| Installing a cheap wood burning stove, could be | | | | one type of fuel. Pellets manufactured from |
| one of the best investments to be made. Many | | | | sawdust are stored in a hopper attached to the |
| people agree, they are very environmentally | | | | stove. As the fuel is burned, electronic controls |
| friendly but it is their versatility to burn a variety | | | | automatically feed more pellets when required. |
| of fuels, cleanly and efficiently which wins people | | | | This form of fuel can work out cheaper, and be |
| over. When you consider the astronomical rise in | | | | considered more ecologically friendly as it is made |
| gas and oil prices in recent years, you can easily | | | | from recycled paper and wood. However, pellet |
| see why they are becoming a cheap and popular | | | | stoves are more complex and will be more |
| alternative source of heating. | | | | expensive initially. |
| A strength of a cheap wood burning stove, is | | | | Power outages are not all that common usually |
| that it can be placed anywhere in your home, | | | | but perhaps may become so in the future. A |
| where proper outside ventilation can be made. | | | | straight multi-fuel stove can prove to be a huge |
| Generally, these appliances are installed in places | | | | advantage when they do occur. Being completely |
| where most time is spent, the kitchen and living | | | | independent from power it is still possible to |
| room for example. Other than warming their | | | | maintain heating and cooking facilities. Another |
| home many decide to use a wood burning stove | | | | point to consider is that despite many of us trying |
| to also heat the domestic water. Although some | | | | to be kind to the environment and recycle as |
| additional installation is required, it easy to also run | | | | much as possible, some flammable materials can't |
| a home central heating system too. | | | | be recycled but can be burned which is additional |
| There are many styles and sizes of stoves to | | | | free fuel. |
| suit the home and budget. Another choice is the | | | | As wood burners are manufactured from cast |
| kind of fuel the stove burns. Multi-fuel ones use | | | | iron, which obviously conducts heat they continue |
| combustible material such as coal, sawdust | | | | emitting warmth long after the fire has died down. |
| compacted briquettes as well as natural logs. All | | | | To make the most of a stove's heat during |
| these fuels are generally regularly available from | | | | burning and after, many owners use stove fans |
| local suppliers. For anyone choosing to burn their | | | | to disperse the radiant heat around their home. |
| own felled logs the wood needs to be well | | | | These very clever little devices, take the warmth |
| seasoned. This means after felling a tree, new cut | | | | from the stove itself to create power which |
| logs should be stored to dry for a couple of | | | | drives fan blades blowing heat around the room. |
| years before use. Scrap wood could be used but | | | | As these fans require no power supply they cost |
| should be free from paint, nails, and any other | | | | nothing to run, and by simply placing one on top |
| impurities to prevent noxious fumes when burning. | | | | of a stove you can get more from the stove's |
| Pellet stoves are somewhat different from | | | | output and cut fuel usage. |
| multi-fuel stoves in that they are restricted to the | | | | |