On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:32:26 -0800, NT wrote:

On Nov 14, 10:36Â*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Any views on the merits of wood vs pellet burning stoves?
The old-fashioned wood-burning stoves look much nicer,
to my eyes, but are they much more trouble?

Or likely to be more expensive?

far cheaper from what I've seen. Get or build a big'un and you dont
need to chop the logs.

JOOI does building your own cause any problems over in the UK? That's one
of the few things I *can't* do this side of the Pond, because no house
inurance company would insure a property with a homebrew stove (and
there'll be a get-out clause in any policy if they weren't told beforehand
that a wood stove was present).

Of course it's all timber-framed buildings over here though, which tend to
burn a lot better than brick, so there's a lot of paranoia about house
fires...

cheers

Jules