| Wood is an environmentally friendly way of | | | | softwoods may only have a calorific value of up |
| creating heat in a home if the correct wood is | | | | to 40%. The higher the calorific value of the |
| used in the woodburning stove. Our trees produce | | | | wood being burnt in a woodburning stove the |
| oxygen during the day through photosynthesis | | | | better as it produces higher temperatures within |
| and carbon dioxide at nights so by burning wood | | | | the woodburning stove and hence a cleaner burn |
| we are not affecting the balance of nature as | | | | and less pollution into our atmosphere. |
| long as the trees cut down are being replaced by | | | | Nowadays the best woods for your woodburning |
| new growth at the same rate. | | | | stove can be purchased and delivered to your |
| When looking for the best woods to use in your | | | | home in reasonably sized quantities direct from a |
| woodburning stove seek out a local supplier of | | | | wood farm. These farms often specialise in |
| broadleaf hardwoods such as Ash, Beech, Oak, | | | | hardwood growth, cutting and replanting at the |
| Birch, Elm, Sycamore or Hornbeam if you can get | | | | same time. After the felling the wood is then cut |
| it .The reason for this is that the hardwoods are | | | | into sizes of approx 300mm x 100mm and |
| much denser than softwoods such as spruce and | | | | seasoned using a kiln drying process The secret is |
| as they grow slower the wood has less air gaps | | | | once the seasoned wood is in your premises |
| and hence less water retention. This means that | | | | keep it dry indoors or put it an outside log store |
| the calorific value in terms of heat is much higher | | | | of which there are a variety in the marketplace |
| in the hardwoods up to 80% whereas the | | | | to-day. |