I've found that I save very little with my log-burner, especially last year when it was very cold, as we spent as much on wood as we would have
on gas.
BUT - It gives heat in the evening exactly where we want it (in the living room), and when it gets too warm there we open the door and let the warm
air circulate through the house. By the time we get to bed the upstairs rooms are warm enough for us (we don't like over-warm bedrooms). This
means that the gas heating hardly comes on as the thermostat is in the hall, just outside the living room.
The bills should be better this year as it's been a lot milder, so perhaps we'll have saved a bit.
The other reason we got it was to act as a backup - we live in a village and we get power cuts now and again. No electricity -> no heating. We
didn't have a chimney (1960s house) so we had to do something. If the gas failed we can even cook on top of the stove.
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