Another purpose of the countersunk screws is to lift the fan so it stays away from a stove top that might get too hot for the fan’s motor and Peltier module. If you’re not sure where to place yours for the most warmth, we’ve put together some top tips to help. Valiant are a British company nestled in the Hertfordshire countryside that have been manufacturing stove fans for almost a decade. When folding the wings back in place around your flue pipe, be careful to not let them snap in place as it could damage the magnets. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

If the gap between your stove and the wall is less than around six inches (or 15cm), you’ll have to move your fan forward slightly so that it has the room it needs to work as it should. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag.Despite their revisions over the years the retro design of My Stove Fan will in no way affect the efficacy of its main purpose, which is to circulate the hot air around your room. The fan is mounted on top of the chimney and provides a controllable negative pressure in the flue and chimney. The Caframo Ecofan 810 Ultra Airstove Fan has the smallest footprint of the models I review, but it has only two blades. It starts its operation at the lowest temperature of all the models I tested and it seems to create the best airflow keeping a more consistent room temperature. A good qualiity Stove fan The fan arrived promptly and although I hadn't had a stove fire this year it was a good excuse to light one and try the fan out.

It distributes hot air into your room at a good flow CFM rate of 132 thanks to the specially designed radiating fins. The Remora stove fan creates a good air flow without being too noisy and disturbing what you are doing. We’ve tried siting it at various points, and eventually discovered the lower it is to the stove-top the better the performance (actually only 14cm from plate top to the centre of the fan blades, or 23cm to the top of the blades) – for OUR stove. If you want to warm up a standard room with a stove that won’t reach temperatures above 350°c, then you need to consider stove fans like Valiant Premium, Ventum 3 or Phoenix.As the name suggests, the Sirocco Plus is the very same as the Sirocco original plus the addition of a Vertical Mounting Kit (VMK). If your stovetop does not reach a high enough temperature or has an irregular surface, you can now reap the full benefits of a Heat Powered Stove Fan. Even if little fingers get too close to the fan, it’s very unlikely they’ll touch the blades, keeping your family and friends safe and warm. Easy lightning, faster heating and healthier indoor climate in the living room are just some of the benefits.

If the components within the fan reach above 320 ° Centigrade they will become quite seriously damaged. Still, they have an effective heat distributing model in the VonHaus XL 4 Blade Stove Fan, which is for those with the space for a larger stove fan but is perhaps looking for a model that is a little more affordable. All of the stove fans I review will do the job; it’s more a matter of which one fits in with your stove and living arrangements. You can hear it when you are stood next to the fan, but it doesn’t disturb a conversation, the radio or the TV. It’s sleek and slender design combined with its mini blade size makes this fan is ideal for all rooms and/or smaller fireplace and stove surrounds.Without the stove fan, the area in front of the fire was always really warm and whereas the edges of the room always feels cooler and the kitchen felt cold. If you’d like to try out a few different positions until you find the perfect sweet spot for distributing heat, this makes it easy! To give you more of a perspective, my living room and kitchen combined create an L-shape, half in the living room with the fire in and the other half in the kitchen. Now you have your wood burning stove installed and have had it running for a few weeks, you may have noticed that there are cold spots in your room. Heat sensitivity refers to the range between the starting temperature and maximum temperature in which the fan operates.