Your wood stove, planning ahead

Stove maintenance and safety If you choose the correct stove for your home should be fairly straight forward. But there are a few steps you should take to keep it efficient and safe.

To keep your stove in good working order, the Stove Industry recommends that you have your chimney swept at the beginning and the end of the winter to avoid a build-up of soot, which could damage the chimney and stove when not in use.

From a safety point of view, blocked chimneys can also cause deadly carbon monoxide.

One sweep should cost no more than £60 and this will be money very well spent. It’s also worth getting a carbon monoxide alarm to alert you to the presence of the dangerous gas in your home. Carbon monoxide detectors only cost around £15-20 and monitor whether any carbon monoxide, which is tasteless and odourless and highly poisonous, is being expelled. It’s also worth installing a smoke alarm in the room where the stove will be fitted.

Stove cleaning and servicing

Wood burners are becoming very popular, the summer months are usually very quiet for qualified fitters, but this is no longer the case. This year has seen a large rise in installations and here at Kent Stoves we are booked well in advance. If you would like to have your current stove serviced we would recommend getting it booked in sooner rather than later.

Talk to an expert?

If you require assistance with a new stove or want your existing one serviced please make contact and one of our fully qualified fitters (HETAS Registered) will be pleased to help.