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There have been many different types of wood burning stove throughout human history, given that people need to keep themselves warm during cold weather. They have been in existence since 3600BC, a religious site in Malta, was excavated in 1827, revealed that the people on the island had used a fire to heat their temples.
It took Britons until the 16th century before it became more common to vent a fire through a chimney. One of the earliest examples of wood burning stove was called a fire chamber, which was enclosed on three sides by masonry and covered by a plate of iron.
By 1735, Francois Cuvillies designed a adapted version of the fire chamber, which was called a stew stove. It included the addition of several holes in the iron, among other changes.
1744 Benjamin Franklin, decided that he wanted to produce a variety of stove. He created cast iron stoves that were more efficient than some of those that had come before. It’s now that stoves are truly efficient, featuring airtight construction and are also better for the environment due to the inclusion of catalytic converters which burn waste fumes.
(Information collected from both stove industry alliance and Wikipedia pages on 26th Feb 2016)
Reading this brief history of the wood burning stove, will hopefully have excited your interest. If so, and you want to get a stove of your very own then you need to contact Stoves Installed.
It’s a very efficient and professional HETAS registered company that has been installing wood burning stoves for a number of years. They offer chimney services and will maintain and repair things for you as well.
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