I was an early adopter of Scandinavian wood burners over 40 years ago. They were great heaters then and even better now with design updates. I have long since moved houses so I am stuck with gas.
My son bought a log burner last year. His wood supplier is very apologetic that his prices have gone up this year………..a whopping 10%. Mind you he is a traditional woodman with his own managed patch of woodland so he probably just nudges prices along at general inflation. I expect more commercial suppliers are increasing prices more.
The concern I have is that people will be driven to burn all sorts of tat and not have stoves installed safely (not BBD of course). I can imagine a smoky winter with a few carbon monoxide incidents among the Darwin Award crowd.
That aside a good stove will be a boon this winter.
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