Month: January 2021

The current context has led many of us to invest more in our living space. Spending months confined indoors has changed how we see our homes and considerably deepened our desire for softness and inspiration. This crisis is motivating us to turn our living environment into a space where comfort, safety and well-being are a priority.

Stûv stoves and fireplaces are designed to meet these now-essential criteria. Belgian in design, these appliances offer performance and efficiency in addition to a wide range of installation possibilities. From the family room to the living room and from the condo to the cottage, there is a Stûv for every lifestyle and every home. Find out more about them!

Simplicity and experience prioritized
All Stûvs have a refined design that showcases the dancing flames as well as a wide opening for abundant heat distribution.

Their various features are hidden for an enhanced experience. For example, Stûv 16 wood stoves and inserts do not have any handles or convection grids. A removable handle is used to open the door. The heat is returned to the room via a simple space between the combustion chamber and the casing around it.

Stûv 21 wood-burning fireplaces have no frame at the bottom of the guillotine window so as not to obstruct the view of the fire. The door mechanism, insulation box and convection kit used to heat your space are also hidden.

Made with only high-quality materials, Stûv stoves and fireplaces are built to last. From the welded combustion chamber to the precision assembly, every detail ensures their long useful life.

Balance between enjoyment and performance
Stûv’s combustion technology optimizes its appliances’ performance while eliminating their environmental impact.

Stûv 30 are EPA-certified wood stoves that offer the possibility of slow combustion as well as a multitude of features: open or closed fire, heating better adapted to today’s needs, generous view of the fire, heat accumulator, 360° rotation and even year-round BBQing.

In fact, Stûv wood stoves and fireplaces are certified to meet the environmental standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which requires a fine particle rate of less than 2 grams per hour.

To learn more about the standards governing fine particulate emissions, consult the simplified version of the EPA article.

Functional design and aesthetics
Stûv stoves and fireplaces have a host of practical elements that ensure their smooth operation all while making them a beautiful addition to any home. The Stûv 21-clad fireplaces and inserts are a perfect example of this.

This model is equipped with a steel casing to make it easy to install, quickly integrate into a room and showcase the fireplace. It has been designed differently. It doesn’t need to be built into a wall and doesn’t require any special finishing since it is freestanding!

Beyond the design, careful thought has been put into Stûv appliances to make your daily life easier. Several mechanisms make daily cleaning and future maintenance quick and easy.

Think globally, act locally
At Stûv, we firmly believe that a product’s warranty begins well before its acquisition.

That’s why we invest heavily in research and development, prioritize innovation, respect environmental standards and encourage global thinking while taking local action. We’re committed to sourcing only quality raw materials, selecting the best local suppliers, working with expert partners and offering available and efficient customer and after-sales service. That is the Stûv commitment!

To find out more about the Stûv warranty, visit the Warranty and Product Registration page.

All Stûv appliance owners agree that you only have to experience Stûv products once to be convinced that they offer an exceptional experience. Let yourself be charmed by the many possibilities Stûv offers by consulting our recent catalogue.

New owners of a Stûv 16-cube stove, this young couple from the south shore of Montreal has brilliantly designed their common area to combine comfort, warmth and panoramic views.

« For us, 3 elements confirmed our purchase was a wise choice : The simplicity of use, the heat output that is beyond what we could have imagined in addition to embellishing the room’s decor as well as the outside view.»

– B & C-O Family – Canada

Why all this fascination with fire? When so many heating options are now available, why is it still important for many of us to integrate a “place of fire” right within our homes? We have to go back to prehistoric time when man began controlling the fire to fully understand the key role it still plays in our lives.

One could say that happenstance is what allowed man and fire to meet more than 400,000 years ago. While humanity was still in its infancy, only Nature used fire, and as it saw fit. It is undoubtedly the fascination of the flames that intrigued humans, realizing that natural fires kept wild animals at bay. Fascinated and always curious, our ancestors approached fire and c ame up with imaginative means to preserve it and to use for protection. Without the mastery of fire, we would probably still have to take refuge in the trees at nightfall to avoid being used as snacks for wild animals.

People then naturally began to gather around the fire to enjoy its protection, and to strengthen the bonds between members of the group. By coming together in this way, they quickly realized that fire was also a source of heat that allowed them to be more resistant to colder temperatures and weather, as well as providing them with a source of light at night.

In the process, men found another use for fire: they discovered that cooking the meat changed it structure and made it more digestible and nutritious. Thanks to fire, people learnt to smoke the meat as a way to preserve it. They kept it in reserve for days when the mammoth was not around. From that moment, they also began gathering around the fire to share meals. In other words, fire, that was regularly maintained, became a central element that proved to be a major socialization vector. The “ fire place ” had just been created, providing people with security and the opportunity to share, rest and recover.

The domestication of fire gave men control over it and allowed them to recreate it when they needed it. Fire then played an increasing role in the evolution of Homo erectus. Everything accelerated and the applications of fire just multiplied. Fire made it possible to make stone tools and to harden the tips of the spikes for hunting, for example. Later, it was used to cook pottery and then to melt metal and much later to make glass from sand. In farming, early humans discovered that burning land made it more fertile. The industrial era gave us the steam engine and later the internal and external combustion engine… Without man’s mastery of fire, none of this would have existed.

Even today, fire continues to play an essential role in our daily and economic activities. At home or at the cottage, whether it is to keep warm, celebrate or simply to take a break and recover from the hectic pace of our lives, fire remains a central unifying element around which we like to gather.