Tim W wrote:
Timothy Murphy
wibbled on Sunday 15 November 2009 10:09

Tim W wrote:

Last time I checked, pellets were not (yet) a cheap form of fuel -
weight for weight compared with logs (and you loose the option to burn
your own timber scrap etc).
I might be missing something, but I thought the main point of pellets was
for auto-fed systems like boilers?

Regarding the log stoves - I would think logs are the best bet vs
pellets.
First of all, I should confess that I am looking for a stove in Italy ...

The local supplier has a large range of modern pellet-burning stoves,
together with a few very ornate wood-burners.

According to the lady I was speaking to,
you have to choose between convenience and beauty.

Most of the stores round here (Tuscany) sell 15kg bags of pellets
for around ?6. (I may have that price wrong.)
The lady said that an average stove takes about 1kg/hour.

Not sure about the burn rate vs coal, but the price/kg is fairly comparable
with smokeless coal.


Think we pay about £200 a tonne for logs. Of course there's water in
that as well as wood. That eqautres to about £3 a 15kg, which is in the
same ballpark.