My wood burning stoves

Wood burning as a source of home heat has been around for many years, and as people are becoming more environmentally aware a Wood Burning stove on a cold winter’s day is the ideal option of keeping warm. It also makes the room more homely and creates such as fantastic centre piece in anyone’s home.





People are also looking at the economic reasons for going green, especially with the escalating fuel bills. A wood burning stove is highly efficient compared to conventional gas, oil or electric heating systems.





Wood Burners radiate a lot of heat in any size of room, making the room feel warm and cosy; in-fact stoves can provides comfortable background heat for the whole house.





Quite a few modern wood burning systems can provide the capabilities for cooking, hot water and heat storage. Choosing a burner with a back boiler can provide hot water to domestic radiators and to the mains hot water taps. If you do choose to opt for this then you’re well on your way to sustainable living.





Logs are the most common form of fuel for Wood Burning Stoves and it is important that they are kept dry as the efficiency of wood is best and makes stoves perform better when the dampness of the wood is 20% or less.





If you are burning "pure" wood the chimney will need sweeping at least twice a year. This keeps your chimney clean and reduces the risk of a chimney fire.





Multi Fuel stoves can burn coal as well. Once coal is ignited it burns slowly with little flame and high heat, occasionally making gentle ticking sounds.





When Burning coal you have to master the art of kindling; if you do not follow the right procedure then the coal fire will go out. The best way is to start with rolled up paper and dry kindle and then place pieces of hardwood, when the fire is hot and when there is a bed of embers built up you can then slowly start adding coal.


Wood pellets are also now becoming more popular and can be used on wood burning or multi fuel stoves. Pellets are usually made from timber waste and produced through industrial processes. The wood goes through a lengthy process before it's finally extruded as pellets and the material used are in the form of saw dust, timber off cuts and wood shavings. What also helps is wood is "carbon neutral".





Wood Burning Stove offer a fantastic product range with great service and most importantly at great prices. Unlike many online sites we have a large warehouse to stock our stoves so in most cases we will have the stove in stock and if ordered before 2pm will be sent out the same day to be delivered to you in 2-5 working days. If you are looking for a wood burning stove have a look on www.mywoodburningstoves.co.uk for a selection of fantastic products at great prices.