Fuel efficient woodburning stove
Using Logs as fuel is a cheap and eco friendly way to keep warm in winter. It is a renewable and sustainable source of heating.
Buy wood as dry as possible. Dry (seasoned) logs will burn hotter and longer, so keeping the logs in a log store to air dry is very important, and will work out more economical. By storing under cover in a wood store the logs will not reabsorb water. Buy as early as you can. Bring some logs inside to house dry for a few days prior to burning, try to always have enough ‘house dried’ logs for your fire.
You can burn unseasoned (wet) wood, but it will burn quicker and with less heat, and will leave more sticky soot, meaning you need the chimney cleaned more often.
A coal grate is not really suitable for wood, cover it with a metal base plate for best results. Reduce the area of the lowest part of fire with sloping fire bricks to deepen the ash and charcoal bed but leaving more space for logs above.
