Why a Wood Burning Stove Should Be Properly Sized and Installed
Wood stoves can be a great, clean way to heat your home. A wood stove should be installed and sized properly to ensure the highest efficiency.
Do not open and shut the doors to your wood stove regularly. This creates a vortex which pulls smoke and unburned volatile substances into the room.
Energy Efficiency
Radiant heat is used to heat the home instead of hot air being blown into the home through its ventilation system. This is an efficient method of heating because it produces powerful warmth that radiates across the entire stove, warming your entire home rather than just one central area.
Modern wood stoves are designed to be as energy efficient as is possible. Manufacturers are required to meet increasingly stringent requirements in regards to emissions, and the most effective way to do this is by making their stoves more efficient. The majority of our stoves (both DEFRA approved and EPA certified) have efficiency ratings of more than 70%, meaning that a significant portion of the heat that is produced is used to warm your home, instead of being lost to the chimney.
A wood burner is also a source of heat that is completely separate from. In contrast to electricity and gas, a wood burner will still provide you with warmth, even in the event of an outage of gas or electricity in the event that you have enough logs in your.
Wood burning stoves also offer a more reliable heating option than other types of heaters because they don't depend on electricity or oil to operate. This is especially important in remote areas where other energy sources are susceptible to disruption over a long time.
A good quality log burner should operate at around 80% efficiency which means that a substantial percentage of the heat that is produced is used to warm your home. This is a huge improvement over older stoves that operated at less than 20% efficiency. It is also one of the reasons a new stove is a wise investment.
A catalytic wood stove will re-burn the unburned gasses and smoke that leaves the firebox by secondary combustion, which further increases efficiency. However, non-catalytic stoves are becoming more popular since they don't require expensive catalyst technology to achieve similar efficiency and are often much less expensive to purchase. This is particularly advantageous for those who want to reduce their carbon footprint and save on fuel costs.
Clean Burning
A wood stove is a device that burns wood to generate heat, but it also releases particulates and gases into the air. In wood burner stoves can result in poor air quality, which can affect our health and wellbeing. It is important to use clean-burning technology in your wood stove.
When you have a new, modern wood stove that has Clean Burn technology, it dramatically reduces dust and particulate emissions. This not only makes your home more healthy, but it can also save you money as you can get more heating for every log.
Today's ECO design stoves have one of the most stringent standards in the world when it comes to emissions from particles - they are permitted to release less than 5 grams per kilogram of wood burned. At Jotul, we have far higher ambitions - we want to offer you the absolute top quality when it comes to the environment and your health. We have developed a solution that lets our wood stoves emit less than half of the statutory requirements - in some instances, it's even less than one gram!
A modern stove has many ways to improve the combustion of the wood. It is essential to monitor air flow and only reduce it after the fire is hot and stable.
Cleaner burning stoves produce less creosote. This sticky substance can create serious fire hazards. The reduced production of creosote can help save time and money on chimney cleaning.
Our wood stoves' superior performance is also a result of the pre-heated secondary air. This is an additional layer of air which is added above the fuel load, and assists in ensuring that all particles are completely ignited. This is responsible for a large part of the superior performance in our latest stoves, such as the Defra-approved Hi-Flame Graphite 5
You must make sure that your wood stove is only used in smoke control zones (or exempt zones) where it is legal to use it. Smoke from wood stoves isn't just harmful to people who live in the immediate area however, it can travel long distances and cause poor air quality for residents in close proximity.
Eco-Friendly
Wood burners are a low carbon alternative to stoves made of fossil fuels. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release it back when they are burned as part of an enclosed CO2 cycle. This process is far less harmful to the environment than releasing carbon dioxide into the air when using oil, gas or electricity to heat your home.
Modern stoves are more efficient than previous models. This means you can heat your home with less wood. Some models are so efficient that they emit little smoke, create less ash and use 70% less wood than traditional stoves. The newer EPA-certified stoves have additional safety features, including an automatic shutoff to prevent overheating.
Eco-friendly stoves can help you save money on energy bills. The price of gas and electricity seems to increase year after year, and with wood-burning stoves, you can eliminate the middlemen and take control of your heating needs.
You can also use recycled or salvaged wood for your stove to make it even more environmentally friendly. Many people gather wood that could otherwise be discarded from building projects or dumped however it is essential to ensure it's dry before you burn it. This is especially crucial for those who live in a zone of smoke control where the use of damp or wet wood is not permitted.
The green aspect of a wood burning stove is reflected in the fact that it is a renewable source of energy. If you purchase your logs from sustainable forests there is a tree planted for every tree cut down to be used. This helps counteract the deforestation brought on by fossil fuel production.
While wood burning stoves produce less emissions than other stoves, they produce fine particulate pollutants. These small, toxic particles can get deep into the lungs and be extremely damaging to your health. The independent standards body for heating appliances HETAS has been leading a campaign to improve the efficiency of wood stoves so that they can reduce this kind of pollution as much as possible and a variety of manufacturers are developing eco-friendly wood stoves that comply with the latest standards.
Cooking
Wood stoves are safe if employed correctly. If you're not experienced with wood burning it is recommended to consult a professional to check your fireplace and ventilation systems to ensure that they are operating correctly. Modern wood burners use chimneys and fireboxes to draw in air and release smoke. The ventilation pipe and the chimney work together to regulate the amount of creosote produced when burning wood. The accumulation of creosote in the chimney can result in a reduction in efficiency and a fire hazard, so it's important to keep your stove in good condition.
The smell of burning wood and the crackle of the flames create a cozy atmosphere that transports you back to simpler times. A wood-burning stove can also provide an unique flavor that cannot be replicated with gas or electric stoves. The smokey aroma of roasting meats and hearty soups gives meals a distinctive and memorable taste that cannot be replicated with other methods of cooking.
It is also widely known that cooking with wood-burning stoves is more healthy than other methods of cooking. The heat of the flames can help preserve nutrients when you cook vegetables or meats in your wood-burning oven.
Many people prefer using a wood burning stove as an alternative to electricity or gas to heat their homes. It is a reliable method of heating that is particularly beneficial during power outages and in regions where fossil fuels are limited. In addition, many people find that wood stoves are a more cost-effective way to heat their homes than buying and installing a traditional electric or gas stove. It is also more environmentally sustainable as wood is a renewable source and releases less CO2 into the air when it is burned properly.