Just as the name suggests, a freestanding wood burning stove is not built into a fireplace or surround but sits on a hearth and often within an inglenook or alcove.

Most wood burning stoves are of the freestanding variety and the choice of styles and finishes is enormous.  Goval Stoves can supply and fit a wide range of freestanding wood burning stoves from all the major manufacturers.  We can help you select the best stove, hearth, and placement to achieve the results you desire.  Stoves are very flexible and you do not need a chimney to vent the flue gases as a twin wall flue can be routed out through a wall or the roof of the building.

An inset wood burning stove is a direct replacement for an old open fire or an electric or gas fire.  Inset stoves suit householders that wish to retain the existing look and finish of their fireplace while enjoying the running cost and heat benefits of a wood burning stove.  As always, Goval Stoves can offer a wide range of inset wood burning stoves in both traditional and contemporary styles.

If you don’t have a fireplace, that’s not a problem. We can offer a range of solutions including the construction of a new fireplace or false chimney breast in which to house your new inset wood burning stove.

Many wood burning stoves can be configured to burn multiple fuels with the addition of a riddling grate and ashpan.  This upgrade typically costs no more than a few hundred pounds but it allows the stove to burn wood, coal, anthracite, peat and smokeless fuels.

Multi-fuel stoves are ideal for customers that want more flexibility, a greater choice of fuels, or prefer the different burn characteristics of coal, anthracite or peat.  Goval Stoves can advise on whether a multi-fuel option is available for your preferred stove and what costs are involved in upgrading.

There is so much more to a wood burning stove than just the stove itself.  Consideration needs to be given to where the stove is positioned, how flue gases are extracted, whether the stove will sit within an inglenook or chimney breast, and what finishes will be used for the hearth and chamber.

Goval Stoves offer a complete service from design right through to installation.  With a knowledgeable surveyor on site, you can rest assured that all options have been considered and the final design is the one you will love and the one that works best for your home. Not only can we help you to refine your vision and ideas, we can supply all parts and materials and our competent installers will undertake all works to make your vision into a reality.  Request a consultation today or call us on 0800 644 5025.