Wood Burning
Many stoves are available with a multi-fuel option and can burn both logs and solid fuel, though it is not advisable to burn wood and coal at the same time. The multi-fuel option is useful if there is any possibility that you may run out of wood.
Larger wood burning stoves can provide enough heat to run up to a dozen radiators, but will require constant manual re-fuelling with logs. These stoves are plumbed into a pumped central heating circuit which can be controlled by thermostats. If a woodburning stove is used to heat water in an accumulator tank, then the wood can be burnt more efficiently and the heat delivered to a central heating system in a much more controlled way - in this case the stove may need to be fired only once or twice each day.
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Many people in the more remote parts of Scotland need heating that will operate during a power cut. Wood burning stoves and ranges can provide this, and it is possible to have domestic hot water as well, as long as the system is fed by gravity. A pumped central heating system will, of course, not work in a power cut. Indeed, a fully pumped system should not be fired during a power cut as there would be a risk of boiling the water which cannot circulate