OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE STOVE INDUSTRY

OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE STOVE INDUSTRY

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Advice & Guides

Everything you need to know about buying, installing, and living with a wood burning or multi-fuel stove. Honest advice from a family firm with over 50 years on the tools — from first-time buyers’ guides to installation regulations, fuel choice, and maintenance schedules.

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Stovax Expert Retailer Network

R W Knight are proud to part of the Stovax Expert Retailer Network. We are be able to advise on the installation process as well as help provide any after-sales support and servicing your appliance may require in the future.
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Frequently asked questions

Practical advice, product news and how-to guides.

Buying a new wood or multifuel stove
Every woodburning fire or stove will have measurements specified by the manufacturer indicating how far away they must be from flammable objects. You usually get distances from the rear of the appliance and the sides. Please note that distance from the top and from the flue is specified under building regulations and is 500mm from anything combustible (e.g. a wooden beam or plasterboard).
Buying a new wood or multifuel stove

If you have an existing chimney it may need lining or relining depending on its condition, age and how it was constructed. We or a HETAS qualified engineer will be able to advise you on this. Lining a chimney keeps the gases warmer and deters them from condensing in your chimney; keeping it cleaner. A liner will also improve the draft and efficiency of your stove.

Buying a new wood or multifuel stove
Airwash is a system that directs a flow of hot air down across the glass, keeping it hotter. This helps to stop condensation and tar being formed on the glass and means the glass is kept clearer. Most modern stoves now have airwash. To make this work effectively, you must bring your stove up to an optimum operating temperature when refuelling and before shutting the stove down. It is also important to burn dry wood.
Gas stoves and fires
Gas stoves and fires give the beautiful, natural moving flames you would expect from a wood burner but by using gas. Like a wood stove a glass fronted appliance means there is less air flow through the stove or fire ensuring less heat goes up the chimney allowing more heat into the room and giving a higher efficiency.
Wood stove maintenance
We can part exchange if it is a stove brand we sell.
Wood stove maintenance
All chimneys (including ones with liners) should be swept at least once a year to reduce build up of deposits and to check condition of your chimney. Depending on usage of the stove and quality of fuel, you may want to sweep once before the heating season and once part way through, your chimney sweep will be able to advise on how frequently this should be done.

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Frome Cheese Show

12th September 2026
West Woodlands Showground, Bunns Ln, Frome BA11 5ES

Royal Berkshire Show

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20th September 2026
Priors Court Road, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 9QZ

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This Kw calculator should only be used as a guide. It is also worth taking into account some other aspects of your home. Reasons for a larger output stove: If you have an older draughty property, you have stairs out of the room, you have limited other heating in the property, if you are going to use the stove every day. Reasons for a smaller output stove: You have a new well insulated property or you only want to use the stove occasionally when it is cold..

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