Is wood cheaper to run?
The reality is if you can find the wood free it is cheaper. But you will probably have to cut it, stack it and cart it in and dry it.
The reality is if you have a gas fire next to a wood burner you will light the gas fire as it is quicker and less work and you feel the heat straight away. The wood burner becomes a white elephant.
Then there is the work of cleaning up a wood burner afterwards. The initial cost of installation is often higher for wood burners.
The romantic angle of wood burners is gone now too, as there are gas flame effect fires that look and feel just like a wood burner. And some are efficient too. Now if its romance you want get us to install spa bath big enough for two.
