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Stoves, ranges and boilers

How to choose a wood stove, range or boiler, light from the top with little smoke, and heat and cook with one fire

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Stoves, ranges and boilers

In short

  • Match the stove's output to the space: an oversized stove gets damped down, sooty and burns more wood.
  • Light from the top: big logs at the bottom, small ones above, kindling on top. Less smoke, less soot.
  • Don't damp the fire down overnight. Smouldering makes tar and carbon monoxide.
  • A log boiler needs a buffer tank and overheat protection for when the power goes off.
  • A stove is installed by a registered installer, and the chimney is checked before the first fire.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. Types of appliance
  2. How powerful a stove
  3. How wood burns
  4. Top-down lighting
  5. Reloading and control
  6. The range: cooking and heating
  7. Central heating with wood
  8. Installing a stove
  9. Stove maintenance
  10. When the stove isn't working right
  11. One stove for several rooms
  12. Common mistakes
  13. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • Stove output and buffer tank calculator
  • Comparing stoves when buying
  • Burning log
  • Stove and range calendar
  • Pre-season stove check

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