Wood Burning Stoves and Wood Pellet Stoves

Wood is definitely the fuel for the future. With prices of gas, oil and electric ever increasing and everyone becoming more and more environment conscious wood burning stoves and wood pellet boilers are becoming ever more popular. Modern technology has enabled the production of a new generation of wood-fuelled boilers that use clean, convenient chips and pellets, and which are easy to use and economical to operate

Modern Wood burning stoves incorporate the latest clean burn technologies and not only look great but will heat your home very efficiently, using clean, convinient chips and pellets, which are typically made from recycled sawdust. Burning wood is a very cost effective way of heating your home whilst being environmentally friendly.

"You could say we're going back to the future - for most of our history, wood and peat were the main heating fuels in Highland homes and buildings until coal, oil and gas began to be brought in. However, wood is coming back into its own now that we are looking more and more to sustainable fuels to reduce the effects of climate change and depletion of the Earth's non-renewable resources." The Forestry Commission.

Environmentally Friendly

Burning wood and therefore wood burning stoves is one of the most environmentally friendly ways of heating your home, this is due to the fact that timber is a carbon neutral fuel. Timber absorbs as much carbon dioxide when it is growing as it does when it is burnt. Therefore, leaving the timber to rot would release the same amount of carbon dioxide if left to rot as when it burnt.

The wood pellets used for wood pellet boilers themselves are made from the by-products of sawmills and although the process is more convoluted than simply collecting firewood they are also carbon neutral.

Not only is heating with wood environmentally friendly, but may also save you money because timber for fuel is typically up to 30% cheaper than gas and oil, with prices set to continue to rise. In addition to this timber is usually sourced in local areas, thus reducing transport miles and associated emmissions.

For professional advice and quotes on chimney and flue installation in Devon and the South West please call Dean Fletcher of D.F. Flue Installations on 01626 864159.