
helping people choose a suitable stove for their home, advising on deliveries etc.
I also oversee the spare parts side keeping a close eye on our Stovespares website. I battle with exploded diagrams and parts lists and am pretty good at identifying mystery stoves. So, if you need an igniter for a pellet stove, a replacement baffle or firebrick, come to me.
My stoves
When I was first shown round my cottage by the estate agent, I
thought I would love to have a stove in the old fireplace in the
sitting room, where there had been the old boiler. Three years
on, I installed a Morso Badger which I am thrilled with. I find
it very easy to light and it heats up my sitting room in less than
half an hour. I am only burning wood as my brother is great at
keeping me supplied with logs from the woodland where he lives,
and where I used to look after sheep and cattle in my farming
days. In those days I had an old Rayburn in the kitchen which I
used to cook on. It was great for cooking casseroles, leaving it
for 4 hours while out at work, and then I would come back for
lunch with the meal already. There were the occasional times when
the fire went out, then it was bread and cheese for lunch. The
Rayburn was fitted with a boiler which helped in providing the hot
water. In the sitting-room I had a very old Danish cast iron
stove that I was given by John. This was top loading, and the logs
would fit vertically, burning from the bottom of the log upwards,
not a design that is seen so often these days with the
contemporary design of stoves. The stove had mica in the door
which you could just about see if the fire was alight through. I
loved the art deco styling in the casting, probably because it
reminded me of my arts background in silver-smithing and jewellery
making.
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Monday 14th January, 2019