Save Money On Your Heating Bill
Save money on your heating bill. Firstly, installing a wood burner in your home could save you in the long term a great deal of money. The savings will depend on how efficient your new stove is and the fuel you use.
Crucial – Burning wood with 20% or less moisture will minimise pollutants and increase efficiency. Kiln-dried wood has less than 20% moisture but is more expensive than seasoned logs. Most stove owners burn seasoned logs, and 23% of the owners told us they collect free wood from local resources.
Just imagine the savings you could make if you could source your own wood to burn free.
A higher-efficiency stove should save you more and potentially cut pollution. Also new efficient stoves reduce potentially harmful particle emissions by more than 80%. This is compared with stoves from 10 years ago, according to the Stove Industry Alliance.
As such stove can cost varying amounts to buy and install.
A recent survey of stove owners taken to establish whether it’s really worth the initial outlay discovered that 68% said their stove does save them money.
The cost of a stove can vary wildly, ranging from £500 to more than £2,000. This is excluding installation costs.
Stove installation costs
A stove installation will again vary depending on the siting of the new stove. As such do get professional advice (HETAS registered) as this could save you money both in the short and long term. As an example, if you already have a chimney, that will make it cheaper, as one won’t need to be built. However, it might need to be relined to make sure it won’t let any gases escape into your home.
You can also have a freestanding stove, which doesn’t need a chimney. But you will still need to have the flue (effectively acting as the chimney) fed outside somewhere. This will involve some construction work on your home.
Can we help?
Finally, if you are thinking of installing a wood burning stove please contact us and one of our fully qualified (HETAS Registered) advisers will be happy to assist.
