When many people think of a
wood burning stove they imagine it heating only one area of the house. However with a
little planning and initial disruption, your wood burning stove could
heat the entire home, whilst saving a fortune on electric and gas.
Some stoves can be fitted with a back burner that means as you light
your stove the hot water tank heats up, from the energy created and
fills your radiators with eco fuel that keeps every room in the house
toasty warm.
Although initially fitting a wood burning stove with a
back boiler
can be more disruptive than simply attaching a stove to a chimney, this
is an ideal way to heat the home for less, and ensures you get the full
benefit of all that heat without opening doors in the home to let the
heat travel through.
Even the incredibly contemporary wood-burning stoves such as Firebelly (
We found the best prices here) can be ordered and built with an optional back-boiler, and in the 18 different colours you're sure to be able to find a colour you love.
Before back boilers wood burning stoves were huge heavy things, that
would be used for cooking, drying clothes, heating water and the home,
however just because times have changed and we now rely on oil and gas,
it doesn’t mean we can’t learn a thing or two from our ancestors.
Range Cookers, more commonly called Aga's after the brand that made them so successful, are strongly back in fashion, and whilst at the beginning of the
twentieth century these were thrown out with the rubbish, now they cost a
pretty penny and are a must have for any designer kitchen. Manufacturer's such as Broseley have created some stunning
Range Cookers, that allow you to enjoy the warm glow as well as being able to do almost anything. Unlike the Aga's that have hidden everything behind heavy metal doors.
Your wood burning stove can perform the same jobs as an Aga, as there
are now so many on the market with extras, that the past is coming into
the future.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, scour antique shops and
reclamation yards, they will have the old type of wood burning stove
that can easily be transformed with an expert hand. These older stoves
will have special compartments at the side- a single cast iron cupboard,
where you can place slippers to warm or even leave bread to rise. This
creates not only warmth in the home, but a delicious smell too, and
makes sure that in these winter months there really is no place like our
own abode.
If planning a home renovation and the kitchen or study adjoins the
lounge, another idea for an open plan feel is to remove the wall where
the wood burning stove will go.
Some stoves will have glass on both sides, so each room can feel the benefit of the flames as they lick you
into a state of relaxed happiness.
With all these features, there’s only one worry left when buying your
wood burning stove, how to keep a stockpile of wood big enough! Try
growing your own fast growing trees, some only take a year to grow, and
as one is chopped down replace with another secure in the knowledge that
you really are going green with your energy!
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