Stove for burning solid fuel

A stove for burning solid fuel comprising a combustion chamber in which said fuel is burned, said chamber having a front wall, along with a rear wall and two side walls arranged in a generally rectangular configuration, said front and rear walls each having a greater horizontal width than the horizontal width of said side walls, a cladding structure having a front wall along with a rear wall and two side walls arranged in a generally rectangular configuration, said walls of said cladding structure being spaced from the corresponding and respective walls of said chamber so as to define a space between said chamber and said cladding structure, said cladding structure and said chamber each having a top wall spaced from one another, said top wall of said cladding structure having air exit lattice means through which heated air exits from said stove, said stove having a bottom opening for introducing ambient air into said space between said chamber and said cladding structure such that said ambient air passes through said space between said chamber and cladding structure and is thereby heated before exiting from said air exit lattice means, said chamber having a fire door mounted on one of its side walls, said cladding structure having an access door mounted on one of its side walls, said fire door and access doors being generally aligned with one another to thereby provide access to said chamber for feeding fuel to said chamber, said one side wall of said cladding structure also having air exit openings at an upper portion thereof through which heated air exits from the stove, an inspection and viewing window in said front wall of said chamber and said front wall of said cladding structure, said window extending over the major portion of the breadth of said front walls of said chamber and cladding structure, whereby large logs may be fed into said chamber through said fire door in said chamber side wall while enabling use of a large window in said front wall of said chamber and cladding structure and thus affording good observation of the combustion process.