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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.

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.

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.

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
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?
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.
Thermal store stratification
Stove central heating - installing stove back boiler for central heating
What is a Load Unit
Heat Pumps

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.

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.

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
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.

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