Woodburning
Stoves From Direct-Fireplaces
Woodburnings stoves have become a very popular
choice with the rising price of fuel bills within the UK and
the rest of the world. They are a great alternative to gas
or electric fires and very cheap to run. They are very efficient
and can be found in many different styles from very traditional
to the more contemporary design.
Within our site you will find many different
wood burning stoves from Direct-Fireplaces, a recommended retailer
of many different stoves, fireplaces and fires.
Information On Woodburning Stoves
Many other heating appliances have a much
lower efficiency than wood burning stoves. You burn logs in
a standard wood burning stove or either wood or biomass fuel
if you purchase a multi fuel stove and originates from wood.
Both multi fuel stoves and wood burning stoves
are made from either cast iron or steel and will last for years.
Inside these stoves which are also referred to as woodburners,
are a large fire chamber where you place the wood to be burnt.
At the bottom of the chamber is usually a grate at the bottom
which collects ashes. To control the heat of the fire, you
use an air control which is easily adjusted, with fumes and
smoke going up either a chimney or flume. |
  
Information On Woodburners
The efficiency of woodburning stoves comes from
the shell of the stove which heats up which then heats the room.
With open fires, you loose a majority of the heat up the chimney
so investing in a woodburner is a very good choice. Adding to
this, the air control system introduces air into the fire chamber
which actually produces a significant more amount of heat to
other types of fire.
Another reason open fires are less efficient is the access to
as much oxygen as they like which burns wood much quicker but
you control the amount of air going into a wood burning stove
so a slower but more heat intense burn.
What wood do I use to fuel my stove?
Wood
burning Stoves burn
a choice of two different types of wood being softwood or hardwood.
They both produce the same amount of heat with softwood burning
much quicker than hardwood. Softwood comes from Evergreen trees
with hardwood coming from Broadleaf trees. The water content
of each type of wood also relates to the amount of soot, smoke
and heat produced when burnt.
Never use word which has recently been cut down, you
need to store the wood for a couple of years so it has dried
out before burning it. The moisture level of newly cut wood
can be anything from 65% to 90% whereas wood that has been
seasoned has a water content of around 20%. Seasoning is the
word given to the wood which has been stored in a dry or covered
area before it can be used in any stove. If you do not dry
the wood, the soot and tar can build up in your chimney or
flue and case chimney fires so very dangerous.
Once you have purchased your wood
burning stoves, then its just
a case of deciding what wood to use then you can start
heating your home in a very efficient and cost saving way.
The air controller gives you sufficient control over the heat
and burn but never open the air control fully as the heat will
just disperse out and up the chimney. Another reason is something
called firing which can cause your stove to become warped,
buckled or damaged in general.
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