| Wood heaters are having a come-back, and with | | | | generate heat. They're often made from cast iron |
| good reason too. Convective wood heaters, those | | | | and have a clear glass front, and sometimes a |
| that not only give off heat from the flames and | | | | flue going up from them. They heat up nicely, and |
| coals (like a common fireplace does) but that also | | | | if they have a fan system installed they can |
| heats up itself and gives off even more heat (like | | | | generate and circulate heat around a room quite |
| a combustion stove, for example) are the most | | | | nicely. |
| energy efficient when it comes to heating up a | | | | The wood stove heater is, as its name implies, a |
| room or a larger area. | | | | combination wood heater and stove. The slow |
| If you live in an area where it is easy to gather | | | | burning combustion stove, mentioned above, is |
| firewood and you have a suitable location to store | | | | perhaps the most economical and the more |
| it in where it won't get damp or wet, then you | | | | efficient type. They include not only hot plates on |
| may want to look into the possibility of using a | | | | top of the stove, and the necessary fire cabinet |
| wood heater. Popular wood heater choices are | | | | itself, but they also have an oven that works |
| the pot-belly stove and combustion stoves. | | | | very well for all baking needs. |
| Combustion stoves can do far more than just | | | | If you're interested in looking into this, I'd suggest |
| heat a room, but they also make very good | | | | you talk to someone who uses this type of |
| ovens and stove tops, and can even be used to | | | | heating and find out the pro's and con's and |
| heat up a hot water cylinder. You can leave them | | | | whether they seem like they'd be useful for you. |
| on all night, just stoking them up again in the | | | | Of course, one pro when it comes to wood |
| morning and adding more wood. Usually a fan is | | | | heating is that you can have it all winter long, |
| used to help circulate the warm air around the | | | | even if there's no electricity! They also give a |
| room. | | | | room a nice, warm, homey atmosphere which is |
| A simple wood heater can be found, that is a | | | | one of the things I like best about them. |
| standalone fireplace type, which is used solely to | | | | |