Cold winter nights conjure up many images… and when you’re thinking ‘warm and cosy’ thoughts… it doesn’t usually involve snuggling up around the split system air conditioner! Here we look at the many benefits of installing a wood fire.
- Placement Flexibility
You can install a wood fire virtually anywhere in your home, providing you have an area to run a vent pipe or flue to the outside of the house. Multiple wood fires can replace the need for a central heating system.
- Extremely Effective Heating Solutions
This is probably one of the major benefits of installing a wood fire. The radiant heat generated by a wood fire warms an area faster and more efficiently than air that is blown through a home’s vent system. The powerful heat from a wood fire is distributed in all directions, from all sides of the unit as well as the top.
- Minimise your carbon footprint
Burning wood as a heating source is considered to be ‘carbon neutral’, meaning when it burns it doesn’t add additional carbon dioxide to the environment. It’s a much more ‘eco friendly’ process than using fossil fuels – such as natural gas.
- Economical heating source
Wood is an inexpensive fuel source compared to oil, gas and electricity, especially for homeowners that practice ‘zone heating’. This can help you save hundreds of dollars on your utility bills.
- Works during power outages
If you live in an area where power outages are common, your wood fire will still keep your family warm when the lights go out!
- Convenient cooking options
You are spoilt for choice when it comes to types of wood fires or slow combustion heaters that are available! One of the benefits of installing a wood fire – that is often overlooked – is that some models double up as a stovetop! With a little bit of experimentation, you can cook or heat an endless variety of food!
- Compliment your existing décor
With a bit of forethought, wood fires can blend in seamlessly with your existing décor and help to create a feeling of real ambience in a room.
There you have it! The benefits of installing a wood fire in your home are endless, and go far beyond just being effective heating solutions!
At Garlicks Hardware, we stock many leading brands of wood fires, including Coonara, Heat Charm and Arrow! If you have further queries about the benefits of installing a wood fire, call us today on 02 6543 2139 to find out more!