Wood Stoves
As winter’s chill advanced on the Pikes Peak region Tuesday, David Parker of Colorado Timber Products delivered a cord of wood at 720 Bonfoy St.
A wood burning stove can be added to just about any room of the home. You can place one in your family room which will allow you to have a nice toasty family room on cold winter mornings. You can install one in your den and not worry about turning down the thermostat at night to save on energy costs while you remain warm. You can find a variety of different styles and models, including cast iron wood stoves from New Energy Distributing.
The one area of the home where people often gather is the family room. When you have holiday get-togethers with friends and family, most people will migrate slowly to the family room. You can also add rustic charm to your kitchen when you install a wood burning stove in your kitchen. Your guests will enjoy the warmth the stove generates as well as the beauty it will bring to your kitchen or family room.
Posted on Oct 19 2011 by Tristan Roberts
Nobody speaks of this contest but everybody knows who’s winning. It’s how we get out the competitive impulse in rural Vermont: we race to have the neatest woodpile. Admit it: even as you’re reading this, saying “that’s not me,” you’re mentally comparing your woodpile with the neighbor’s.
Recently released U.S. Census figures show the number of households heating with wood grew 34 percent between 2000 and 2010, faster than any other heating fuel. Electricity showed the second fastest growth, with a 24 percent increase over the past decade.
Historically, heating technology was pretty simple: mankind huddled around a basic campfire to stay warm and cook dinner.
Wood burning stoverefers to an appliance which burns wood fuel for heating homes and businesses. Generally such appliances consist of an enclosed fire chamber, made of plate steel or cast iron. Controlled combustion units include an air control system, which is adjustable. The appliance is connected to a chimney, which is used for releasing the combustion gases to the outside. It is important that the temperature of the flue or chimney gases be higher than the temperature outside which helps in drawing out the combustion gases from the wood burning chamber.
Wood burning stoves are a sturdy, reliable method of home heating. With the solid construction of the stoves we sell here at Woodstoves-fireplaces.com, you can rest assured that your home will safe from the flames dancing only a few inches away. With steel top and sides, a cast iron door, a firebrick lined interior and thick, resistant glass for viewing, our Napoleon wood stoves and Majestic wood stoves will provide your home, and family, with many days and nights of warmth and beauty.
Nothing says winter like the sweet smell of burning wood or the wholesome, full feeling of warmth that can be obtained with a wood burning stove. Wood stoves have been a mainstay of heating for as long as most can remember and there is a good reason for this. The slow burning, radiating heat of a good log makes many people feel safe and secure in their winter nest while keeping that nasty winter cold at bay.
Enviva LP currently has a biomass wood pellet manufacturing plant under construction in Ahoskie, N.C., and recently announced that it will soon be building another plant in Garysburg, N.C.