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Why Annual Woodburner Maintenance is Essential
With the arrival of spring, a traditional period for refreshing our living spaces, it’s essential to extend our cleaning efforts to include the woodburner. Beyond simply improving its aesthetic appeal, a thorough service of your woodburner is crucial for maintaining optimal efficiency and minimising potential hazards, such as chimney fires. Therefore, it’s advisable to contact your installer every year to service your woodburner (and sweep your chimney).
Regularly cleaning your Woodburner
Although it’s not necessary to clean out all the ash after each use of your woodburner, a good cleaning once a month during the burning season is recommended. Additionally you can give your stove a final, thorough cleaning before storing your woodburner for the summer months, ensuring it’s in prime condition for the following winter season
Best way to clean your Woodburner
Maintaining your log burner involves different cleaning approaches for its various parts. Inside the firebox, loose ashes are effectively removed using a metal scoop
and bucket or a vacuum cleaner, while a stiff brush can tackle stubborn soot deposits. For the exterior, a soft brush and damp cloth are suitable for general dust and cobweb removal, and a vacuum cleaner can access hard-to-reach areas. To clean the outside of the glass you can purchase stovax glass cleaner from us. Consistent cleaning with appropriate tools is essential for both the appearance and safe, efficient operation of your log burner, prolonging its lifespan.
Cleaning the outside of your Woodburner
Restoring your woodburner to its former brilliance is a straightforward process. Begin by removing loose debris and cobwebs with a feather duster or soft brush.Your service engineer can paint the stove to make it look new. A serviced and restored woodburner is ready to provide warmth and ambiance to your home in time for the coming winter.
How Often Should I Clean the Ash Out of My Wood Stove?
The ashes in your wood stove may hold the key to its performance, but how often you scoop them out depends on a delicate dance between usage, fuel type, and efficiency.
While some advocate for cleaning out the ash more often, many wood stove manuals suggest leaving a 1-inch layer as an ember bed for future ignitions. This ash layer acts like a cosy blanket, insulating and quickening the start-up process.
If you’re looking for a new stove, get in touch with our team here at Dinghams Direct. We have more than four decades experience which we’ll use to help you pick the best stove for your house. Call today on 01722 697 699 or email us at dinghamsfires@gmail.com.
We serve Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorset including Salisbury, Devizes, Tidworth, Amesbury, Andover, Stockbridge, Winchester, Romsey, Fordingbridge, Downton, Cranbourne, Blandford, Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Warminster, Trowbridge, and Westbury.
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