This calculator is based on the standard guide of 1 kW per 14 m³ of room volume, adjusted for your insulation and glazing.
Room Dimensions
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Insulation Level
Poor = solid walls, single glazing or no loft insulation · Good = cavity walls, double glazing, fully insulated
Consider how quickly your house cools down when the heating goes off. A poorly insulated house will not retain the heat for long.
Window & Glazing
Number of External Walls
How many of the room's walls face outside, rather than an adjoining room or corridor?
—kW recommended
The calculator cannot take into account all unseen factors in your home or how many hours a day you plan to have the stove lit, so tends to underestimate the output required. It is only an estimate and must be confirmed by a home survey prior to purchase.
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Why don't we sell online?
We sell through a national network of independent specialist shops who can offer specialist advice about stoves and their installation and employ or personally recommend accredited installers. Once a stove is fitted, the flue system is completely out of sight, so if anything is done incorrectly it's not visible and you won't know about it until it goes wrong. No system is perfect but we believe that this is the best way to endure safe and compliant installation and aftercare.
If you see one for sale online, be aware that it may not be a genuine Penguin and the extended guarantee will not be available.
The
Penguin Idris
The
Penguin Idris
7 kW of fiery loveliness
Stove Story
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We have a new guilty pleasure, the Penguin Idris. The welsh origin of this name, is fiery and passionate, just like this penguin. The Penguin Idris gives out 7 kW of chilli hot heat, like the Penguin 7 but with more to love; extra width with the side convector panels and extra height to balance it up and store your logs underneath…just that bit bigger and that bit hotter.
This stove has the same firebox and performance data as all of the stoves in the Penguin 7 series,
Send us a few details and we will make sure your local dealer gets in touch with you.
Whats More
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Convector stoves. This stove is one of our 5 convector stoves. Although often chosen for the appearance and large top plate, which offers a wider surface for placing a kettle on, the convector panels cause heat to move in a different way, making these stove particularly effective for heating large, well insulated rooms. As hot air created by heat from the stove’s bodywork expands, it becomes lighter than the air outside the stove and rises up inside the convector panels, exiting from the top of the panels. This is replaced by cooler heavier air drawn in at the bottom of the panels, which is in turn heated. The warmer, lighter air will fill the room while the colder, heavier air being drawn in at the bottom of the stove will create a continuous heat cycle, which gently moves air around the room.
Penguin Facts
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The Penguin Idris has a 7kW output with a large glass window. It uses the updated Chilli Penguin clean burn and air wash system, giving a lovely clear view of the fire. This is a wood only stove. Like all our domestic stoves the Penguin Idris is very controllable.
The Penguin Idris only has one air control knob, which makes it really easy to use. The single air knob provides boost air when fully open, and finer control when further in. A tool is provided to use when the stove is hot
