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The Woodburner's Companion: Practical Ways of Heating with Wood Price: $11.22
Product Review "Thomas gives clear instructions on different techniques to burn wood safely, efficiently, and comfortably." -- --Diane Conners, ForeWord Magazine, January 2001 “..a thoroughly enjoyable read. Dirk Thomas has tackled the technical and psychological aspects of wood heat with a writer’s flair." -- Russell S. Reay, State Land Forester, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources “You will be helped by this book to burn wood economically, efficiently and –most important-safely.” -- From the foreword by Castle Freeman, Contributing Editor, The Old Farmer’s Almanac --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Review """Authored by veteran New England woodburner and chimney sweep Dirk Thomas, who's also done his time as a commercial woodcutter and logger. The Woodburner's Companion is an excellent overview of residential woodburning strategies."" Back Home Magazine" """You will be helped by this book to burn wood economically, efficiently and, most important, safely."" from the Foreword by Castle Freeman, Contributing Editor, The Old Farmer's Almanac" Reader Reviews This review is from: The Woodburner's Companion: Practical Ways of Heating With Wood (Paperback) In his earlier, complementary book "The Harrowsmith Country Life Guide to Wood Heat" Dirk Thomas lays out burning wood for heat from A to Z. Everything is covered from felling and limbing trees, using block and tackle to move them on any kind of surface, rigging up trucks to remove trees on hillsides, bucking wood, to installing stoves and chimneys. "The Woodburner's Companion" is more for the less adventurous homeowner who gets his wood ready-to-go or who is building a new house with woodburning in mind. As such the book is very useful. Heating values of wood, fuel, coal and the like are compared, stove installation and chimney maintenance are covered in some depth, and enlightening facts about clean burning and types of creosote are discussed. I especially value Thomas's remarks on the best way to keep a proper fire in a wood stove going, which is to neither frequently feed it all the time nor starve it down to embers. He covers types of chimneys, pros and cons of various materials, chimney cleaning techniques, and how best to handle fireplaces and fireplace inserts, as well as wood stoves and wood furnaces. This is a capable book whose information will get the novice off to a flying start and hone the woodburning skills of the veteran. It will enhance efficiency and safety in the home.
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