How it all began… When people learnt how to control fire The development of fire is a vast subject that spans thousands of years, beginning with Homo sapiens teaching Neanderthals (Figure 1) how to use a hand-drill technique to start a fire and ending with the most complex wood burners that offer controllable warmth to […]
Environment
How will Eco Design 2022 Regulations affect me?
With misleading information and sensationalised headlines filling the media regarding the future of the wood burning stove industry, it is becoming increasingly confusing for our customers to separate the facts from the fake news… Put simply, in a bid to further reduce the impact heating appliances have on our environment, the bodies that govern our […]
How to make the most out of your central heating
Having a wood burning or multi fuel stove may seem like an extravagance or a luxury fitting for your home. However, having a stove installed in your house will provide you with much more than a decorative centerpiece for your living room, greatly increasing both the efficiency and warmth of your home as well as […]
New Government Funding Announced To Help People Change From Oil Or Bottled Gas To Wood Pellet Heating
If you heat your home with oil or bottled LPG gas then this scheme could save you a lot of money from your heating bill. At Glowing Embers we have had a sneak preview of the funding, dubbed the Renewable Heat Initiative or RHI for short and we feel sure that now is a great […]
How to save money by heating your home with log burners
The good news so far is that, possibly due to climate change, the UK winters have become milder. However with continuing cold snaps for December through to March predicted, for many consumers the financial burden of growing heating costs is concerning. The combination of gas & electricity providers raking off significant profits year after year […]
RHI Overview
Here is a brief overview of the Government’s domestic Renewable Heat Incentive for Biomass Pellet Stoves with Integrated Boilers. For a more comprehensive overview please scroll down for full details: RENEWABLE HEAT INCENTIVE Domestic RHI full overview: Long awaited and some would say long over-due, the Renewable Heat Incentive is just around the corner! The […]
Defra & Smoke Control Areas
BRIEF BACKGROUND For centuries we have burned coal in our homes with little impact on the environment. With the birth of the industrial revolution came increased levels of coal burning by heavy industry which inevitably led to pollution on a scale never before seen in our towns and cities. Over time this led to poor […]
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
We come into contact with low levels of carbon monoxide in our every day lives from vehicle exhaust fumes to cigarette smoke and paint fumes but these impact the environment much more than they impact us directly. As the owner of a solid fuel stove, what concerns us is the unavoidable production of carbon monoxide […]
Boiler Stoves Blog
A boiler stove can take your wood burning stove from being an add on, cost saver or nicety to a central part of your homes central heating system. Boiler stoves have an integral water boiler which can be plumbed into your standard heating system to provide heat all round your home and even provide you […]
