With home heating prices skyrocketing thousands of people are considering switching to alternative sources of home heating. One of these sources is wood heat.
Heating your home with wood either partly or 24/7 is environmentally sound, can help you save some big time dollars, and can lead to a healthy lifestyle. However, heating with wood is not for everyone and often times people make the wrong decision. Since everyone has different priorities and lifestyles I am not going to try and tell you if wood heat is right for you. Rather I would like to provide you with the tools and resources to make the right decision for your situation.
Here are some links to some great resources and products. Everything you need to know about wood burning in general, wood stoves, gas stoves, pellet stoves, corn stoves and the entire hearth industry can be answered by visiting this site, Hearth.com. The Hearth.com Forums consist of the best, most passionate group of people on the internet. Poke around over there and you will quickly get up to speed on whether heating with wood is right for you.
Some other great sources of info:
Woodheat.org
Why Heat with Wood?
Wood Burning Efficiency and Safety
More Efficient, Cleaner Burning Fireplaces
Consumer Reports Buyers guide to pellet and wood stoves
Fuel Value Calculator
Here's a recent blog I published about my own savings via wood heat, Wood Heat Can Lead to Savings.
Couple of products that I like:
Quadra-fire fireplaces and wood stoves
WoodStock Stoves - if you want a soapstone stove Woodstock is the best
Jotul Stoves another brand with a great reputation
Stihl Chainsaws only brand I use.
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