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Boiler Stoves

A boiler stove heats the room it stands in and the rest of the house besides.

Wood‑burning boiler stoves in Scotland

A heat source you can actually control

Wood‑burning boiler stoves remain a core part of our work at Gondwana. A boiler stove can heat an entire home, provide domestic hot water, or link into a wider system alongside other heat sources.

The boiler‑stove market has changed significantly over the past decade. EcoDesign standards, Defra regulations and a fair amount of public criticism have pushed manufacturers to improve their products. Many brands have stopped producing boiler stoves altogether, focusing instead on simpler room‑heating stoves. But a handful of specialist manufacturers have re‑engineered their combustion systems from the ground up. As a result, modern boiler stoves now meet — and often exceed — current emission and efficiency targets.

For customers who want a renewable, controllable and robust heat source that can integrate with other systems, a well‑designed boiler stove remains a reliable option.

Both wood‑burning and pellet‑based boiler stoves are seeing a surge in popularity as more people look to reduce their reliance on rising electricity, gas and oil prices. Many customers also have access to low‑cost or free firewood, making a boiler stove a logical and economical heating option. Others simply prefer not to depend solely on national energy suppliers.

Modern boiler stoves benefit from looking and operating much like conventional wood stoves, and they now come in a wide range of sizes and styles. Although installation is more involved, the long‑term savings — for both the homeowner and the environment — are significant.

Specified for your building

Where the heat goes is the decision

When choosing a central‑heating boiler stove, it’s important to understand the stove’s output and how much of that heat goes into the water versus the room. In most cases you’ll want the majority of the heat transferred into the water, as this gives you full control over where the heat is distributed. At Gondwana we assess your home or workplace and calculate the correct stove specification for your needs.

It is often possible to retrofit a boiler system into an existing wood or pellet stove.

We don’t just install boiler stoves. We design and specify each system individually, carry out installation and commissioning, provide homeowner training, and hand over a fully operational system ready for use.

Opus boiler stove, installed near Livingston in a modern contemporary setting, on a honed grey slate hearth
Opus boiler stove, installed near Livingston in a modern contemporary setting, on a honed grey slate hearth

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Thermal stores

Linking multiple heat sources

A thermal store is a tank — copper, stainless steel or mild steel — that does exactly what the name suggests: it stores heat until you need it. That is what lets a boiler stove work alongside solar thermal, a heat pump, gas or oil, with several heat sources feeding one system.

Boiler stoves can be linked with almost any heat source, including direct electric, solar thermal, solar PV, gas, oil, biomass boilers and heat pumps. These systems are integrated through our thermal storage tanks and managed using our DTC controllers.

A Walltherm boiler stove alight in a stone fireplace, a dog asleep on the rug in front of it

Walltherm

Wood‑fired boiler stoves

As well as achieving record‑breaking efficiency and a low level of emissions, the Walltherm’s double windows provide a visual treat like no other stove.

If you are weighing up a boiler stove, or working out how one would fit alongside the heating you already have, we design these systems as well as install them — and the design is where most of the difference is made.

Parts, servicing & consultancy

Everything the system needs

Alongside boiler‑stove installation and servicing, we supply a full range of parts for wood‑burning boiler systems, design and specify complete wood‑boiler heating systems with custom drawings, and provide technical training and support — remote and on‑site — for homeowners and trade professionals. The components matter as much as the appliance: the right flue, valves and controls are what lift efficiency and comfort, on a new install and on a retrofit alike.

  • Stove sales

    The appliances themselves, from the manufacturers below

  • Chimney systems

    Twin‑wall and triple‑wall insulated systems, and pellet chimneys, for safe and efficient flue routing in new builds and retrofits

  • Airtight Passive House components

    Including direct‑air kits

  • Valves and pump groups

    Loading valves, pump groups, thermal‑relief valves, zone valves, mixing valves and actuators

  • Controls

    Clocks, actuators and DTC controllers

  • Heat exchangers

  • Buffer and thermal‑storage tanks

  • Custom copper slab boilers

  • Chimney boilers

  • Air boilers

    Such as Recoheat

  • Hearths

We design these systems as well as install them.

Tell us what heating you already have and we will work out how a boiler stove fits alongside it.

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