[svxistentialist]

I'm currently installing a log-burning stove in my house.

It is an insert model from Charnwood. It has an integral boiler to heat hot water and radiators.

We are gradually "going green" with house heating. This is the first phase. Because we will be burning wood in this stove the heat produced will be carbon neutral, no nett CO2 to the atmosphere. This will allow us to use about half the amount of heating oil per year than we have been burning.

Next phase is more attic insulation and the installation of an evacuated tube solar panel on the roof. This should provide most or all of our hot water requirements all year round.

Last phase will be to replace the oil burning boiler outside with a more modern wood pellet burning furnace. At this point our house will require zero oil to heat, and as mentioned contribute no CO2 to the atmosphere.

Stove this year
Solar panel next year.
Wood pellet furnace the year after [or maybe sooner if finances allow]

Joe