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I am planning to have a stove woodburner fitted in my living room 5 x

Posted by Levi , on
I am planning to have a stove woodburner fitted in my living room 5 x 5 metres - which woodburners do you recommend?
Rafal Kaczynski

Rafal Kaczynski

Woodburning or multi-fuel stoves can make an attractive living room focal point, as well as potentially providing a cleaner, greener source of heat for your home. Dear Levi Woodburning stoves are only suitable for burning wood, whereas multi-fuel stoves can also burn coal. They are fitted with a grate to collect the extra ash generated when burning coal. Woodburners and multi-fuel stoves are usually standalone features used as a centrepiece to keep one or more rooms cosy, but certain models can be connected to a back boiler to heat water for your whole house. You can also buy wood boilers as part of a wood or biomass central heating system. Wood fuel comes in the form of logs or, for specially designed or multi-fuel stoves, wood pellets. Before buying, check with the manufacturer which fuels are suitable to burn on your chosen stove. You can buy woodburning stoves from local fireplace and stove specialists, directly from stove manufacturers including Aga, Esse and Jotul and at online retailers such as Stoves Online. Wood is a carbon-neutral fuel because the carbon released as it burns has already effectively been offset by the carbon absorbed during the lifespan of the tree – leading to a net zero carbon footprint. This makes using a woodburning stove to heat a room more eco-friendly than burning a non-renewable fossil fuel, such as coal or gas. An even greener approach would be replacing the wood you'll be taking out of the ecosystem by planting trees or buying fuel from a sustainable source. And if you live in a rural area, you might be able to salvage fallen wood yourself. A multi-fuel stove can burn wood logs or coal All woodburning stoves on sale in the UK should include an efficiency percentage in line with British and European standards, representing the proportion of energy in a fuel transferred to heating the room. I hope thal all of provided informations will allow you to choose suitable stove for you house. Best regards Rafal

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