or provide all of it if you run the stove for long engough) and the larger stoves can also run a radiators or two. These Aarrow stoves with clip in boilers are not really designed for heating a whole house (unless your house is small or very well insulated that is). The nice thing about the Ecoburn stoves with a backboiler is that the stove still gives out a significant amount of heat to the room. The Aarrow Acorn stove with backboiler is ideal for a houseboat as it will not overpower the room whilst still providing hot water.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Aarrow Acorn View 4 stove	1.2kW	3.8kW	80%	Multifuel
Aarrow Acorn View 5 stove	1.8kW	3.2kW	78%	Multifuel
Aarrow Ecoburn 11 stove	3.4kW	7.6kW	74.7%	Multi fuel
Aarrow Ecoburn 5 stove	1.8kW	3.2kW	74.7%	Multi fuel
Aarrow Ecoburn 7 stove	2kW	4kW	72.1%	Multi fuel
Aarrow Ecoburn 9 stove	2.6kW	5.4kW	71.6%	Multi fuel
Aarrow Ecoburn Plus 4 stove	1.8kW	2.2kW	75%	Multifuel
Aarrow Ecoburn Plus 5 stove	2kW	3kW	74.7%	Multifuel
Aarrow Ecoburn Plus 7 stove	2kW	5kW	73%	Multifuel
Aarrow Ecoburn Plus 9 stove	3.3kW	5.7kW	72%	Multifuel
Aarrow Signature 11 stove	3.4kW	7.6kW	75.2%	Multifuel
Aarrow Signature 5 stove	1.3kW	3.5kW	79.4%	Multifuel
Aarrow Signature 7 stove	1.7kW	5.3kW	73.2%	Multifuel
Aarrow Signature 9 stove	3kW	6kW		Multifuel

Charnwood boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Country 12 stove	2.9kW	9.1kW	74.1%	Wood burning
Country 16b stove	8.6kW	7.3kW	75%	Wood burning
Country 4 woodburning stove	2.2kW	1.8kW	76.8%	Woodburning
Country 6 stove	2.9kW	3.1kW	80.5%	Woodburning
Country 8 stove	2.9kW	5.1kW	79.8%	Wood burning

Dunsley boiler stoves

The Dunsley Yorkshire stove works so well that not only is the woodburning and multifuel model approved for smokeless zones, so are the boiler models!

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Dunsley Yorkshire boiler stove	9.2kW	7.8kW	75%	Woodburning

Atago Design boiler stoves

Atago Design have a name for themselves as the low energy house boiler stove, suited to passive houses, Pasivhaus, Sonnenhaus, etc. The main reason is that they have very low heat to the room, can be 100% room sealed, and of course are efficient.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Atago Design NK 15 Inset Boiler Stove for Low Energy Houses	14.4kW	1.2kW	81.8%	Multifuel
Atago Design NK 20 Inset Boiler Stove for Low Energy Houses	17.3kW	1.9kW	82.9%	Multifuel
NK 30 Inset Boiler	23.5kW	7.3kW	82.4%	Multifuel
NK 40 Inset Boiler	25kW	13.4kW	82%	Multifuel

Firebelly boiler stoves

The Firebelly FB2 stove can come with an 8kW boiler giving you a contemporary take on a traditional boiler stove.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Firebelly FB2 stove	8kW	4kW	78%	Wood

De Manincor boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
FK500 wood cooker boiler stove	17kW	3kW	70%	Woodburning
FKA900 wood cooker boiler stove	16kW	4kW	70%	Woodburning

Wamsler boiler stoves

Two of Wamsler's central heating range cooker stoves that are on our site. With high kW outputs these stoves are suitable for providing all the heating and hot water for a whole house. The Wamsler 900 has many colour options and can come with lids as an optional extra. Other models of Wamsler central heating stove are also available.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Wamsler 1100 series central heating cooker stove	18kW	9kW		Wood or coal
Wamsler 900 cooker stove	16kW	4kW		Multi fuel

Villager boiler stoves

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Puffin stove	1.8kW	2.2kW	78%	Multifuel
The Flatmate wood burning stove	4.6kW	3.4kW	78.4%	Wood burning
The Villager Wood C wood burning stove	2.9kW	2.1kW	79%	Wood burning
Villager A Flat Top wood burning stove	4.7kW	9.3kW	71.5%	Wood burning
Villager Bayswater High Canopy multifuel stove	4.6kW	2.4kW	71.8%	Multi fuel
Villager Bayswater Low Canopy multifuel stove	4.6kW	2.4kW	71.8%	Multi fuel
Villager Chelsea Duo stove	3.4kW	1.6kW	71.7%	Multi fuel
Villager Chelsea Solo stove	3.4kW	1.6kW	71.7%	Multi fuel
Villager Esprit 10 Solo stove	3.4kW	6.6kW	75.8%	Multifuel
Villager Esprit 5 Solo stove	1.8kW	3.4kW	77.5%	Multifuel
Villager Esprit 7 Solo stove	1.6kW	5.4kW	72.2%	Multifuel
Villager Esprit 8 Solo stove	2.9kW	5.1kW	80.4%	Multifuel

Bruno boiler stoves

Bruno stoves are unique looking, contemporary stoves and with the addition of a boiler you gain additional heat output.

Boiler stove name	Heat to water	Heat to room	Efficiency	Fuel
Bruno T10 Woodburning Stove	3kW	12kW		Woodburning
Bruno T12 Woodburning Stove	4kW	14kW		Woodburning
Bruno T14 Woodburning Stove	5kW	16kW		Woodburning
Bruno T6 Woodburning Stove	1kW	8kW		Woodburning
Bruno T8 Woodburning Stove	2kW	9kW		Woodburning