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The Draw.

Notes from the oast at Burham. Named for the thing every good fire depends on. Honest writing about stoves, flues, fuel and the houses of Kent.

A modern ecodesign wood burning stove burning cleanly behind large clear glass
Buying guide

What ecodesign really changed about the stove in your living room

Cleaner burn, less fuel, more heat in the room rather than up the chimney. Here is what the standard means in practice, and how to tell a genuine ecodesign model from an old one with a new badge.

6 minute read

Split seasoned logs in a basket beside a moisture meter on a slate hearth
Fuel

Seasoned, kiln dried or neither: reading a moisture meter

Twenty percent is the number that matters, and most logs sold as ready to burn are not there yet.

5 minute read

Victorian clay chimney pots on a Kent rooftop with a sweep brush emerging
Maintenance

How often a Kent chimney really needs sweeping

Fuel type, flue height and how hard you run the stove all change the answer.

4 minute read

A wall mounted air conditioning unit installed in a Kent home
Services

Air conditioning supply and installation across the Medway towns

Cooling and climate control fitted and maintained by the same team that installs our stoves, covering Medway, Maidstone and Gravesend.

3 minute read

An Onyx Fusion 150 electric fire set into a dark media wall in the Burham showroom
Showroom

Media walls and the Onyx Fusion 150, now on display at Burham

After years of fitting wood burners across Kent we have moved into media walls and electric fires, starting with the Onyx Fusion 150 running in the showroom.

3 minute read

A Stovax Studio 1 inset log burning stove fitted into a plastered chimney breast in Kent
Installation

A Stovax Studio 1 log burner fitted in Kent

We are official Stovax dealers, supplying the current ecodesign ready range. This install is the Studio 1, a 5kW inset with a wide landscape view of the fire.

3 minute read

A shepherd hut in Kent with a twin wall flue rising through the roof from a small log burner inside
Projects

Log burners fitted into two Kent shepherd huts

Two Salamander Hobbit stoves installed into shepherd huts using our twin wall chimney system, the same approach we use for glamping tents, cabins and workshops.

3 minute read

A Salamander Hobbit SE small cast iron stove on display at the Burham showroom
Showroom

Salamander Hobbit stoves, big output from a very small box

The Hobbit SE is on display at Burham. At just 302mm wide it suits the rooms and buildings where nothing else will fit.

3 minute read

Ecodesign ready wood burning and multi fuel stoves lined up on display in the Burham showroom
Buying guide

Ecodesign ready stoves on display in Kent

We stocked the ecodesign range well ahead of the 2022 legislation so customers could compare clean burning wood burners and multi fuel stoves in person.

3 minute read

A traditional style electric stove with a glowing flame effect on display in Kent
Showroom

Electric stoves, a real fire look without a chimney

We stock modern, contemporary and traditional electric stoves from leading UK manufacturers, on display at the Burham showroom.

3 minute read

A Lotus Jubilee 35 steel wood burning stove, Danish design, on display in Kent
Brands

New dealership: Lotus Fires, Danish design at Burham

Lotus stoves are designed in close cooperation with architect Kaare Solvsten and built around quality, simplicity and low emissions.

3 minute read

A chimney sweep brush and rods at work on a flue in the Medway towns
Maintenance

Chimney sweeping across the Medway towns

A fully certified and insured sweep service for wood burners, open fires, gas fires, Agas and pizza ovens, with a certificate every time.

3 minute read

An ecodesign ready wood burner alight on display at the Burham showroom
Buying guide

Ecodesign ready wood burners and our stove scrappage scheme

New ecodesign ready wood burners on display in Burham, with a discount offered against old and less efficient stoves taken out.

3 minute read

About The Stove & Fireplace

Kent stove, fireplace and chimney specialists since 2004.

We are a family run showroom and installation team based at the oast in Burham, Kent. Over sixty stoves are on display, five of them lit on the days we are open, and every installation is carried out by our own fitters from the first survey through to the certificate and the first sweep. We cover the Medway towns, Maidstone and the wider south east.

20 years
Fitting stoves across Kent
Over 60
Stoves on display in the showroom
5
Live burning displays to sit beside
18
Authorised stove dealerships held
Book a free survey01634 786800

Speak to a person

Whatever you are planning, start here.

Homeowners, builders, landlords and architects all begin the same way: a conversation. Tell us a little about the room or the project and we will come back with honest advice and one clear price in writing.

  1. 01

    We listen first

    Tell us about the room or the project, not the budget. We will ask what it needs to do.

  2. 02

    We come and look

    A proper survey, free of charge, with the chimney and ventilation checked before anything is quoted.

  3. 03

    One clear price

    Everything in writing, stove to certificate, with nothing added later.

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01634 786800info@thestoveandfireplace.co.uk
The Oast, Old Church Road
Burham, Kent ME1 3XY
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