This Help Centre page brings together video resources from ESSE. 

Whether you’re looking to buy an ESSE stove or looking after an existing one, take a look through these guides. This page has info about ESSE’s stoves and range cookers, as well as dedicated guides for the ESSE Ironheart. From learning how to use air controls to removing and replacing rope seals, we hope our Help Centre: ESSE guide provides the info you need.

ESSE have been building stoves and range cookers since 1854. Today, ESSE heating and cooking products remain some of the cleanest-burning and most efficient appliances available. Are you looking to buy ESSE stoves or range cookers? Or just looking for more information on ESSE products? We stock a range of ESSE appliances, such as the ESSE 1 Stove, EL 13 range cooker and ESSE Ironheart. Please see their respective product pages to find out more.

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Air Controls on ESSE

This guide details how to access air controls on an ESSE stove, and how to dislodge the sliding control should it become jammed.

This video shows:

• How to access the air control slider
• What to do if the air control slider becomes jammed

Adjusting door handle on ESSE stove

This ESSE guide shows how to adjust the door handle for their stoves, and check whether any adjustments are needed.

This video shows:

• How to tell if your stove door needs adjusting
• What you’ll need
• How to adjust the door handle

Replacing the glass on an ESSE stove

This ESSE guide shows how to remove the glass front from a stove door. It also shows how to remove the stove door.

This video shows:

• How to remove the stove door
• How to remove the glass panel from the stove door
• What you’ll need

Removing the door on an ESSE stove

This ESSE guide shows how to remove a stove door – required for changing the front glass or rope seal.

This video shows:

• How to remove the stove door

How to replace rope seal on stove door

This guide shows how to remove the door and replace the rope seal on an ESSE stove. It also shows how to cut the rope to length for a perfect fit.

This video shows:

• How to remove the stove door
• How to cut the rope to length
• How to replace the rope seal on your stove door

Adjusting door handle on an ESSE range cooker

This ESSE guide shows how to adjust the door handle for their range cookers, and what tools you’ll need to get the job done.

This video shows:

• How to remove the stove door
• What you’ll need

Changing door handle on an ESSE range cooker

This guide shows how to replace the door handle on an ESSE range cooker, and what you’ll need to remove to access it.

This video shows:

• How to change the door handle for an ESSE range cooker
• What you’ll need

Adjusting door level on ESSE range cooker

This ESSE guide shows how to adjust the height of the door on a range cooker, and what tools you’ll need. Adjusting the height of the door can help to maintain a better seal.

This video shows:

• How to adjust the height of the door on an ESSE range cooker
• What you’ll need

How to light the ESSE Ironheart

This ESSE guide shows how to burn wood using the Ironheart’s internal wood box, and how to use the air controls and flue damper for an optimal burn.

This video shows:

• How to remove the wood box on an ESSE Ironheart
• How to light the ESSE Ironheart
• How to regulate flames and heat using the air controls and flue damper

Adjusting the handle on an ESSE Ironheart

This guide shows how to adjust the door handle on an ESSE Ironheart. If the door to your Ironheart becomes loose, you will need to adjust the handle to tighten it.

This video shows:

• How to adjust the door handle on an ESSE Ironheart
• What you’ll need