Andy Reynolds “Heating with Wood”

ISBN 978-0-9549171-5-9. “Heating with Wood” by Andy Reynolds published by the Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) in 2008. This is quite a small book and you will be able to plough through it very quickly as it weighs in at just 139 pages excluding 10 pages of resources at the back. The author is a former carpenter with an interest in forestry. Hence it is of no surprise that this book dwells on such topics as Charcoal-making, chain-saw safety and the concept behind building your own wood-burning stove! These sort of details will probably be superfluous to many a reader but this book remains quite comprehensive. The pages are small and the font quite large giving the whole look and feel of a set of long educational pamphlets glued together. Continue reading

Chris Laughton “Home Heating with Wood”

ISBN 1 90217 527 1. Published by CAT Publications in 2006. A cracking little read as these things go. These little ring-bound pocket books are put out by the Centre for Alternative Technology and this is one of many available. It is pitched at the UK Market and serves as a primer on the topic answering all the most obvious questions. The books opens with some great facts and figures – this is really well researched. There is precious little out there on this topic which makes this a treasure-trove. Chris kicks off with the oddly self-obvious topic of “How Wood Burns” – apparently most of us have no idea! Continue reading