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Anatomy of a Wood Stove

Although there are many different models of woodstoves, there are several basic components in all stoves.

Parts Found in All Woodstoves

Air control
Every stove includes some type of lever, dial, or handle, used to adjust the amount of air entering the firebox, regulating heat output.

Baffle(s)
A baffle is anything that slows or changes the direction of the gasses in the stove. Most baffles are steel, cast-iron, or refractory brick plates installed at the top of the firebox. Smoke and gasses must move around the baffle before exiting. This increases the amount of time the gasses remain in the stove, allowing time for more complete combustion.

Firebox
This is where you build the fire. Some are lined with masonry firebricks or refractory cement, while others are lined with steel or cast-iron panels.

Flue Collar
The flue collar is the opening in the top, rear, or side of the stove (usually round or oval), to which the stovepipe is connected, and through which exhaust is vented from the stove.

Load door(s)
A door to the firebox, used for adding fuel to the fire.

Parts Found in Some Woodstoves

Air wash
Virtually all new stoves have a glass panel in the front door. Unlike older designs, in which this glass tends to blacken quickly from condensing wood smoke in the firebox, the new stoves use an air wash system to help keep the glass clean.

The air wash consists of an opening for combustion air along the top or along the bottom of the glass. Combustion air is focused against the inside of the glass, reducing condensation of smoke and keeping the glass clean.

Ash pan
A pan located under the firebox, used to collect ashes, making it easier to ash the stove.

Catalytic combustor
A ceramic insert with numerous small channels, or tubes, running through it. (It looks like a honey comb.) Applied to the surface of the ceramic is a layer of a catalytic chemical, generally platinum or palladium, which reacts with smoke passing through the channels, reducing the ignition temperature of the smoke, and causing the smoke to burn.

Damper
A damper is a moveable plate that regulates the flow of gasses through the stove. Older stoves sometimes incorporated a pipe damper, a round valve in the stovepipe, which the user closed or opened to reduce or increase the flow of gasses through the stove.

It is important to have your stove maintained at regular intervals, not only do we sweep and check your chimney flue, we can also check your stove and replace worn seals and parts.

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Stoves fitted from 450* (Register plate, stove pipe and ancillaries inc)

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