Why a Wood Burning Stove Should Be Properly Sized and Installed
Wood stoves are a fantastic option to provide affordable, clean heat for your home. A wood stove should be installed and sized properly to ensure maximum efficiency.
Do not open and shut the doors to your wood stove regularly. This creates a vortex which pulls smoke and volatile compounds that have not been burned into the room.
Energy Efficiency
Radiant heat is utilized to warm the house instead of hot air that's blown into the home through its ventilation system. This is a more efficient method of heating your home since the heat radiates out from every side of the.
Modern wood stoves are designed to be as energy efficient as is possible. Manufacturers have to meet stricter emission standards and the best method to do this is to make their stoves more efficient in energy use. The vast majority of our stoves (both DEFRA approved and EPA certified) have efficiency ratings of more than 70%, meaning that a lot more of the heat that is produced is used to heat your home instead of being lost up the chimney.
Another benefit of using a wood burning stove is that it offers an independent source of heat. Contrary to electricity and gas, a wood burner will continue to provide warmth even during an electricity or gas outage in the event that you have enough logs in your.
Wood burning stoves also offer an energy source that is more reliable than other types of heaters, since they don't rely on oil or electricity to operate. This is especially true in remote regions where other sources of energy can be disrupted over a long period of time.
A quality log burner is able to operate at a high efficiency of around 80, meaning that a large portion of the heat that is produced is used to warm your home. This is a significant improvement over older stoves which typically operate at less than 20% efficiency. This is one of the main reasons why a new stove would be a good investment.
A catalytic wood-burning stove will re-burn unburned gases and smoke that escape the firebox by secondary combustion, further improving efficiency. However, non-catalytic stoves are becoming more popular since they don't require expensive catalyst technology to achieve similar efficiency levels and are considerably less expensive to purchase. This is particularly advantageous for those looking to reduce their carbon footprint and save on fuel costs.
Clean Burning
Wood stoves burn wood to create heat, but they also release particles and gases into the air. In certain regions, this can lead to poor air quality, which can affect our health and wellbeing. It is essential to make use of clean-burning technology for your wood stove.
With a modern wood stove that utilizes Clean Burn technology, you can cut down on dust and airborne particles. This will not only make your home more healthy and comfortable, but it could also help you save money as you get more heat for every log.
Today's ECO design stoves have one of the strictest standards in the world when it comes to particle emissions - they are permitted to release less than 5 grams per kilogram of wood that is burned. At Jotul we have more ambitious goals - we'd like to provide you with the absolute highest quality in terms of the environment and your health. We have created an approach that allows our wood stoves to emit less than half the statutory requirements - in some cases, even less than one grams!
A modern stove comes with a variety of ways to optimize the combustion of wood. It is important to monitor air flow and only reduce it after the fire is hot and well-established.
Cleaner burning stoves also create less creosote, which is a sticky substance that forms on the inside of the chimney and can pose a serious fire danger. A lower level of creosote production could save time and money in chimney cleaning.
The pre-heated tertiary atmosphere in our new wood stoves is a key factor in their superior performance. This is an additional layer of air that is inserted over the fuel, and helps to ensure all particles are fully burned. This is the reason for a large portion of the performance that is superior in our new stoves, such as the Defra-approved Hi-Flame Graphite 5
You should always ensure that your wood stove is used only in smoke control zones (or exempt areas) in areas where it is permitted to do so. Smoke from wood stoves is not only hazardous to those living in the immediate vicinity but it can travel far distances and result in poor air quality for communities in close proximity.
Eco-Friendly
Wood burners are an alternative that is low in carbon to stoves that use fossil fuels. They absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release it back when they are burned as part of an enclosed CO2 cycle. This is less harmful to the environment than releasing CO2 into the air through gas, oil or electricity to provide home heat.
Modern stoves are much higher efficiency than older models, which means that you can heat your home using significantly less wood. Some models are so efficient they emit little smoke, produce less ash and use 70 percent less wood than traditional stoves. The newer EPA-certified stoves have additional safety features, like an automatic shutoff to avoid overheating.
As well as being a great source of heat eco-friendly stoves are an excellent way to cut costs on your energy bills. The cost of gas and electricity seems to rise year after year, and with a wood burning stove you can cut out the middlemen and take control of your heating requirements.
You can also make use of recycled wood or salvaged wood to make your stove even more environmentally friendly. Many people take wood that would otherwise be discarded in building projects or disposed however it is essential to ensure that it is dry before you burn it. This is especially important for those who live in a smoke control zone where it's a criminal offence to use wet or damp wood.
The environmental benefits of a wood-burning stove is due to the fact that it is a renewable source of energy. If you purchase your logs from a sustainable forest then one tree will be planted for each one that is removed to be used, and this helps to counteract the deforestation caused by fossil fuel production.
Although wood burning stoves produce less emissions than other stoves, they still emit fine particulate pollutants. These are tiny, harmful particles that can penetrate deep into your lungs and can be extremely dangerous to your health. HETAS, an independent standards body for heating appliances has pushed for an effort to improve wood stoves to reduce this type of air pollution as much they can. Many manufacturers have come up with eco-friendly wood burning stoves that meet the latest standards.
Cooking
Wood stoves are safe when used in a safe manner. However, if you're not familiar with wood burning, it's best to consult a professional to inspect your fireplace and ventilation system to ensure that they're operating correctly. Modern wood burner s include chimneys and fireboxes that are designed to draw in fresh air and let smoke out. The ventilation pipe and the chimney work together to limit the amount of creosote produced by burning wood. Creosote buildup in the chimney could lead to reduced efficiency and create a fire risk, so it's important to maintain your stove.
The crackle of the fire and the smell of burning wood create a cozy atmosphere which can take you back to simpler days. In addition, cooking with a wood burning stove adds an unique flavor that can't be replicated with electric or gas stoves. The smoky flavor of roasted meats, and soups that are hearty make meals unique and memorable taste that can't be achieved with other methods of cooking.
It is also widely known that cooking with wood-burning stoves is healthier than any other form of cooking. For instance, if you roast meats or vegetables in your wood-burning stove, the heat of the flames helps to keep nutrients that are lost when heating foods for prolonged periods of time.
Many people prefer using wood-burning stoves as an alternative to using electricity or gas to heat their home. It is a reliable method for heating that is particularly useful during power outages and in areas where fossil fuels are scarce. Additionally, most people find that wood stoves are an economical way to heat their homes, as opposed to purchasing and installing a traditional gas or electric stove. It is also more environmentally sustainable since wood is a renewable fuel source and emits less CO2 into the air when it is gathered and burned properly.