All That's Practical about Wood Stoves Heating as a Fuel
Author: Ralph W. Ritchie
Publisher: Studios West Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780939656110
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All That's Practical about Wood Stoves Heating as a Fuel
Author: Ralph W. Ritchie
Publisher: Ralph Ritchie Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780939656233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEverything about Wood: As a fuel; wood heating; woodstoves.If you must make choices of wood, how to get the most heat from it, storage, stove selection, stove maintenance and cleaning, wood stove safety, this is the book for you.
All That's Practical About Wood: As A Fuel,Stoves. Heating II
Author: Ralph W. Ritchie
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780939656400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWood Heat
Author: Andrew Jones
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781770852990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the latest technologies to stay warm safely, cleanly and efficiently. Wood Heat is a comprehensive and practical homeowner's guide to using wood as a reliable source of heat with the latest wood stoves and traditional fireplaces. The book explores the efficiency of wood compared to other fuels, the environmental impacts of various fuel types as well as sustainability issues that have led to so many adopting a wood-burning lifestyle. Heating with wood does more than keep a house warm. Though it can be a hands-on expression of self-reliance, it does bring us closer to the land by using fuel that is renewable and sustainably harvested, and renews our wonder in the cycle of the seasons. And the biggest benefit is that wood heat saves money in the long run. There are four ways that wood can be used to heat a home or cottage: wood stoves (the most popular), fireplace inserts, pellet stoves and masonry heaters. Wood Heat explains the pros and cons of each. The book provides all of the information and advice needed to convert to a wood-heated life. How-to topics include step by step directions. They include: The comparative advantages of heating with wood Buying, cutting, splitting, stacking, storing and moving firewood Building the perfect woodpile Varieties of wood and their burning characteristics The latest technology for burning wood efficiently and cleanly Energy content of wood varieties per air-dried cord (BTUs) Catalytic and non-catalytic stoves Cooking with a wood stove How to make a good fire Essential hearth and fireplace tools Sizing wood-burning appliances A chimney maintenance checklist. Currently, over 10 million U.S. households use wood as their main heating fuel or to supplement other forms of heating. Unstable, increasing fuel costs and the desire of many people to move toward self-sufficiency will only increase the numbers of those choosing to burn wood for heat. Wood Heat is the ideal guide for all.
A Guide to Residential Wood Heating
Author: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication is intended to help plan a successful installation of a wood-burning heating system and to use the system in the most safe and effective way. Topics covered include: low-emission wood burning technology; wood heating options, including space heaters, wood stoves, conventional and high-efficiency fireplaces, pellet stoves, high thermal mass masonry heaters, and central heating; planning a space heater installation; installation safety; installation of wood stoves and flue pipes; chimneys; avoiding wood smoke spillage; efficient wood combustion; purchasing and preparing the wood supply; calculating costs of heating; and heating system maintenance.
Energy Tips
Author: Ralph W. Ritchie
Publisher:
Published: 2001-03-01
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780939656523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe are in a power crunch and you need help. It is not going to go away. Fuel costs, population increases, or the need to reduce air pollution will all keep us in a power hungry situation. Either we cannot afford it, can no longer breathe it, or there will not be enough. The purpose of this book is to ease the problem. Better start learning now.Experience is the best teacher, but you need help before you can acquire experience on your own.Next best is to benefit from anotherżs experience. This book collects the relevant material from most of the authorsż over 50 books. They were written for people who want to help themselves. Does that include you?This book contains over 50 years of ways we have used to conserve energy. We started early: The message of energy shortages to come wasnżt widely publicized, although itżs coming was announced and published in the 1950's.We hope that rolling blackouts are the most with which we will have to cope. In todayżs culture, even that is a minor disaster. Electricity is the hinge upon which our lives swing. Most of us canżt even tell time without electricity, or when it comes back on, how do we reset the clocks? In fact, every floating automatic device in the house will need resetting.We depend upon electricity for all the niceties of living. What about the necessities?Food Preservation and SpoilageHeatLight- both to see and for securityWater-. No hot water without electricity. City and Rural water is supplied by electric pumps.Enjoy air conditioning? A hot tub, Hot water? These are things we can live without if we must, although there are energy efficient ways to have these things. Otherwise, either the cost of having them or the need to use a minimum of electricity may make them unavailable. Solar Energy will heat your home and provide hot water. It will even heat a hot tub.We use what is in this book ALL the time.
Wood Pellets
Author: Ralph W. Ritchie
Publisher: Ralph Ritchie Press
Published: 2004-09-01
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780939656776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWood Pellets are made from wood waste, not otherwise useful. It burns with almost no ash. It is environmentally safe.Here is a book that tells nearly all about the use of wood pellets for a heating fuel.It promnotes no particular product, stoves or whatever.It offers suggestions for pellet evaluation and purchasing, use as a heating fuel, stove repair and maintenance, and even purchasing a stove.
Burners
Author: Ralph W Ritchie
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780939656455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Woodburner's Companion
Author: Dirk Thomas
Publisher: Alan C Hood
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780911469240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs natural gas and oil prices rise, Americans are returning once again to the comfort and security of wood heat. Thousands have benefited from reading The Woodburner_s Companion, first published in 2000. Now the author has added new material and updated technical information where necessary. You can stay warm without going broke, and, as an added benefit, you can weather a mid-winter power outage in style! Dirk Thomas, experienced woodburner and chimney sweep, is the perfect guide to the ins and outs of the many ways available to burn wood for heat. Throughout, the emphasis is on woodburning safety. Even knowledgeable woodburners will gain from his detailed descriptions of woodburning installations, which are based on the latest codes and recommendations from the U.S. and Canada
Back to Basics
Author: Abigail Gehring
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-04-17
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1628738081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnyone who wants to learn basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers—and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers—even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.
