DEFRA Exempt stoves are certified to reduce air pollution, making them suitable for Smoke Control Areas. They pass lab tests measuring emissions at both full and reduced output, typically using firewood. Since 2022, Ecodesign legislation has introduced stricter emissions limits than DEFRA Exemption, though it doesn’t include reduced output testing. Future updates may add this requirement for stoves used in Smoke Control Areas. You might like to read more in depth information about The Clean Air Act of 1956 and 1968.
The Loxton 3 Cooktop is a wood-burning stove featuring an elegant cast iron top plate, offering efficient heating and a rustic cooking surface to enhance the warmth and charm of your home.
One of the classic Vermont stoves, the Intrepid is popular with existing and new owners alike and the woodburner is now Defra Exempt. The Vermont Intrepid has the trademark window tracery, firechamber catalyst, optional warming shelves and is available in a range of fine enamelled colours.
The smallest of the Invicta Sedan models but with all the attributes that cast iron brings, the S has a 5kW heat output for smaller rooms or where it is a secondary heat source. Being cast iron it gives a more even heat distribution and allows the stored energy to continue to heat the space after the fire has gone out.
The Esse 500 SE vista stoves are good looking cast iron 5 kw stoves with an efficiency of over 80% and a large curved topped glass to admire the flames through.
The Skanterm Emotion S can be rotated on its log store by 120º, has a huge panoramic window spanning most of the front face of the stove which has a unique eye shape. A 4kW, 82.3% efficient woodburner, the Skanterm Emotion S functions as well as it looks.