What size should logs be?

What size should logs be?

Ideally, logs should be no more than about 10cm in diameter. If any larger, the log will need to be split again to ensure it can burn properly.

How good are Clearview stoves?

A Clearview Stove is super efficient. A Clearview stove is over 70% efficient, compared with 10% for most open fires. It produces many times more heat from the same fuel as an open fire, and cures draughts and smoking hearths.

Can I burn coal on my Clearview stove?

Unlike other conventional stoves, the Clearview air wash and combustion air distribution system is able to provide hours of clean burning without any sooting or tarring of the stove windows. Clearview stoves can burn wood, mixed fuels, or just coal without any impact on efficiency.

What is the best size for firewood?

Firewood should be split is 3-6 inches wide and 16 inches long, which is optimal for household fires and stoves. Thinner firewood will burn too quickly while thicker logs take too long to season (dry out). Outdoor fires have fewer log size restrictions and any size firewood can be burned.

Does splitting wood burn better?

Split your logs: Split wood dries quicker and burns better than round logs. Depending on the size of the log, split the wood into halves or quarters. (The larger pieces are best suited for outdoor fire pits and wood furnaces.)

What size log should be split?

Firewood should be split is 3-6 inches wide and 16 inches long, which is optimal for household fires and stoves. Thinner firewood will burn too quickly while thicker logs take too longe to season (dry out). Outdoor fires have fewer log size restrictions and any size firewood can be burned.

What diameter logs should be split?

It is a good idea to split pieces less than 6 inches in diameter because this increases the exposed area of the wood. The greater the surface area, the faster wood dries and the better it burns. Pieces 3 inches and smaller should be used unsplit.

What size logs should be split?

How big of a log does a Clearview stove take?

Takes up to 10 inch logs. Available in a range of seven colours to compliment your decor. External air box or external air plinth, for a direct connection to an outside air supply. Satin chrome door handles and fittings.

Is the Clearview Pioneer 400 ecodesign ready?

Well I am a little disappointed that the Clearview range (at the time of writing April 2017) has stayed pretty much the same for many years, no new models, no new innovations. The Clearview Pioneer 400 is the same as it ever was. At the time of writing (25 Jan 2019) Clearview Stoves are not Ecodesign Ready.

Can you burn wood on the Clearview range?

Most of the Clearview range has been passed for use in smoke control area. This means that you can burn wood and maintain sufficient clean burn to pass legislation. You cannot have a boiler in a smoke control stove. I do not have a chimney, can I still have a wood burning stove? Yes.

Is there an alternative to a Clearview stove?

But if you want the Clearview badge then you are going to have to pay for it. “…is an excellent alternative to a Clearview stove and having used one – won’t be going back to Clearview. If you are a Clearview convert but need something more modern then this is the stove for you.