 The benefits of burning wood
If you are heating with wood, you are heating in an environmentally friendly way if you have one of our efficient, clean burning stoves*. You will be contributing towards better air quality and energy conservation by using wood as a fuel in a highly efficient stove.
How it works
People and trees need each other. The tree needs carbon dioxide in order to grow, and as it grows it gives out oxygen. We need oxygen to live, which is changed into carbon dioxide with each breath, just as you are breathing now.
Highly efficient combustion of our woodburning stoves results in an extremely low level of carbon monoxide being produced, less than it takes for the wood you are burning to grow! Healthy trees actually absorb three times as much CO2 than will be released during combustion.
A fuel for the future
Consumers are increasingly turning to sustainable wood in the search for environmentally friendly renewable energy resources. During its life, a tree will have provided as much as twenty times more oxygen than is required for combustion. Forests are able to absorb much of the Earth’s carbon dioxide imbalance reducing global warming. Organised forestation can reduce our need to burn fossil fuels and decrease our need for nuclear power.
Supplementing your heating with an efficient stove or stoves is a significant step towards energy independence.
Answers to your questions:
 Is burning wood environmentally friendly?
Yes see the above
How much wood will I need?
If you use your stove for just a few hours per evening you may only be burning just 3 or 4 cubic metres of logs per season. A stove that’s in constant use could use up to 8 cubic metres per season.
What sort of wood is best for burning?
Hard or soft woods are excellent sources of commonly available fuels. However, hard wood logs are the best, as they will burn for longer.
 Where and how should wood be stored?
Outside in a log shed with open sides to let the air circulate – this is essential for drying and keeping your fuel dry.
Are stoves easy to clean out?
Yes, most stoves have an ash-collecting pan that just needs to be emptied once a week or no ash pan and burn on a bed of ash.
What about the ashes… what should I do with those?
Ash from burning wood is rich in potash and an excellent garden fertilizer. If using other fuel types, just let the ashes cool down then dispose of them in a dustbin.
* All stoves promoted on this website and sold at Robeys are highly efficient and clean burning.
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