| Re: Log Burners
We have had a log burner in our lounge for about 12 years, and are taking out our oil fired Rayburn this summer and installing another log burner in the kitchen, with back boiler for heating and hot water.
Burning wood is very green as the carbon put back in the atmosphere is only equivalent to the amount taken up by the tree during its growth. As for where the wood comes from - we burn any wood, not just actual logs. Scrap pallets, mother-in-law's old fence panels which she had replaced. Hubby brings home a lot of offcuts from the woodwork room at the school where he works.
We have got free logs from the railways when they thin/clear the tracks and some tree surgeons will give it away if you are prepared to collect from site, rather than transport it themselves. We also have a field and create our own thinnings from hedge trimming etc.
With the price of oil going sky high, its going to work out a lot cheaper for us! |