For The Love Of Wood – Wood Burning Stoves
With the constant increase in the cost of gas and electricity people are constantly looking for a cheaper and greener alternative to heat their home.
The cheapest and most environmentally friendly way is with a wood burning stove. Due to these factors there has been a steady increase in the sales of wood burning stoves and people re-opening up closed fireplace openings. There has been a slight negative result from this increase of wood burning stoves been used to heat people homes as criminals have spotted a chance to make a quick profit as they have now started to steal timber and even entire tree’s. They have taken to stealing felled trees from woodlands and conservation areas. Wildlife charities and woodland trusts are suffering from this as they regularly rely of the sale of fire wood for wood burning stoves as a source of income.
It is with this in mind that here a directstoves.com we strongly recommend that when you are buying wood for your wood burning stove that you buy it from a certified and sustainable source of wood. People are often tempted to use cheap wood on their wood burning stoves. Although this seems like a good cheap idea it can be costly in the long run. Wooden off cuts from building jobs, broken pallets etc. not only give off less heat they can also be treated is a variety of chemicals which can be damaging to your stove and flue liner. If you use cheap wood from unknown sources you may find that not only are these coming from unsustainable sources but you may well find that the wood is dam and not properly seasoned. If you’re using damp wood you will find it difficult to light, very smoky and cause you’re stove window to soot up. There is also a chance that this damp wood could damage your wood burning stove.
If you are thinking of buying a wood burning stove and you need a good local source of wood then please feel free to contact us here at directstoves.com and we will see if we can help you as well as helping you choose the best wood burning wood stove to suit your needs.
