Wood Stoves are a great alternative to traditional fireplaces and provide a cozy and warm room for hosting events or relaxing after a long day. Here is our guide to wood stoves: Components Of A Wood Stove Wood stoves are made of cast iron, stone or steel. Wood stoves contain the following parts: Chimney: While your wood stove heats the air and temperature of a room, the smoke is drawn out through the wood stoves chimney. Baffle: The wood stoves baffle is used to control the time that it t...

Spring and Summer Wood Stoves The days are getting longer, and many people are curling up to enjoy the last wood fires of the year before it gets too warm for a crackling blaze. If this is your first year with a woodstove, or if you’re wondering about using a wood cook stove in summer, here’s how to prepare your home and your stove to take the heat. Staying Prepared Is Essential! March is unpredictable, and it’s a good idea to not completely shut down your wood stove unti...

Whether you’ve taken the leap or you’re getting ready to make the commitment to a wood stove, you want to get the absolute most out of it! Even as people start eagerly looking for signs of spring, don’t worry; there’s still lots of time to enjoy the cozy crackling of logs on the fire. So strap in for our late-winter roundup of our best wood stove efficiency tips! Wood Stove Efficiency Tip 1: Money, Money, Money! A woodstove is an investment–no one’s argui...

Woodstoves make winter wonderful, but they also take work. Once the good logs have burned down and you’ve pulled yourself away from your cozy nest in front of the fire, it’s time to get back to the real world. You’re left to dream of the next time you’ll be able to creak open that little metal door, matches in hand…and be confronted with a big pile of ash. Today, we’re talking about how to dispose of ash from your woodstove, and keeping your wood cookstove...

Wood Stove Cost Savings and You  Whether you’re off the grid or you’re just trying to reduce your energy consumption, a cookstove is the next logical step when you’re figuring out how to save money on electricity. Even better, switching to a wood stove for heating doesn’t mean sacrificing anything: it can even make your house cozier and more welcoming. Here are three ways that wood cookstoves can make your home a little brighter and make your lifestyle more effic...