Burning Wood

Wood ought not to be burnt on a stove if it is not seasoned and dry, you pollute the atmosphere, tar up your chimney, and chimney fires are caused.  Wood needs to be no more than 20% moisture content, and when buying wood straight from a local log supplier, they will not usually be dried and seasoned. Logs don’t dry in a garage, they need to be out in the open, preferably with just a roof or cover over them.  When seasoned wood is burnt on a very efficient stove, you can produce over 5kW of heat per hour using only 1.5kg of wood – which is the equivalent of two hard wood logs, roughly 6” long x 3” diameter.

A Carbon Neutral Fuel

When trees grow they absorb carbon dioxide and generate oxygen.  When wood is burnt in a stove or left to rot, it will release the same amount of carbon dioxide.

Cast Iron or steel stoves?

Steel is stronger and more durable as the seams are welded together, whereas cast iron stoves are bolted and sealed together with fire cement or rope.  In time the bolts corrode and the stove is not airtight and not usable.  Also cast iron is very brittle and may crack if heated up too quickly, the Town and Country stoves will expand and contract through operation and should last for 50 years or more. In the past bridges were all built of cast iron, but for the same reasons, they are not any more.  A Town and Country stove is one of the most efficient stoves on the market, up to 84% efficient as you can see by reading our brochure, so you can be assured you are buying a top quality stove at a reasonable price, which will keep your family and home warm for many years to come.

Glass

At Town and Country Fires we have developed our stoves so that the glass stays clean. Our stoves only require a single pane of glass, making replacing and maintaining simple and cost effective. A double glazed unit keeps more heat within the stove and sending it up the chimney making it less efficient. On our stoves the heat can transmit through the single glass easily. Other maufacturers who use the old fashion method of a double glazed glass unit rely on the glass keeping warmth inside the stove to keep the glass clean.

Smokeless fuels approved by Heatas  http://www.hetas.co.uk/

Homefire/ ovals, Phurnacite, Taybrite, Multi heat, Briteheat, Ecoal, Cosycoke, Pureheat, Maxibrite, Briteflame, Supacite, Coalite, Coalite ovals, Therma and Cosycoke Briquettes.