Coal fireplace convert to wood burning.
Convert wood burning stove to coal.
The consensus and to some degree my experience is that the stove is pretty inefficient with wood.
Hi we live in spain as well as ireland and have the same fire as in your first picture and have been checking our fire out to change it to a wood burning stove and the company came and had a look at it and have said yes it can be changed to a wood burning stove and as audrey jones said regarding the chimney lining is correct but the company we have gone to does all that included in the.
If your coal stove has grates it can burn wood.
It would appear that the stove is not very air tight and the bottom grill is really intended for coal which requires more air.
Certain models of wood burning stove allow you to convert the stove to be multi fuel therefore allowing you to burn coal inside the stove as well as wood.
With wood you normally want the air burning from the top with a bit of lower draft if needed.
For example we can buy a multi fuel conversion kit from the manufacturer of our wood burning stove that converts the stove to be multi fuel.
Sales of the two most polluting fuels will be phased.
What eliminates a coal stove from burning wood is a hopper that allows the coal to slide down into the firebox as the coal before it is consumed.
Owners of wood burners stoves and open fires will no longer be able to buy house coal or wet wood under a ban to be rolled out from next year.