Multi-fuel Stoves

A Multifuel Stove needs a grate to hold the fuel above the ash, allowing air to circulate from underneath but this doesn’t mean the grate needs to be removed if you just wanted to burn logs.  By closing the bottom air vents on the Stove you can stop any air coming in beneath the grate and by doing this making it into an efficient Wood burning stove.  However some Multi-fuel Stoves can be permently converted to Wood burning only stoves by the addition of a Wood burning base plate or simply removing the Multi-fuel grate (Check with manufactures instructions first).

The best wood to burn are dry hardwoods - Ash etc, to be classed as dry the wood will have needed to be cut, split and stored for 12-24 months.  Once this has been done the wood should have moisture content of 20% or below making it ideal to burn on your stove.  Burning dry wood will make a massive difference to the performance of your stove as dry wood produces more heat and burns much cleaner than damp unseasoned wood.

Most Stove manufactures will recommend the use of Smokeless coal to be burnt on there stoves as this type of fuel will burn very hot without damaging the stove as well as leaving little ash or clinker.  It is essential to burn Smokeless fuel if you are connecting your stove to a metal flexible liner.  Smokeless coal can be both natural (Anthracite) and man made (Coallite) and both are ok to burn if are specified to burn on a closed appliance.  Please be careful of PETROCOKE fuels as these can permently damage you stove.  These are usually supplied in brightly colored bags and are only meant for burning on open coal fires.