Keep cosy in your home this winter with one of these stoves

Kya deLongchamps stokes our desire for delectable stoves and fire settings as winter draws near

Wood, multi-fuel and wood pellet stoves are part of the interior landscape of many new builds and renovations. In terms of design, versatility and innovation, the market is red hot.

A double sided multi-fuel boiler stove, this Faro 700 16kW from Portugal can handle 9-10 radiators. The 21kW will manage as many as 12. Available in Charcoal with a choice of a 3 or 4 sided frame with external air as standard. Cleanburn allows the excess gasses to combust given a cleaner burn, €1,720, kildarestoves.ie

In an open plan situation with adequate insulation, a non-boiler stove, can provide radiant heat to several adjoining rooms. Ensure your kWs are up to the mark in a well appointed, truly hot stove, sized to the room; online calculators, your stove supplier or a BER assessor, can determine this vital equation.

Wood pellet stoves have the greatest degree of control, due to the standard sizing of the pellets and can be set to feed and heat to the centigrade you prefer.

The Tonwerk Eye is a refreshing ergonomic wink. The automatic air control and the top aperture for feeding wood are only two of a series of innovations and the whole stove can look around the room, rotating on the flue. Around €6,000. Smartheat, twice winners at Plan Expo, showed this Red Dot design winner, and are stockist here in Ireland. greenenergysaving.ie

Recently, developments in flue boilers by companies including Charnwood, bridge the gap between central heating boiler stoves, stoking as many as 12 radiators, and standard

room heating stoves.

A length of the flue is used to prompt 2-3 radiators and to warm domestic hot water, complimenting your primary central heating. Boiler or ‘wet’ stoves where they meet your needs can be real money savers, and in the right situation, their feeding and maintenance soon becomes part of the daily round.

Esse stoves date back 150 years this year. The 9.75kW Ironheart has convection panels in the side to radiate warmth to the room. The large firebox can burn wood or smokeless solid fuel, the oven has a 47.8ltr capacity and trays can be placed directly on the oven floor as well as on the shelves. POA, murphyheating.com.

A comfortable ambient room temperature and the needs of the remote heating system must be carefully balanced. Eighty percent of the heat should go to your CH, and with careful operation 80% efficiencies are now common-place.

Multi-fuel stoves offer a grate for fossil fuel and can also handle wood (on the box floor). They rarely exceed the performance of a dedicated wood or anthracite/coal system.

Suspended with a full 360 field of view, this JC Bordelet Zelia 908 is a wood burner (non-boiler) with clean burn, tertiary burn and does not require an external air supply. Consider position, fuel storage and the practicalities of cleaning before taking off to the centre of the room. This collection can be wall mounted too. POA. bordelet.com

To qualify the stove as a renewable heat source, stick to a wood burner (part L 2008). Look into quality stoves with the HARP database at seai.ie.

Modular design is scorching the European design world. Wood fire boxes can be set in a group together with stylistically matched steel voids and cabinets for fuel storage, radiant stores (filled with stones to gift heat even when the fire has died away) and console style side tables. Some fires all but swing around the flue for 360 degree positioning.

Stoves with a stone casing gently radiate heat out to the room offering architectural weight, natural inclusions and something just a bit different. Contura of Sweden offer polished soapstone and golden beachy sandstone models with cleanburn and airwash in bold contemporary vertical chassis. Contura 35T (tall) with black or grey insert, from €2,790. Floor plates from €75. Dealers for Contura in Ireland: contura.eu.

Lifting the viewing window up in a tall contemporary stove and adding radiant stone panels, allows for safer stoves for everyday family life that can be set in circulation areas and other  useful, draught free spots beyond the traditional hearth.

Budget for the inclusion of a quality double insulated flue pipe, the lining of your chimney (flexible or adapted products), and crucially the work of a HETAS trained and registered heating engineer.

Flames are not square is the design message that led to this little wonder. In any situation small stoves can earn their place simply for focus and atmosphere. Now available in pure white, the charming Scan 66 can be floated on the wall in a tear drop, placed on a pedestal or set up on a rather sculptural rectangular base. From €2,285, scan.dk.

The Tonwerk Eye is a refreshing ergonomic wink. The automatic air control and the top aperture for feeding wood are only two of a series of innovations and the whole stove can look around the room, rotating on the flue. Around €6,000. Smartheat, twice winners at Plan Expo, showed this Red Dot design winner, and are stockist here in Ireland. greenenergysaving.ie