What fuels do stoves use?
Wood Burners: This type of stove burns logs or wood as the name suggests. Logs burn best on a bed of ash with no draught from below and create a fabulous flame pattern which is both cosy and hot. In general most wood burners have a kit available to upgrade the product to multifuel. Multifuel: Multi fuel stoves are designed from the outset to burn either wood and logs or any other source of solid fuel such as types of coal and pure heat. Mulitfuel stoves have a raised grate that allows for air to be drawn in and burned from underneath. Some multifuel stoves create a much greater heat than wood burners. Gas: These types of stove are designed to run on natural gas or LPG (liquefied propane gas). They don’t produce as much heat as a wood or multifuel stove, but require very little maintenance in the form of cleaning out. Gas stoves are available as class 1, 2 or flueless. Electric: The main advantage of an electric stove over any of the above is the weight savings, and transportability. Th
