Why Choose a Contura Stove?

Designed and manufactured in Sweden, Contura wood burning stoves combine clean Scandinavian styling, high-quality construction and efficient heating performance. The collection includes compact log burners for existing fireplace openings, contemporary cylindrical stoves, wall-mounted designs, heat-retaining soapstone models and built-in inset fireplaces.

Contura is particularly well known for its generous viewing glass and carefully proportioned designs. Many models feature side windows, elevated fireboxes or glass-fronted doors that provide an impressive view of the flames. This makes Contura a popular choice for modern extensions, open-plan living spaces and renovated period properties where the stove is intended to become a focal point.

Current Contura wood burning stoves meet Ecodesign requirements and are DEFRA exempt for use in UK Smoke Control Areas, subject to the individual appliance being installed and operated in accordance with its approval and the manufacturer’s instructions.

Explore the Contura Stove Ranges

The Contura collection is divided into several distinctive ranges, allowing you to compare appliances by size, shape, finish and installation style:

• Contura 100 Series – compact freestanding and inset appliances for smaller spaces and fireplace renovations.
• Contura 200 Series – practical wood burners suited to existing fireplaces and newly created fireplace features.
• Contura 300 Series – wider stoves with a generous landscape flame picture for larger fireplace recesses.
• Contura 500 Series – contemporary cylindrical stoves available with different doors, side glass, bases and finishes.
• Contura 600 Series – taller statement stoves designed to create greater visual impact within larger rooms.
• Contura 800 Series – compact modern stoves available in steel, glass, soapstone and wall-mounted formats.
• Contura 900 Series – larger architectural stoves with generous glass areas and a choice of contemporary finishes.
• Contura inset fireplaces – built-in wood burning fires for clean, integrated fireplace designs.

For a detailed comparison of every collection, read our complete Contura stoves buying guide. It explains which models suit different rooms and covers heat output, finishes, chimney liners, twin wall flues and installation considerations.

Popular Contura Stoves at a Glance

These suggestions are a starting point. The correct stove should be selected according to the room’s heat requirement, available space, required clearances and chimney or flue arrangement.

Which Contura Stove Is Right for Your Home?

The right Contura stove should be correctly sized for the room, proportionate to the fireplace and compatible with the proposed chimney or flue system. A compact model such as the Contura 210 may suit a smaller living room or traditional chimney breast, while the wider Contura 300 Series can work particularly well within a larger fireplace opening.

Cylindrical models from the Contura 500 and 600 Style ranges are popular in modern extensions, particularly where the stove and exposed flue form part of the interior design. Steel-bodied appliances generally warm up quickly, while soapstone models absorb heat during the burn and release it more gradually afterwards.

Room dimensions alone should not determine the stove output. Ceiling height, insulation, glazing, external walls, air leakage and adjoining spaces can all affect the heat requirement. An oversized stove may need to be operated at a reduced rate, potentially resulting in poorer combustion and dirtier glass.

Installing a Contura Wood Burning Stove

A Contura stove can be installed into a suitable masonry chimney or connected to a professionally designed insulated flue system. An existing chimney may require sweeping, inspection and a flexible chimney liner before the appliance is installed.

Properties without a chimney can often accommodate a stove using a twin wall flue system. This makes Contura wood burners suitable for modern homes, extensions, barn conversions, garden rooms and other spaces without a traditional masonry chimney.

Bonfire provides a complete fireplace and stove installation service, including site surveys, appliance specification, chimney and flue design, hearths, fireplace alterations and installation by our in-house HETAS-registered team.

Why Buy a Contura Stove from Bonfire?

Bonfire has supplied Contura stoves for over 20 years. We help customers compare appliances according to their room, fireplace dimensions, preferred design and proposed installation rather than relying solely on photographs or headline specifications.

• Over 20 years of experience supplying Contura stoves.
• Expert advice from fireplace and flue specialists.
• Supply-only or complete survey and installation options.
• In-house HETAS-registered surveyors and installers.
• Competitive pricing and our price match promise.
• UK delivery and collection options.
• Technical support before and after purchase.
• Selected Contura models available to view in our showroom.

Our 4,000 sq ft fireplace and stove showroom near Reading includes more than 60 displays. Visiting the showroom makes it easier to compare the height, proportions, door style, finish and flame visibility of selected Contura models before ordering.

You can also compare Contura with our wider range of wood burning stoves and explore our advice about Scandinavian wood burning stoves.

Shop Contura Stoves with Confidence

Browse our collection of Contura wood burning stoves and inset fireplaces above. For help selecting the correct model, arranging delivery or planning a complete installation, contact Bonfire or visit our showroom to speak with an experienced member of our team.

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