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Things To Consider Before You Install A Wood Burning Stove
So why exactly is this?
Top of the list in equal first place must be: significant savings in running costs (especially with constantly rising prices for gas, oil and electricity); and good looks. Most everyone loves that traditional fireplace effect and the cozy warmth that more conventional forms of space heating just seem to lack. Also, the latest log burning stoves are very clean and easy to use and ... Why Install A Wood Stove?
Some people install a wood burning stove that they subsequently rarely use - they just like the whole look and use it to provide an eye-catching focal point in a kitchen or living room. This is not unusual when people buy a house that has an existing, but unused, chimney breast and fireplace - they feel the need to put something in its place. Quite often there's also an Aga or Rayburn in the kitchen doing a similar job - looking decorative while the day to day heating and cooking ... How to Select a Type and Make of Wood Burning Stove
First up, a brief overview of how we got here and the various diversions along the way, but if you would rather cut to the chase then click here for a rundown of some of the best makes of wood stoves currently out there.
Wood burning stoves are essentially a solution to the main problems of open fireplaces, which are principally thermal inefficiency and smoke. By fully enclosing the fire in a metal box (the stove) it is possible to control the air flow and hence improve the combustion rate and overall efficiency plus reduce the amount of smoke produced and redirect that which is ... Wood Burners Past And Present
Then Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the USA and prolific inventor, came up with the freestanding wood stove, which by 1744 was known as the Pennsylvania fireplace and a huge hit. This was an open stove that resembled a conventional fireplace but enabled more sophisticated control of the air flow to the fire (using metal baffles to direct hot air and a flue to draw exhaust gases) and was effectively the forerunner of the modern wood burning stove.
Except that this isn't quite true. ... 
