The Woodburner's Companion: Practical Ways Of Heating With Wood,9780911469240

The Woodburner's Companion: Practical Ways Of Heating With Wood

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780911469240
ISBN10: 0911469249
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-10-01
Publisher(s): Alan C Hood & Co
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Author Biography

In addition to having more than 35 years' experience as a woodburner, Dirk Thomas has been a logger, tree surgeon and commercial firewood cutter

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Castle Freeman, Jr.
Introduction ix
Fuel of the Future?
1(10)
Is wood heat economically viable?
3(1)
Is wood heat environmentally defensible?
4(2)
Who should burn wood?
6(5)
The Heating Value of Wood?
11(6)
Heat from different kinds of wood
13(1)
Wood compared to other fuels
13(3)
Efficiencies of different kinds of fuel systems
16(1)
Strategies for Using Wood
17(3)
Wood as the sole source of heat
18(1)
Wood as the primary source of heat
18(1)
Wood as supplementary heat
18(1)
Wood as an emergency back-up heat source
19(1)
Equipment and Techniques
20(31)
Airtight woodstoves
21(1)
Catalytic woodstoves
22(1)
High-tech woodstoves
22(2)
Fireplace stoves
24(2)
Wood furnaces and boilers
26(2)
Outdoor boilers
28(1)
Fireplaces
29(3)
Masonry heaters
32(2)
Pellet stoves
34(2)
Stove installation
36(7)
Stove operation
43(8)
Chimneys
51(14)
New construction
51(5)
Modern chimneys
56(1)
Old chimneys
57(2)
Lining Chimneys
59(6)
Chimney Cleaning
65(24)
What is creosote?
65(1)
Chimney fires
66(1)
When to clean your chimney
67(4)
Chimney cleaning options
71(3)
How to clean your own chimney
74(12)
Hiring a chimney sweep
86(3)
Troubleshooting Chimney Problems
89(10)
How a chimney works
89(1)
Diagnosing chimney problems
90(4)
Mechanical problems of stoves
94(2)
What to do in a chimney Fire
96(2)
Water problems
98(1)
The Woodpile
99(24)
Firewood economics
100(1)
Getting your wood
101(4)
Buying firewood
105(5)
Splitting Wood
110(5)
Storing and seasoning firewood
115(8)
Appendix 1 --- Safety Checklist 123(2)
Appendix 2 --- Cooking on a Woodstove 125(2)
Bibliography and Sources 127(2)
Index 129

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