Stove construction

A stove comprising front, rear, top, bottom and side walls, a door on said front wall movable between a closed and open position to permit access to the stove interior, a substantially horizontal partition in said stove located in spaced relation to but adjacent said top wall defining a relatively large combustion chamber therebelow and a relatively small afterburn chamber thereabove, an exhaust duct communicating with said afterburn chamber and draft means communicating with said combustion chamber, said partition having two openings therein, a catalytic converter mounted on said partition in registry with one of said openings whereby all gases passing through said one opening pass through said converter, damper means movable between a first position wherein said one opening is unobstructed and said other opening is substantially blocked, and a second position wherein said other opening is unobstructed and said one opening is substantially blocked, and handle means operable from outside the stove to move said damper between said first and second positions, said handle means blocking opening movement of said door when said damper is in its said first position, whereby said door can be opened only when said damper has been moved to its said second position.