£1,375.00 (including VAT)
"This is the stove I own", Julian Patrick, site owner and author of The Stovefitter's Manual. Large glass, single air control, DEFRA approved, Ecodesign and the high-leg version is suitable for a 12mm hearth. Standard, high-leg and log-store versions available. Made in Holland.
This stove can burn wood in a Smoke Control Area (most towns and cities are Smoke Control Areas).
This stove can burn wood in a Smoke Control Area (most towns and cities are Smoke Control Areas)
This stove is certified as Ecodesign compliant (has passed the new and stringent 2022 regulations).
This stove is certified as Ecodesign compliant (has passed the new and stringent 2022 regulations)
Material: Steel with a cast-iron door
Output: 5kW
(max approx: 7.55kW)
Material: Steel with a cast-iron door
Output: 5kW
(max approx: 7.55kW)
Body
Width: 450mm
Height: 555mm
Depth: 350mm
Flue
5" (125mm)
Body
Width: 450mm
Height: 555mm
Depth: 400mm
Flue
5" (125mm)
A Stovefitters favourite
Premium Product
Single air control
Created in Holland
A Stovefitters favourite
Premium Product
Single air control
Created in Holland
I have this stove and consider it the finest stove I have ever used.
I have this stove and consider it the finest stove I have ever used
Note from Julian: Because I sing their praises I get asked if I have any affiliation with DG. I do not. I spotted their stoves in 2014 at the Hearth and Home Show, Harrogate, and have been a dealer ever since. I have no relationship with DG aside from retailing their stoves and get no preferential treatment or trade discounts.
13th September 2021: Unfortunately DG are experiencing long delays (due to a steel shortage) and our next delivery is late Nov. Other stoves to consider? The closest stove we sell is the Firewire Curve 500 - very similar aesthetics and one of the cleanest large-glass stoves we have ever tested. Check out the Firewire Curve 500
"I’ve had many woodburners over the years in various houses and without any doubt this is the best ever!" Mr Powell (see reviews)
Our video, above, shows the Ivar 8 (slightly wider than the Ivar 5)
The DG Ivar stove has a distance to combustibles (rear of the appliance) of 400mm but adding a heat shield directly to the back reduces this to 150mm. The Ivar 5 requires a full constructional hearth (choose the Ivar 5 HIGH if you only have a 12mm hearth situation).
Need somewhere to store those logs? Choose the "Ivar 5 Log Store" version of this stove. The log store version can, if the stove is outside of a fireplace recess, be sited on a hearth with a thickness of just 12mm.
The "Ivar 5 High Leg" has slightly longer legs than the standard Ivar 5 ensuring that, if the stove is outside of a fireplace recess, the stove can be sited on a hearth with a thickness of just 12mm.
Images are of the standard "wood burning version" (without optional multifuel kit)
Wood only (multifuel with kit).
Nominal 5kW. Max. 7.55kW
Maximum firebox fuel load is 2kg (recommended to extend life of replaceable firebricks)
This stove will run happily at 2kW - 7.55kW depending on fuel load. Note that running the stove at a higher fuel level than that specified in the manufacturer's manual may cause degradation of stove innards (firebricks, baffle etc.) although these are replaceable (and repairable with beige fire cement).
This stove meets and exceeds the new 2022 Ecodesign regulations
This stove is approved by DEFRA to burn wood in a Smoke Control Area
82% (as a rough guide 82% of heat goes to the room with 18% going up the chimney).
Don't overthink efficiency. 75%-85% is fine and 90%+ efficiency may not work so well on shorter or difficult chimneys.
Yes, this stove can be fitted with an external air kit (draws air from outside via pipe direct to stove). Usually this option is not relevant unless a room air-vent is required and the property is airtight (by design or choice).
See "Customers Also Bought".
Steel stove (5-year body guarantee) with cast-iron door
What to buy steel or cast-iron? Do not overthink. Steel heats fast. Cast-iron takes a little longer but retains heat longer as fire dies.
Hearth thickness: minimum 125mm non-combustible material (can include floor thickness).
The Ivar 5 High and Log store versions can, if outside of a fireplace recess, be sited on a 12mm thick hearth. Note that the standard leg Ivar 5 must have a full 125mm thickness hearth in all situations.
Height: 555mm
Height with high legs: 660mm
Height with log store: 850mm
Width: 450mm
Depth: 400mm
Front of pipe to rear of stove: 210mm
Flue outlet: 5" (125mm)
Which fitting pack for my liner? A fitting pack includes all you need except liner and chimney closure plate (also sometimes known as register plate)? Advice here
Viewing area (from outside stove looking in)
Width: 33cm
Height: 32cm
5" (125mm) collar top or rear (can be installed with a 5" or 6" chimney liner)
Top or rear connection
Distance to combustibles SIDE: 500mm
Distance to combustibles REAR: 400mm (150mm with optional heatshield, see "Customers Also Bought")
To non-combustibles there are no hard rules but, around the stove, a 50mm minimum air gap is recommended to brick/stone. This to be increased to 100mm for rendered or boarded surfaces. Prior to purchasing any stove download the installation manual to check that manufacturers do not have any additional requirements.
Max Log Length: 37cm
We offer 14 days from delivery to report any courier damage to your stove. If a stove is damaged by the courier we will replace or refund as desired.
The manufacturer offers a 5 year body guarantee
Why do we sell glass insurance (pre-ticked box close to ADD TO CART button)? Because glass is classed, in the stoves industry, as a consumable item and not covered under ANY guarantee by any manufacture for any reason whatsoever. If it breaks or cracks on day one or day twenty it is not covered. If the inside of the glass goes cloudy or gets any kind of surface coating or etching then it is not covered (it will be to do with what you are burning according to manufacturers and glass makers). Glass usually costs £30-£60 plus postage but can be more on higher end models.
Defra-approved or/and Ecodesign stoves are designed and thoroughly tested before being allowed onto the market and every stove sold is identical. In the rare event a stove does not perform as well as expected it is always down to the installation, the chimney or circumstances unique to the property (pressure imbalances caused by local conditions, down drafts etc.). Here at Stovefitter's we have taken stoves back on a number of occasions for testing on our chimney and in every situation the stoves performed as expected (we may of course find a faulty stove one day but never as yet). We may, at our discretion, take a stove back once it has been used and in this situation a 50% refund would be provided (stove would be sold as second hand). We would, however, offer a 33% refund on a replacement stove.
Already have a chimney? You need 1. Stove 2. Liner 3. Fitting Pack 4. Chimney closure plate (Hardiebacker board from Builder's merchants or galvanised sheet).That's it!
No chimney? Check out our shed kits or let us design your clip-together chimney design - easy peasy.
Stovefitter's Warehouse is owned and managed by Julian Patrick, blogger and author of The Stove Fitter's Manual. Julian was previously a full-time installer of wood burning stoves (including solid fuel heating systems). He laid down the tools in 2013 to write his stove manual and open a small shop in North Wales (the Wood Stove Hut, soon to grow into The Stovefitter's Warehouse).
