Wood Burning Products

Wood is a very plentiful and accessible fuel for many Georgians. It is relatively clean and comes from a renewable resource — the forest or wood lot.

Coal and oil supplies are limited, are not renewable and, therefore, are expensive fuels in terms of national resources.

The heating value of properly prepared fuel wood compares favorably with other fuels. When you can get fuel wood from a woodland through timber-stand improvement, the woodland also benefits. During power failures or national emergencies, wood can be an important source of heat.

New EPA approved wood burning appliances provide you with the cleanest, most efficient wood burning products standards substantially making a difference in keeping our environment clean.. Wood-burning appliances are literally "off the grid," so you need to load, light, and stoke them by hand.. You'll need to dedicate sufficient space to store wood (an average of 6.5 cords to heat a home for one heating season—obviously less to fuel a single supplemental heating appliance.