Quick guide to calculating your perfect size of stove

• Measure your room.
• Multiply the length x the width x the height
• Divide this figure by 14
• This sum is the kW output you’ll need to heat your room.

Environmental benefits of wood-burning stoves
We live in an age where there is concern for the environment and the effect that the burning of fossil fuels is having on our climate therefore the burning of wood on a stove makes great environmental sense for a number of reasons:

Wood is one of the new renewable fuels, growing trees for fuel is a viable and sensible option.

Using wood means we are preserving our valuable fossil fuel reserves for future generations.

Trees consume as much, if not more CO2 when they grow as they emit when they burn.

When you burn wood in a stove you reduce the need for other forms of heating, and in turn, do your bit towards saving CO2 emissions and the planet!

Remember gas stoves must be fitted by a CORGI registered gas installer. You can be assured all Gibson & Goold gas installers are CORGI registered (number 12949).

Stoves can provide a warmth that no other energy source can equal and who doesn’t love the traditional sense of achievement you get from loading a stove?

The benefits from a stove are clear to see – a stove will ‘breathe’ allowing the heat to seep into the very fabric of your home and the constant source of heat and continual air changes reduce condensation. A centrally located stove can heat a home of moderate size, or, for larger homes you can chose a stove with an add-in boiler or central heating system.

Before you select your stove you will need to make sure it’s suitable for your home.

Firstly you’ll need to know what type of fuel you will be running:

• Electricity Just plug your new stove in and enjoy immediate heat with no chimney or flue required.
• Natural gas provided through mains pipelines
• LPG usually supplied to rural homes from a tank in the garden or a gas bottle
• Solid fuel coal, wood and peat are all classed as solid fuel.

Secondly, you will need to be aware of what chimney or flue you have.

• Conventional chimney Brick and stone chimneys are easily recognisable. The stack rises well above the roofline and is topped by a traditional chimney pot, or, possibly a gas terminal
  Class 1 – This type of chimney or flue will be a minimum of 7” diameter and is suitable for both solid fuel and gas.
  Class 2 – At 5” diameter a Class 2 is smaller than a Class 1 and is only suitable for gas fires. Most houses built in the last 10 years have a Class 2 chimney.
• Pre-fabricated Flue You will see a metal flue cowl on your roof. Some are metal whilst others may terminate through a short terracotta pot (but without a chimney stack)

No chimney or flue?
If you don’t have a chimney or flue don’t worry we can supply a stove developed to suit your home too.

Some properties have neither, in which case a balanced flue or an electric stove, could be your answer.

• Flueless Stoves Enjoy the latest technology in gas stoves even if you don’t have a chimney or a flue. Offering the ultimate in versatility and convenience a flueless gas stove can be placed anywhere in the home (with the exception of the bathroom) where there is a natural gas supply. This opens up a huge range of interior design possibilities where a conventional stove would normally be impossible. Because of its technology the stove emits no harmful fumes and is 100% efficient, economic to run and no heat loss.
• Electric Stoves Enjoy the warmth of a real cast iron stove with the speed and convenience of electricity. Patent flame effects mean you can have the ‘flames’ work independently of the heat. Electric stoves don’t need a flue or chimney and can be placed anywhere in the room. The heat is provided discreetly from a fan heater hidden under the stove and does not require a fireplace to sit in.
• Balanced Flues Balanced flue stoves do not require an electricity supply – they operate via a twin-walled pipe, which can either exit vertically through the roof or horizontaly through an outside wall. The outer pipe draws air from the outside while the inner pipe expels the products of combustion.

We are authorised stockists and installers for a huge range of stoves. Chose from different sizes, gas, solid fuel or electric stoves in modern, traditional, contemporary designs painted in every colour you can imagine from matt black to vibrant glossy pinks. There is a model to suit every home and individual taste.

Wood for your stove
Gibson & Goold is a proud stockist of Certainly Wood fuel products – the best kiln-dried logs, kindling and you can buy.

The benefits of kiln-dried wood are considerable:

• Kiln-dried wood provides a clean burn with high heat output
• The more efficiently a fire burns the less fuel is required and less C02 emissions are produced
• More economical – drier wood burns slower with more heat
• Kiln-dried wood prevents blackening of stove glass and sooting of the chimney/flue

Some facts about Certainly Wood products:

• Every year Certainly Wood plant more trees (in 2008 so far they’ve planted 110,000
• They produce over 8,000 tonnes of hardwood every year
• Therefore they’ve planted two trees for every one harvested
• They only use hardwoods – mainly oak, ash, beech and poplar
• No softwoods – they provide far less heat and energy output
• Remember the little ash that the logs produce can be a great nutritious fertiliser for your garden!

Kiln-dried wood products available at Gibson & Goold:

• Logs (in clean handy bags)
• Kindling
• Blaze-Away heat logs (perfect for overnight stove burning)