What is a cassette stove?

What is a cassette stove?

Cassette Stoves are designed to be inserted into a wall, feature or display piece. This stove has a sleek glass fronted window that offers a fiery warmth to the room. The cassette stove is perfect for modern homes or offices, where a clean finish is required. Our cassette stove range in heat output from 5kW to 12kW.

What is an insert stove?

Insert or Inset stoves are integrated stoves which are built into a standard fireplace opening. Inserts are an ideal solution for smaller rooms or fireplaces with narrow hearths. Freestanding stoves tend to be larger in size and take up more space in the room.

Are inset stoves any good?

Ideal for new builds or extensions, inset stoves are a great space saver. If your room is not very big, or you don’t want a big hearth and stove, then an inset stove is the ideal option. Many people wrongly assume that inset stoves generate less heat, and may be less efficient than a conventional freestanding version.

What is the best inset stove to buy?

10 Best Selling Inset Stoves

• Kratki Jas 7kw Inset Wood Burning Stove – JAS/PF.
• Henley Lisbon 700 – 12kw Wood Burning Inset Cassette Stove.
• Kratki Zibi 11kw Inset Wood Burning Stove – ZIBI/PF.
• Opus Tempo 70 5kw Defra Wood Burning Inset Stove.
• Opus Tempo 70 4-8kw Double Sided Wood Burning Inset Stove.

How does a cassette stove work?

An inset (cassette tape) stove has two skins between which cold air is sucked up and convected back into the room as hot air. Insulation (mineral wool like rockwool or vermiculite) should be put all around the outside of the outer skin. This will then allow ALL the heat to be convected into the room.

Can you get carbon monoxide poisoning from a wood burner?

The simple answer is yes, you can get carbon monoxide from a wood-burning stove. However, carbon monoxide poisoning is also possible with additional fuels such as gas, oil, solid minerals and biomass. It is only faulty or badly maintained equipment which will put you at danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Can you use a fireplace insert as a free standing stove?

Yes and no. You can most certainly run a stack out the top like a free standing stove. You can also fab up some feet or set it on fire blocks on a concrete or brick mantle. A fireplace insert is like a wood stove that has been modified by its manufacturer to fit within the firebox of a masonry fireplace.

Is a stove better than an open fire?

Wood-burners deliver a constant radiant heat. Most agree that they’re 80% efficient and come with both the ability to regulate the heat they provide and how fast they burn their fuel. ‘Stoves burn more efficiently than open fires, but neither is, frankly, eco-friendly as they emit more CO2 than gas,’ he says.

Do inset stoves give off good heat?

Secondly, all stoves have their own efficiency and rating, so choosing an inset stove doesn’t mean it will be less efficient than a free standing stove. Modern inset stoves are extremely efficient and can provide excellent heat output, so the answer is no.

What’s the best fuel to burn in a stove?

Coal burns best on a raised grate since it needs an air supply from below to burn effectively. Wood doesn’t need this additional air supply, so when you’re using wood on a multi-fuel stove you might find that it burns faster than on a wood-burning stove because of the extra oxygen around it.

How are cassette stoves different from regular stoves?

Cassette stoves are slightly different, having a second thin layer of metal around the firebox this trapping hot air between the layers which feeds out through air vents in the stove’s flange. But fitting is what we are here for.

What’s the difference between inset and free standing stoves?

When it comes to aesthetics, inset wood burning or multi-fuel stoves come in a range of different styles. The key difference between inset stoves and freestanding stoves, however, is that the only part of an inset stove you will see is the very front of the stove body.

What does an inset wood burner look like?

An inset stove is usually a metal box with a front face attached, the front face acting as a flange. The box part at the back slides into the recess under your chimney whilst the flange, being wider, seals the stove against the wall. Pevex inset stove.

Which is better an inset or multi fuel stove?

If you are looking for a product that best matches an open fireplace but has a higher level of control then an inset stove is the closest thing that you can get. When it comes to aesthetics, inset wood burning or multi-fuel stoves come in a range of different styles.