https://notes.io/wMX2Q Why a Wood Burning Stove Should Be Properly Sized and Installed Wood stoves are an effective, eco-friendly way to heat your home. However the stove has to be properly sized and installed to ensure maximum efficiency. Avoid opening and shutting the wood stove door frequently. This creates a vortex that draws smoke and volatile compounds that have not been burned into the room. Energy Efficiency A wood burning stove uses radiant heat to warm your home, rather than relying on hot air being blown in through the home's ventilation system. This is a better way to heat your home as the heat radiates from every side of the. Modern wood stoves are designed to be as efficient as possible. Manufacturers must comply with stricter standards regarding emissions and the most efficient method to do this is to make their stoves more efficient in energy use. Our stoves are certified with an efficiency rating of 70% or more. This means that a higher percentage of the heat produced is used to heat your home, rather than being lost through the chimney. Another benefit of a wood burning stove is that it gives you a completely independent heat source. In contrast to electricity and gas it is possible for a wood burner to still provide warmth even during an outage in gas or electricity, as long as you have enough wood stored. Wood burning stoves are more reliable than other forms of heating because they do not rely on electric or oil power to function. This is particularly crucial in remote areas where other energy sources may be interrupted for long periods of time. A quality log burner is able to operate at around 80% efficiency, meaning that a large portion of the heat that is generated is being used to heat your home. This is a big improvement over older stoves which generally operated at less than 20% efficiency. This is one of the main reasons why a new stove could be a smart investment. A catalytic wood stove will re-burn any unburned gas and smoke that leave