Wood stove? Pellet Stove? Masonry Stove?
In recent years many home owners have taken the step of installing a wood stove in their homes. Reasons are many and varied but include:
- a desire to save money by burning cheap firewood
- the instinctive appeal of a flickering fire
- growing awareness of environmental issues and the impact that burning fossil fuels may have on our environment
- a back-to-basics urge to get away from modern consumerist society and all its trappings
A high quality, well chosen wood burning stove will bring you both pleasure and comfortable warmth over many years and, used well, will even benefit the environment.
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What ever your reasons, finding the right wood burning stove to suit your needs can be fraught with difficulty - there is a huge range of stoves available from literally hundreds of manufacturers, all made with different specifications. Depending on your needs the stove that is right for you may be totally different from the stove your next door neighbour might choose.
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We have information about wood stove installation, building codes and guidelines to follow.
We can recommend less conventional types of stoves that, while not suitable for everyone, burn wood more efficiently, use less fuel and provide more even heating throughout the home.
We have information for people living off-grid and wanting too cook using wood.
We even have some projects that an enthusiastic DIYer may want to try out.
Once you start investigating wood burning stoves you'll find a whole realm of facinating ideas and, perhaps, even the dream solution for your own heating needs.
