6. Installation – recessing a stove Where there are space restrictions – as in a narrow room – it may be best to install an inset stove (see showroom section.) Trying to recess a freestanding stove creates difficulties as can be seen in the illustrations at right. XXIn A. heat rising from the stove is trapped by the horizontal surface above and only a small amount bleeds out into the room. Because the performance of the stove is degraded, you get little heat for the fuel burned and there is always a tendency to over-run the stove. XXIn (B) the stove has been fitted with a "Tee" connector at the rear. This displaces it out into the room so that warm air can now rise into the room and set up a circulation. XXBut this is still only a half-way measure. If recessing a stove of this type is essential it is far better to construct a proper insulated convector-box according to the principles described in the next frame.