The sales of wood burning stoves have been rising for a good many years, but now sales are hitting all new levels. This year sales and installations to date are 58% higher than the same period last year. Increased sales are attributed to ever rising energy bills and the homeowner looking to reduce heating bills.

Wood burners also have other benefits including giving a room an ambience and correctly fitted could well increase the value of your property.

Stoves are more efficient

As great as open fires are they are not energy efficient and only give approximately 20% output. Wood burning stoves are much more efficient, at around 70-90%, so you get all the benefits of a real fire without most of your money going up the chimney! Read more

A stove that is too small for the room will not be powerful enough to heat the room adequately, on the other hand, if you have a stove that is too large it will need constant attention to keep the temperature down. A result of this is the combustion within the stove will not be complete and you will quickly have a build-up of soot not just on the glass, but up the chimney as well.

With this in mind, when calculating the required output, a slightly greater output should be considered (no more than 1.5kW), as there will be a greater need for rapid heating in the long dark cold months of winter.

As you are making a large investment within your home installing a new stove it really will pay to get expert help (HETAS registered) when selecting the stove to meet your needs. Read more

More than one and a quarter million UK homes are already using wood burning stoves, with average annual UK sales of more than 188,000 units and rising by the day.

These days a roaring open fire with the heat escaping up the chimney has fallen from favour. Now homeowners are installing a wood burning stove in the place where the open fire used to be.  A wood stove/burner gives out five times as much heat as a regular fireplace and heats a far bigger part of the house.

Log burners have become a fashion statement and very trendy with many now having inspiring designs that have made them ornamental focal points. Add to this their impressive green credentials and the fact they make your home more energy efficient. You also become less dependent on energy suppliers, so it’s not hard to understand the popularity of wood burning stoves. Read more

In total, over 215,000 wood-burners were installed last year, according to the Stove Industry Alliance. This is up from 191,000 in 2017.

Wood-burning stoves are generally installed for a reason, such as a secondary heating supply or to save money. There is a percentage who have them installed because they are fashionable and these days this combination is normal.

Fuel costs as we all know are increasing rapidly with electricity and gas prices leading the way. With the Brexit uncertainty there is very little chance this trend will be reversed in the near future. Read more

Installing a stove can obviously save you money and is something to consider for the future. Make sure you do your homework before deciding as selecting the wrong model for your home could have a detrimental effect.

If you decided to install a new heating machine always get expert advice from a (HETAS Registered) engineer, normally free of charge and essential for total efficiency.

It is being muted that fuel bills are set to rise significantly in the near future. The Brexit talks remain in the news and the pound remains at a low ebb, this means imported fuels cost more and you can guess who has to foot the bill!!

Heating fuel bills are expected to rise in the region of between 5% and 10%, at least for electricity, which means your energy bills could take a definite hit. The impact on a typical household bill could be an extra £100 plus a year. Read more