Why headlines about wood-burning stove emissions don’t give the full story.

Wood-burning stoves are a convenient, cost-effective and cosy form of heating for many households across the UK.

You’ve probably seen headlines pointing the finger of blame at wood-burning stoves for an increase in air pollution, specifically the ultra-fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, in recent years.

Often an article will discuss the increase in pollutants from “domestic burning” and some what flimsily attribute this to the growing popularity of wood-burning stoves. To do so conveniently overlooks several factors, many of which are examined in the study The Contribution of Outdoor Burning to UK PM Emissions by Dr Josh Cottam and Dr Edward Mitchell.

Let’s take a look at some of the factors that aren’t widely discussed when you hear about wood-burning stove emissions.

Discover the UK’s top 10 best pellet stoves of 2023. We’ll help you choose the best pellet stove to suit your home and uncover the hottest pellet stove trends right now.

If you’re looking for an efficient, cost-effective and sustainable way of heating your home, pellet stoves are a great way of achieving all that and more. With up to 95% efficiency, a £5-£10 bag of pellets lasting up to three days and simple, easy-to-use controls, there are lots of great reasons to buy a pellet stove. But what are the best pellet stoves to buy?

If you’re considering buying a pellet stove in the UK at the moment, this guide will help you to find the stove that’s best suited to your needs. We’ll look at the efficiency, design and technologies within the best pellet stoves available at the moment so you can choose the right one for your home.

Help is at hand if you’re trying to track down the highest kW electric fire.

If you’re installing an electric fire in a large or particularly cold room, you might be wondering what is the highest kW electric fire to add some warmth to your space. In this article we will look into that and guide you towards a suitable electric fire for your home.

Normally, the highest kW electric fire is 2kW. The vast majority of electric fire manufacturers will top out at 2kW. You might occasionally see a 2.6kW or 2.8kW heat output, but 2kW is ordinarily the highest kW for an electric fire.

Step-by-step guide on removing the Ezee Glow Celestial Built-In Electric Fire glass

There are a few reasons why you might need remove the front glass of an Ezee Glow Celestial Built-In Electric Fire.

You might want to change the layout of your fuel bed or add extra logs. Maybe the glass was fitted incorrectly and need to adjust it. You may be performing a maintenance take or perhaps you need to troubleshoot a technical issue.

In all of these cases, and if you need to access the inside of your fire for any other reason, Ezee Glow Celestial glass removal is very easy to do. Let’s see how to do it.

You want the hottest interior design trend… but how much are media walls to build and install?

If you’re thinking of building a media wall in your home, you’re probably wondering how much media walls cost. When you’re pricing up a media wall, you’ll soon realise that it’s not so easy as looking up a price.

One of the greatest joys of a fireplace is decorating it for Christmas — and that’s no different when you have an electric fireplace.

With Christmas getting closer, many of our customers are decorating their media walls and electric fire suites to get them looking suitably festive ahead of the big day.

We’ve rounded up a collection of some of the photos of our electric fires that have been shared on social media. Let’s take a look at some of the festive fireplaces featuring Ezee Glow electric fires.

Avoid damaging your appliance by making sure you know what you can burn on pellet stoves.

Pellet stoves are one of the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective forms of heating available. Some of the best pellet stoves are more than 95% efficient, which means you can add a great deal of warmth to your home with very little waste.

In order to maximise both both efficiency and financial savings — and ensure your pellet stove lasts as long as possible so you can continue to enjoy them — you will need to make sure you’re burning the right fuel for a pellet stove. So, what can you burn on a pellet stove?

Meet our new collection of pellet stoves

New to Gr8Fires.co.uk are these stylish, contemporary pellet stoves from Italian manufacturer Artel.

These appliances are the perfect blend of tradition and modernity, combining Artel’s 40 years of manufacturing experience with the very latest technology.

Let’s look at that technology in a bit more detail.