Stoves

It’s decidedly chilly outside. If you’ve gone to the effort of lighting a wood-burning stove, you don’t really want to have to do it twice. You want to keep the fire lit and keep your home nicely snug. Here are...

Wood is already one of the cheapest ways to heat your home. But if you can find a way to secure free wood, then it suddenly becomes much cheaper. In this blog post, we’re going to look at some places...

The nights are drawing in and the cold weather is beginning to set in for winter. It’s time to make sure that your wood-burning stove is ready for action. It’s time to put it through its paces. Much like an...

A wood-burning stove isn’t just an efficient, functional means to make your home nice and snug. It’s also a very attractive focal point in your living room. A work of art, if you like. It makes sense then that –...

When his car’s heating broke, one Swiss man took an unconventional approach; he installed a wood-burning stove in his Volvo. Yes, really. Here’s how it works.

Once seen as a dying trade, chimney sweeps are making a remarkable comeback thanks to the rise of wood-burning stoves. Far from a relic of the past, today’s sweeps are trained technicians offering vital maintenance and safety services. Plus, they still bring a bit of good luck.

All wood-burning stove owners should get their chimney swept at least once a year, preferably more regularly. With our poor excuse for a summer starting to draw to a close and poor weather seemingly never to far away, now’s a...

‘No hot ashes’ is the traditional message provided by dustbins to their owners. But once our ashes have cooled down, most of us throw them straight into the bin. This is a bit of a waste really, so here are...

Some people recognise the joys of having a real fire in their home but, because they’ve already got an open fire, they see installing a wood-burning or inset stove as an unnecessary expense. But it’s an investment worth making because...