Wood Burning Stoves

Wood burning stoves can be a great option to heat your home. They also provide radiant heat that warms the ground to your feet rather than just the air inside the room.

It's important to buy dry logs and solid fuel with low sulphur. This will reduce pollution and will help to avoid smoke bans.

Energy Efficient

Wood stoves can be the ideal method of heating your home sustainably while limiting carbon emissions. They are an alternative to central heating and even electricity. They convert the heat from the logs then circulated around your home by natural convection, which means that it doesn't lose energy by being radiated out into space.

In addition to this the fact that most modern wood stoves are energy efficient and can reduce the amount of smoke released into the air. This means that they release much less dust that can damage your health and allow you to avoid the smogs that have been known to occur in cities such as London.

Modern wood-burning stoves re-burn unburned gases to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. There are also non-catalytic stoves that do not re-burn gases, but still provide high efficiency and less smoke when compared to an open fireplace.

Wood as a fuel can help to promote active management of forests, which can have a positive effect on wildlife. This is because the wood used in wood burners comes from managed forests locally and is renewable and sustainable.

As was mentioned previously the highest quality wood for use in wood-burning stoves is hardwood such as beech or oak. It must be split, cut and seasoned prior to being used for fuel to ensure that the wood will burn efficiently. Wood that is not seasoned properly can release toxic fumes which can be harmful to your health.

A wood-burning stove can also aid in saving money on energy bills, because they are typically less expensive than central heating or electricity. It is important to remember that wood heat is only efficient in smaller spaces or as a secondary heat source. It might be more cost-effective to use a combination wood stoves and other heating methods in larger homes.

Environmentally Friendly

A wood stove has a lot to offer the modern homeowner. It is an eco-friendly, low carbon heating source, and can add a great deal of atmosphere to a room in the winter months. It is a social and fun activity to chop and collect the logs to heat your stove. It is a wonderful opportunity to get outside in the summer months when it is nice and sunny. Finding your fuel source can turn into an annual family activity and finding free logs from local businesses or even from timber dealers who are willing to accept the scraps, is extremely rewarding.

Wood burning stoves have been recently criticised for their emissions. The main reason for this is that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an immediate ban on wood burning stoves in urban areas to reduce PM (particulate) pollution. PM are tiny particles that are smaller than human hair and can be very harmful to our health, especially for children who have been proven to have more heart disease and lung diseases than smokers.

But despite the negative headlines wood-burning stoves are in fact an eco-friendly alternative. If they are used properly, and with the best quality dry wood, they can be a very efficient way of heating your home and can cut the cost of heating. Modern EPA-certified stoves are more efficient and produce less pollution than stoves from decades ago.

The reason for this is that they use secondary combustion to maximize the gas emissions generated by burning wood. Stoves that do not employ secondary combustion and instead burn the wood directly release more PM into the air as it moves through their chimneys. Modern non-catalytical stoves have features that have been improved, like the firebox's insulation as well as a larger baffle that produces a longer hotter flow path. They also make use of pre-heated combustion to aid in the secondary burning process. This means less harmful emissions.

As the demand for efficient and energy-efficient wood stoves is increasing as do the demands for specifications on heat output. This means that new stoves need to be built to meet these requirements, and this has been a huge bonus for the environment as it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our environmental impact.

Savings

In contrast to traditional open fires that can lose up to 80 percent of their heat through the chimney, Modern wood burning stove wood burning stoves are energy efficient and have an efficiency rating of high. This means that the majority of heat generated by the log burner will be used to warm up your home. Not only is this great for your wallet however, it's also great for the environment. Less burning of fuel means less carbon emissions.

Wood stoves are also more efficient in spreading heat more effectively than conventional furnaces. The heating coils of wood stoves are not located in the ceiling of the house rather, they are in the floor. This type of heat distribution means that your entire house can be warmed more evenly.

You'll also need less firewood to heat your home with a wood stove than with an open fire. This can reduce the cost of storing and buying logs. The fact that wood is a renewable resource makes it an eco-friendly way to warm your home, especially since many countries are trying to shift away from fossil fuels such as coal and oil.

It is likely that your new wood stove will be catalytic or non-catalytic model. Catalytic models help reduce pollution by reburning some of the combustion gases. Non-catalytic wood stoves don't burn a portion of the combustion gases and have poorer efficiency ratings than catalytic stoves.

You should ensure that the stove you're buying is certified under the ClearSkies program to ensure it is in compliance with air quality standards. This scheme is independently audited to ensure that the electric stove fire you have reduces the amount of indoor air pollution.

However, you must be aware that it's not yet possible to completely eliminate air pollution from burning wood in a stove. Wood stoves are the best choice for heating homes which are smaller and generally open layout. In these cases you may be required to sit in a crowded area in front of the stove to feel the warmth. After a while, this can get boring!

Versatile

Wood burning stoves are a staple in our homes. From simple fireplaces to stately heating systems for homes, they have proven their versatility over the years. They're actually the perfect match for almost any style, whether modern, traditional or eclectic. There are a variety of designs of wood burning stoves available, each with a distinct style and personality. Some are made of stainless steel, while others are cast iron, or soapstone like the Westfire Uniq 23. Each stove is unique, and has its own veining and color.

There are two primary kinds of wood-burning stoves: single-fuel stoves which burn only wood and multi-fuel stoves which can burn gas or oil in addition to firewood. Single-fuel stoves tend to perform better than multi-fuel models since they are designed to work with a particular fuel.

Backpacking stoves are a great example of a single-fuel wood stove. These are generally lightweight and can be used to boil water or warm the coffee in a flask while on a hike. They are small and can easily be tucked away in an backpack or put in a fannypack.

Modern wood stoves that use a single fuel are designed to increase energy efficiency. They can be fitted with a secondary heat-retaining glaze or redesigned with combustion air jets as well as an air flow diverter to reach higher combustion temperatures for improved efficiency. Some of these stoves achieve over the 80% efficiency of energy an improvement of a substantial amount over older models that only reached about 15%.

Certain wood burning stoves feature turn dampers to control the flow of gas and smoke from the stove to the chimney. The turn dampers, which can be rotateable, let you slow down or speed up the departure of gasses from the stove, thus restricting the amount of heat that is retained.

While the wood burning stove is an incredibly versatile efficient, sustainable, cost-effective, and eco-friendly heat source, it's important to select the best model for your home. The experienced team at Burlington Fireplace & Heating can assist you in locating the most suitable wood burning stove to meet your needs. Contact us now or visit our showroom.