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Woodburning stoves Vs Open fires
Why a Wood Burning Stove is Better than an Open Fire
A pound of fuel will produce at least three times more heat when burned in a stove than when it is burned on an open fireplace.
An open fire will continue to suck warm air from the room as long as the room is warmer than air outside, so all the heat produced by an evening fire is lost because the open fire is constantly drawing in massive amounts of air from the room. Because the Open Fireplace is so hungry for air it can also suck all the heat generated by other heat sources such as a night storage heaters or radiators staight up the chimney.
When these matters are taken into account, perhaps we can expect something like eight times more heat from a stove than an open fire. This means that not only can a stove heat the very largest rooms, the heat can also be expected to rise up stair wells and warm landings, travel through floors and take the chill off bedrooms. This heat will be absorbed into the walls which act as heat reservoirs.
In many cases a simple room-heating stove can go a long way to heating a whole cottage, or take a load off an existing central heating system in a sizeable house.
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