Hi
Just considering options at the moment and looking to the future. Some background:
I live in a small Scottish village and own a 1-bed bungalow. Currently live alone and rely on a 4.5kW multi-fuel burner to heat the whole property. I scavenge wood under a 3 month SFC permit that costs £60. The amount of wood collected easily does me for 2 seasons, depending on how long & cold the Winter is. This is supplemented with about £100 of coal.
However, I already suffer considerably with my joints at 50 and collecting wood will not be an option much longer. My question, should I stay with the woodburner and opt to buy in processed wood (on average £80-£120 per builder's bag or consider having a biomass boiler installed?. I do have a fair amount of burnable waste, i.e. food, cardboard, paper and also my garden is large with a small wood so there's a lot of clippings (including willow) that needs recycling.
