Wood Heat: A Practical Guide to Heating Your Home with Wood

by Andrew Jones

Using the latest technologies to stay warm safely, cleanly and efficiently. Wood Heat is a comprehensive and practical homeowner's guide to using wood as a reliable source of heat with the latest wood stoves and traditional fireplaces. The book explores the efficiency of wood compared to other fuels, the environmental impacts of various fuel types as well as sustainability issues that have led to so many adopting a wood-burning lifestyle. Heating with wood does more than keep a house warm. Though it can be a hands-on expression of self-reliance, it does bring us closer to the land by using fuel that is renewable and sustainably harvested, and renews our wonder in the cycle of the seasons. And the biggest benefit is that wood heat saves money in the long run. There are four ways that wood can be used to heat a home or wood stoves (the most popular), fireplace inserts, pellet stoves and masonry heaters. Wood Heat explains the pros and cons of each. The book provides all of the information and advice needed to convert to a wood-heated life. How-to topics include step by step directions. They Currently, over 10 million U.S. households use wood as their main heating fuel or to supplement other forms of heating. Unstable, increasing fuel costs and the desire of many people to move toward self-sufficiency will only increase the numbers of those choosing to burn wood for heat. Wood Heat is the ideal guide for all.

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 2014

Reviews

[Kenneth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply put, if you burn wood at home, then you need to have this book.
How good is this book? Well I know that I am keeping mine, but I have three friends that I want to buy copies for.
By applying what you learn here, you will be safer, warmer, and you will save time and money.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice comprehensive guide for a beginner such as myself. The book starts off talking about firewood and how to cut it and season it. Then it goes into the different types of stoves and wood heaters. It finishes off with how to start fires and good practices for burning wood to keep everything safe. I recommend this book for people new to wood burning.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite comprehensive.

[Larry Wegman · Rating 4 out of 5]

We're considering getting a wood stove.