Fire baskets and Wood burning Stoves are the two best sellers in the fireplace industry, ask any shop in town and they will tell you stoves and fire baskets out sell traditional fireplaces by a reasonable margin.

Fire baskets don’t generate as much heat as a wood burning stove, but they add a special touch to that old fireplace or you can put them in any corner of your living room to enhance the room’s decoration.

Wood burning Stoves have a more traditional style and might not suit a room that has been decorated in a more contemporary way, but boy, they sure bang out the heat. Most stoves can burn wood for up to 10 hours without the need of refuelling and with the new airwash system they stay clean.

If your room has an alternative heating system, fire baskets are favourite. Imagine that romantic evening curled up in front of the fire and your favourite DVD, or friends round for supper, what could enhance the atmosphere more than a beautiful fire basket glowing in the corner. Fire baskets can also be a feature in the summer, just decorate with logs and pine combs.

So it is up to you decide know which one will suit your needs; fire baskets add a nice touch to any room but can cost a few extra pounds to run and don’t generate as much heat. On the other hand, wood burning stoves can run at a very low cost, generate up to 9kW of heating power not to mention they are also eco-friendly.

If you are thinking of an effective, economic and eco-friendly way to heat your living room, wood burning stoves are the ideal solutions to your problem.

Wood burning stoves can be nine times as efficient as an open fire (3x as much heat with a third of the wood burnt), they generate between 9 - 13kw of heat and burn wood up to 10hrs without refuelling. All of those advantages in an essentially environmentally friendly way.

The heat generated by a wood burning stove is evenly distributed through the room and the room tends to be warmest in the whole house.

Contemporary wood burning stoves use a process called double combustion which makes them clean to use, the stove reaches temperatures at which most of the substances in the smoke are also burnt, that is the reason for the name double combustion.

In theory, stoves can be easily installed by buyers but problems can occur during the installation process, such as positioning of the chimney pipes and concerning distances of the stove and flue pipes from inflammable surfaces and other problems, so make sure you read all the documentation that comes with your wood burning stove.