The Guardian: Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned
ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked Adverts claiming that wood-burning stoves are “very low emissions” have been banned by ...
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As others have said, the stove will use more wood. However, we have a wood-stove-heated house, and I don't recall ever deciding not to light a fire due to high winds. I broke down and bought a Davis weather station last year, and I recorded a high wind of 115 mph last November. The stove did fine. That is an unusually high wind, by the way.
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I installed a fresh air intake for my stove the second season we had it and it made a tremendous difference. Prior to installation you could feel cold air migrating across the floor toward the woodstove.
For the wood stove credit on form 5695, Residential Energy Credits, you want Part II Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, Section B, Residential Energy Property Expenditures Any of the tax filing software will probably fill out the form for you. I did mine by hand, so if you want the line by line instructions, let me know. Thanks so much!