Insert stoves

Pcpc

Hi all, I'm in the process of doing up my house and am currently looking at insert stoves. I've been told Stanley are the way forward and I agree but the biggest they do is the cara+ that does up to 10 stoves and I have 13 in the house. I have been reading a lot lately and have come across the Stratford eb16 which is also meant to be a good brand and allows you to alter the heat output to the room from 2.5kw up to a max of 8kw. Has anyone out there inserted one? All feed back greatly appreciated and recommendations

Icsics

We have a Stovax insert, best thing we ever got great heat

Pcpc

Icsics wrote: »

We have a Stovax insert, best thing we ever got great heat

How big is the stove you have and how many rads does it heat for you?

Icsics

We don't have a back boiler, not sure of output but heard all of downstairs

Pcpc

Icsics wrote: »

We don't have a back boiler, not sure of output but heard all of downstairs

How long have do you have it installed? I will definitely have a look at them

Icsics

Pcpc wrote: »

How long have do you have it installed? I will definitely have a look at them[/quote

3years, very important to get shop to install it too & line the chimney.

Pcpc

Icsics wrote: »

Pcpc wrote: »

How long have do you have it installed? I will definitely have a look at them[/quote

3years, very important to get shop to install it too & line the chimney.

Have the plumber sorted just need to decide on a stove so many options out there just don't want to get stuck with something that I'll have to pull out in a few years, do it once and do it right

tzsteve

I wouldn't get caught up on getting a Stanley, They used to be a great make in days gone past before they contracted out the manufacture of their components, the castings are chinese and not what they used to be, I have a Stanley deluxe range built in the 80's and 4 years ago the fire bars burned out and needed to be replaced. I ordered them from my local Stanley agent and he as much as told me to not expect to get another 20 years out of the new ones, and low and behold I need another set now.
there are other excellent all irish brands out there in my opinion Inis or Boru would be way ahead of modern Stanley in terms of quality.

GatsbyGal

tzsteve wrote: »

I wouldn't get caught up on getting a Stanley, They used to be a great make in days gone past before they contracted out the manufacture of their components, the castings are chinese and not what they used to be, I have a Stanley deluxe range built in the 80's and 4 years ago the fire bars burned out and needed to be replaced. I ordered them from my local Stanley agent and he as much as told me to not expect to get another 20 years out of the new ones, and low and behold I need another set now.
there are other excellent all irish brands out there in my opinion Inis or Boru would be way ahead of modern Stanley in terms of quality.

I have the Inis inset stove and I'm very pleased with it. It looks great and the heat from it is absolutely brilliant. I love the fact that it is a quality Irish product too. I highly recommend it.

Pcpc

GatsbyGal wrote: »

I have the Inis inset stove and I'm very pleased with it. It looks great and the heat from it is absolutely brilliant. I love the fact that it is a quality Irish product too. I highly recommend it.

The father in law has a boru and has a problem where it keeps smoking no matter what we have tried nothing will stop it from happening. Inis looks very nice just might not be big enough for the number of rads I had but all recommendations appreciated. Very interesting to hear the Stanley burnt out so quickly puts things into perspective for me

Forge83

Inis Stoves are no longer trading as of two weeks ago from what I have heard.
Turns out they were not manufactured in Ireland,somewhere in Eastern Europe.
A stove smoking will be a draught problem I'd imagine,not really the stoves fault if chimney won't allow the smoke to leave the stove.

Pcpc

Forge83 wrote: »

Inis Stoves are no longer trading as of two weeks ago from what I have heard.
Turns out they were not manufactured in Ireland,somewhere in Eastern Europe.
A stove smoking will be a draught problem I'd imagine,not really the stoves fault if chimney won't allow the smoke to leave the stove.

Not good to hear about inis stoves, been looking at Stratfords range today, are actually more expensive than Stanley and apparently made in England but no more than inis take ur with a piece of salt.

He had an old stove in it before and never a problem, we have since extended the chimney by a further 6feet to have a greater draught on it but still no use, next up is putting a spinning wheel to see if that will help.

OwenM

Henley are a good name too. I have a Henly Achill insert boiler stove installed for over a year, I think they do a 21kw version which would heat your 13 rads, my 17kw heats 10.

Pcpc

OwenM wrote: »

Henley are a good name too. I have a Henly Achill insert boiler stove installed for over a year, I think they do a 21kw version which would heat your 13 rads, my 17kw heats 10.

I have heard of them just don't know a whole lot about them apart from them having a 5 year warranty, will definitely do some reading on them as well. Have you had any trouble with yours since you bought it?

OwenM

Pcpc wrote: »

I have heard of them just don't know a whole lot about them apart from them having a 5 year warranty, will definitely do some reading on them as well. Have you had any trouble with yours since you bought it?

No, they seem solid.

Graham

OwenM wrote: »

No, they seem solid.

+1

The in-laws have a Henley boiler stove, they're delighted with it. We've just installed one without the boiler.

KerryStar

any recommendations for a 5kW dry insert stove. that provides value for money and is suitable for overnight burning

Forge83

KerryStar wrote: »

any recommendations for a 5kW dry insert stove. that provides value for money and is suitable for overnight burning

One of the following,they are all actually the same stove with minor superficial changes.Most companies sell a version of it from the same factory as it's a fantastic product.Id go with whichever one you like the look of as you will be looking at it everyday.
Henley Apollo 5
Mazona Tucson 5
Mazona Portland 5
Heritage Pollmore 5
Casttec Cougar 5
Heritage Dunmore 5
Henley Arklow 5
Ekol Inset 5
Newman Chelsea 5

KerryStar

Forge83 wrote: »

One of the following,they are all actually the same stove with minor superficial changes.Most companies sell a version of it from the same factory as it's a fantastic product.Id go with whichever one you like the look of as you will be looking at it everyday.
Henley Apollo 5
Mazona Tucson 5
Mazona Portland 5
Heritage Pollmore 5
Casttec Cougar 5
Heritage Dunmore 5
Henley Arklow 5
Ekol Inset 5
Newman Chelsea 5

thanks for the reply. I was thinking of getting a Henley as they are not expensive. do you know the difference between an Apollo and an Arklow??

Forge83

KerryStar wrote: »

thanks for the reply. I was thinking of getting a Henley as they are not expensive. do you know the difference between an Apollo and an Arklow??

No difference bar look as far as I know. One has a wheel primary air and one has a lever.Both will cost around €650 and do the same job. You could probably get a few of the other models I listed around €550. But there's a few up on €750 too.