Ranges

It is still possible to buy range cookers that can be fuelled by wood. Rayburn, Esse and Stanley sell models that can be used for cooking only; cooking and domestic hot water or cooking, hot water and central heating. More information and technical details can be found by contacting the manufacturers. With the exception of the Esse cooker, these ranges were primarily designed to burn coal and solid fuel, and therefore burn wood less efficiently; nevertheless they still work well with dry logs.

Tile or Ceramic Stoves

Ceramic stoves are wood burning stoves which are made of fired clay blocks or from carved soapstone. They are quite large structures and can extend to ceiling height, the internal flueways are very long and this leads to complete combustion of all the gases from the wood. The ceramic blocks store heat and the stoves require firing only once each day. Because of their size, ceramic stoves are best suited to new-build situations and can sometimes prove difficult to retro-fit into existing houses.