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How to heat your home with wood?

Here you can find all the information and advice you need to add a wood burning or pellet boiler stove to your heating system to help reduce energy costs.

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  Heating your home with wood

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  Types of wood boiler stove

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  Linking a woodburning boiler stove in with your central heating system

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  Reduce the running cost of your existing heating system

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  Heating your home with Wood Pellet Boiler Stoves

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  Heating your home office

  Heating your home office with a wood or pellet stove.

Maintain & Troubleshoot

Here we have some of the regular maintenance jobs which will keep your stove running as it should as well as some of the common problems you may come across, and their solutions.

• Stove maintenance guide

• Stove and chimney problems and solutions

• Stove Glass gone black?

• Chimney downdraught and solutions

• Smoking fireplace - causes of smoking stove

• Capping unused chimneys - flue ventilators UK

• Ventilation for stoves and fireplaces

• Fireplace opening size

• Wood and coal ash use

• Chimney fires and their causes

• Chimney fires statistics UK

• Reduce chimney fire risk - lowering the risk of chimney fires UK

• Why should I line my chimney

• Tar and soot condensates in chimneys

• Custom cut stove glass

• Find Chimney Sweeps

More... Maintain & Troubleshoot

Choosing & using your stove

Here we have lots of help and advice for how to choose the right woodburning stove for you, and then how to get the best from it. As ever if you'd like to talk it through with one of us then that's what we're here for.

• Choosing the right stove

• How to burn coal in a stove

• How to light your wood burning stove upside-down

• Wood burning stove or multifuel stove

• What is a stove with Cleanburn?

• What is Airwash in a stove

• What is a Defra Exempt stove?

• Stoves that we can supply that are not on the website

• Stove heat outputs explained

• What is the efficiency of a Stove?

• Room sealed stoves with external air supply

• Which is the best Woodheating solution for me?

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  Heating your home with wood

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  Heating your home with Wood Pellet Boiler Stoves

More... Choosing & using your stove

Installation & Regs

Here you can read about stove and chimney installation and some factors to consider. We also run through some of the building regulations which apply, what they are and the reasons for them being in place.

• Twin wall flue systems

• Do you need a chimney for a stove?

• Schiedel DM Modular block pumice chimney specifications

• Making a new chimney with twin wall flue

• How to spray paint a stove or flue pipe

• Why do I need a Carbon Monoxide Alarm?

• How to install a flexible chimney liner

• Lining a truncated chimney and using twin wall flue for the roof penetration

• Should you use the rear, or top, flue exit on your stove?

• Pumice Chimney liner - Fitting pumice liners to existing chimneys UK

• Stove Installers

  If you need a stove installer to help with your project then we have a list that covers the UK.

• Stove installation and fitting UK

• Inset stove chamber ventilation

• Pellet stove installation areas uk

• Spreading heat from a stove around the house

• Register as a Stove Installer

• Notice plate checklist, UK stove building regs J

• Stove hearth size and thickness, UK stove building regs

• Flue outlet height, UK stove building regs J

• Stove flue size

• Stove room ventilation regulations

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  Stoves for Airtight Houses

  Modern homes are increasingly airtight. That means that there are a few more things to consider when installing a stove so that it is safe and works well.

• Flue pipe clearances - heat shielding - UK stove building regs J

• Stove installation and building regs doc J

• Stove flue pipe length

• Twin wall flue boxing in

• Twin wall flue distance below ceiling

• Existing chimneys, flexible chimney liner, UK stove building regs J

• New masonry chimneys, UK stove building regs J

• Carbon Monoxide Alarms for stoves and why you need one

• What is a Defra Exempt stove?

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  Ecodesign

• Ban open fires in cities

• Smoke control areas and the clean air act

• What is a Defra Exempt stove?

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  Ecodesign

• Ban open fires in cities

• Smoke control areas and the clean air act

• Raise EPC and SAP with a stove

  A wood or wood pellet stove can not only be a cosy addition to a home, but it can also help to raise your SAP and EPC rating.

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  Thermal store stratification

• Stove central heating - installing stove back boiler for central heating

• What is a Load Unit

• Heat Pump information

More... Installation & Regs

Calculators

Here we have some calculators to help you pick the right stove. The kW calculator is particularly useful because it will help you pick the right size of stove for your room.

• Fireplace opening size

• Kilowatt Calculator

• kWh to BTU Conversion

• Fireplace Flue Size Calculator

Firewood and Woodfuel

The size, type and most importantly the dryness of the logs you use in your stove have a massive effect on how well it will run. Here we have information all about firewood and fuel.

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  Find Firewood Suppliers

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  Find Wood Pellet Suppliers

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  Find Woodchip Suppliers

• Drying and seasoning firewood

• Which woods are best to burn

• Firewood chart UK

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  Firewood Logs Buyers and Finders Guide

• Coppicing trees to produce firewood

• Coombe Farm Woods firewood story

• How much does a bag of wood pellets cost

• What are wood pellets?

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  Coal is a fossil fuel which adds to global warming

• Brands of coal you can buy in the UK, phurnacite, ancit, taybrite

• Types of coal, lignite, subbituminous coal, anthracite, bituminous coal

• What is coal and how is it made?

More... Firewood and Woodfuel

Grants

Here we have information about grants and incentives to do with wood pellet boilers and wood heating. The main grant is the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which supports the installation of low carbon heating in the UK.

• Boiler Upgrade Scheme

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  Price at 0% VAT

  Brief overview of why you now pay 0% VAT on renewable heating systems.

• MCS certified products and the renewable heat incentive RHI

• VAT for Newbuild homes

• Renewable Heat Incentive RHI

Stoves for tents boats and huts

Here we have projects with stoves high up in treehouses, floating on boats, in yurts and tents and all sorts of other fun places.

• Stoves in Funny places UK

• Stoves in sheds and shepherds huts

• Stoves in treehouses

• Stoves in yurts

• Stoves in conservatories

• Putting a chimney or flue pipe through a Sedum green roof

• Stoves on boats and barges

• Stoves for tents

Smoke Control Areas

• What is a Defra Exempt stove?

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  Ecodesign

• Ban open fires in cities

• Smoke control areas and the clean air act

• What is a Defra Exempt stove?

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  Ecodesign

• Ban open fires in cities

• Smoke control areas and the clean air act

New Build Homes

New build homes are better insulated and more airtight which means that there are extra things to consider when it comes to renewable heating systems, including considering how the design of the building reduced the need for heating, and cooling from the start.

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  Stoves for New Build Homes

  There are a number of things to think about when choosing a stove for a modern or new build home. The good news is that there are plenty of options available.

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  Chimneys for New Build Homes

  In a new build home the high insulation levels mean that it is vital that the chimney can run through the floors, roof or walls safely and without causing heat or air leakage.

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  Heating System Design

  Not sure where to start? That's what we are here for. You can run through all the options with us, make sure that the sizing is correct and then we can design your heating system for you - that's all included as standard when you work with us. Making sure it's safe, efficient, robust and all works together as intended.

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  Stoves for Airtight Houses

  Modern homes are increasingly airtight. That means that there are a few more things to consider when installing a stove so that it is safe and works well.

• Find Chimney Sweeps