Wood-burning stoves create a wonderfully cozy warmth in winter.
But a lot can go wrong when heating with wood.
What you should pay attention to when heating up.
What could be nicer than sitting in front of the crackling fireplace on a cold winter's day?
To ensure that the firewood does not release too many emissions unnecessarily, you should consider a few points when heating it up.
Otherwise the romantic evening by the fireplace will quickly turn into an environmental sin.
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Wood-burning stoves provide pleasant warmth in winter.
But a lot can go wrong when heating up.
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Fire up the stove properly: the four most common mistakes
Modern wood-burning stoves heat with significantly fewer emissions than they did a few years ago - provided the stove, fuel and operation are optimal.
Heating errors, which incidentally also often happen with heaters, cannot be compensated for even by the best stove.
Lighting with newspaper:
You only heat your stove with old newspaper?
It works, but it's not exactly environmentally friendly.
According to the portal
energie-fachberater.de
, the amount of hydrocarbons released is about 5 times higher, and the pollutant emissions double.
You can fire up your stove with lighter blocks (e.g. wax-soaked wood wool) and a few kindling sticks (also brushwood or coarse wood chips) with significantly lower emissions.
Adding firewood too late:
After lighting you should not wait too long to add more.
If logs are placed on the embers, the firewood often just smolders without creating a visible flame: "Measurements here show a four-fold increase in dust emissions for the entire burning, the odor nuisance from hydrocarbons increased five-fold", informs
energie-fachberater.de.
Air supply through the grate permanently open:
One of the biggest mistakes you can make when heating with wood is leaving the air supply through the grate open after the fire has been lit.
Measurements showed that fine dust emissions were 6.5 times higher.
In order to avoid this environmental sin, the grate air supply must be closed as soon as you have added wood for the first time.
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11 Energy Saving Myths Many Still Fall For - Do You?
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Heating with wood is becoming more and more popular, not least because of the gas crisis.
However, a stove alone is not enough to heat the entire house.
However, if you also heat with gas, you can save a lot of energy if you follow a few tips and choose the right temperature for every room.
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