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Heating with wood can be a very rewarding experience. Wood is a renewable resource and it is considered environmentally friendly to heat with wood.
Many old century home had a wood stove as their only source of heat which also was used to supply hot water and used for all the cooking chores. They typically had a firebox, an oven, warming compartment and hot water boiler.
Many of the larger older homes also had one or two fireplaces, usually one per floor. These fireplaces were open hearths and were very inefficient as there were no glass doors or fireplace inserts available.
Burning with wood has some disadvantages which include; area required to store and season wood, wood can be expensive to buy and wood can contain fungi and insects. Wood usually has to be seasoned for a year prior to burning, taking up space and time.
Considering the many advantages for those who live at the urban fringe and beyond, wood heating is worth doing right. "Done right" means making sure the wood heating system is installed exactly to safety codes, preparing good quality firewood and operating the system using techniques that will produce the best efficiency and effectiveness.
Chimney installation is very important to operation of your wood stove or fireplace. If not properly installed you may not have a good enough draft to have smoke free fires and you also could have a potential fire hazard if clearances are not maintained. Installing your chimney without any unnecessary elbows will allow your wood burning unit to perform at its peak efficiency.
Burning properly seasoned wood is very important to maintaining your wood burning unit in safe operating condition. Using un-seasoned wood can create harmful creosote build ups which can lead to a chimney fire. As much as half the weight of freshly cut logs can be water. This water content must be reduced to 15 to 20 per cent before the wood can burn efficiently. How you process and store the wood is critical to achieving this moisture reduction goal.
Split the wood into a variety of sizes for convenient fire building and maintenance. Large pieces are fine for large fires in cold weather but smaller pieces are needed in mild weather and for fast ignition of new fires or fires rekindled from coals. Occasion soft wood fires are an excellent way to burn off some of the harmful deposits building up in your chimney.
Many old century home had a wood stove as their only source of heat which also was used to supply hot water and used for all the cooking chores. They typically had a firebox, an oven, warming compartment and hot water boiler.
Many of the larger older homes also had one or two fireplaces, usually one per floor. These fireplaces were open hearths and were very inefficient as there were no glass doors or fireplace inserts available.
Burning with wood has some disadvantages which include; area required to store and season wood, wood can be expensive to buy and wood can contain fungi and insects. Wood usually has to be seasoned for a year prior to burning, taking up space and time.
Considering the many advantages for those who live at the urban fringe and beyond, wood heating is worth doing right. "Done right" means making sure the wood heating system is installed exactly to safety codes, preparing good quality firewood and operating the system using techniques that will produce the best efficiency and effectiveness.
Chimney installation is very important to operation of your wood stove or fireplace. If not properly installed you may not have a good enough draft to have smoke free fires and you also could have a potential fire hazard if clearances are not maintained. Installing your chimney without any unnecessary elbows will allow your wood burning unit to perform at its peak efficiency.
Burning properly seasoned wood is very important to maintaining your wood burning unit in safe operating condition. Using un-seasoned wood can create harmful creosote build ups which can lead to a chimney fire. As much as half the weight of freshly cut logs can be water. This water content must be reduced to 15 to 20 per cent before the wood can burn efficiently. How you process and store the wood is critical to achieving this moisture reduction goal.
Split the wood into a variety of sizes for convenient fire building and maintenance. Large pieces are fine for large fires in cold weather but smaller pieces are needed in mild weather and for fast ignition of new fires or fires rekindled from coals. Occasion soft wood fires are an excellent way to burn off some of the harmful deposits building up in your chimney.
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Wood Stoves and Fireplaces require a Alliston & Barrie WETT Inspection for Insurance ensure you use a Certified WETT Inspector for Barrie, Alliston & Orillia for your insurance needs.
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