By Julian Patrick
It is worth remembering that wood is a renewable resource and much better for our planet than gas or oil (or electricity when it is created by a coal-fuelled power station).
Eco Design is a new standard of stove design that substantially reduces the particulates added to our atmosphere by the burning of wood. This is 80%+ less so than an open fire (open fires and vehicles are the biggest polluters in cities and NOT modern wood stoves read my article about recent press nonsense around wood stoves: are wood burning stoves being banned?).
From 2022 wood burning stoves not approved as “Ecodesign” will not be able to be sold. The law is not retrospective so all stoves sold before this date are still legal.
The latest eco stoves really are more efficient and better for our planet than previous designs.
Julian Patrick is the author of The Stovefitter's Manual and an experienced wood burning stove installer (including solid fuel heating systems).
Laid down tools in 2013 to write The Stove Fitter's Manual and open a small shop in North Wales (the Wood Stove Hut). Launched Stovefitter's Warehouse soon after due to fast growth of sales.
Own stove is a DG Ivar 5.
Already have a chimney? You need 1. Stove 2. Liner 3. Fitting Pack 4. Chimney closure plate (Hardiebacker board from Builder's merchants or galvanised sheet).That's it!
No chimney? Check out our shed kits or let us design your clip-together chimney design - easy peasy.
Stovefitter's Warehouse is owned and managed by Julian Patrick, blogger and author of The Stove Fitter's Manual. Julian was previously a full-time installer of wood-burning stoves (including solid fuel heating systems). He laid down the tools in 2013 to write his stove manual and open a small shop in North Wales (the Wood Stove Hut, soon to grow into The Stovefitter's Warehouse).
