Oak (season dried) is the best all around firewood.
Any dry hardwood will
work well, but for keeping your chimney clean stay away from pine or other
pine type trees that have a heavy pitch/sap content.
Oak is a
favorite because it is a very dense hot burning firewood, that cuts and
splits easily.
Birch also
burns well, but because it is a less dense wood will burn faster (a good fire
starter). Where efficiency is concerned any hard wood that is dry and you can
get it cheap or free, that's what you might want to go for.
Elm and Box Elder are good, but they are hard to cut and split. However, they burn fine once
you get them dry.
Local saw mills will
sell their trimmings (slab wood) quite cheap and it only needs to be cut to
length.
So you have to factor in
what your expenses are (truck, trailer, chain saw, log splitter), cost of the
wood, delivery, the system your using to burn it and of course your time and
availability.
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Catalytic
wood burning stoves will deliver a longer more efficient burn, while cutting
back on fuel consumption. (More heat
output for less money)
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