Log burners

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Update for anyone considering a wood-burning stove.

This last week temperatures where we are have been at freezing by day and down to -5 or6 by night.

Last night we dropped to just short of -11C

The house is single storey, approx. 100 sq metres living space and is entirely heated by the main 7 to 12 kw wood burning stove.

All week we have been firing the stove for 4 or 5 hours a night, burning approx. 10Kg of wood per day.

The result is that the house is retaining a 20C+ inside temperature between firing.

The point of the post is to advise anyone who is assessing viability of wood burning stoves, that 7 - 12kw is sufficient for comfortable survival in a normal 3 bed house.

I estimate that we are using nearer to the lower end of that power rating.