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Wood burning stoves remain a popular, affordable and environmentally friendly way to heat your home. A wood burning stove gives you the choice of opting for a carbon neutral, renewable, and sustainable domestic heat source. Speak to a Sweep! is designed to help you find the best way to achieve efficiency and low environmental impact with your woodburner.
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Carbon Monoxide
Often referred to as the invisible or silent killer, Carbon Monoxide is a colourless, odourless gas produced as a product of incomplete combustion. This occurs when fuels do not burn completely in absence of sufficient oxygen. In the home, poorly operating fuel-burning appliances such as open fires, solid fuel appliances, ranges, and water heaters can be sources of Carbon Monoxide.
Burn Better
If you use an open fire or stove, it’s important to know how to burn better.
When using poor quality fuels, such as wet wood or house coal, tiny harmful particles present in smoke are released into the air, which could damage your health and the health of those around you.
The good news is a few small changes to the way you burn can make a massive difference:
Chimney Fire Safety
Official statistics show a welcome decline in chimney fires across the UK, which is likely due to increasing awareness of safety issues. However, there are still many thousands of avoidable chimney fires in the UK. Chimney fires can be devastating as well as life threatening.
There are several easy steps you can take to greatly reduce the risk of a chimney fire and protect your family and property. Starting with having your appliance, chimney and flue regularly inspected, serviced and swept by a competent or NVQ registered chimney sweep.
clearSkies
ClearSkies is the industry led partnership between consultants and academics specialising in air quality and bioenergy, united in the drive for the development of cleaner and more efficient solid fuel and biomass appliances. It is an independent energy performance and emissions certification and mark scheme developed in response to the concerns over global warming and the environmental impact from solid fuel and biomass appliances emissions.
The clearSkies mark provides an easily identified reference to an appliances emissions and efficiency rating, similar to the energy ratings displayed on electrical appliances.
Look for the clearSkies mark.
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