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Woodburners
Ja1983:
grab the bottom, and pull... once out take to scrap merchants and recycle - thus putting some money back in your pocket :wink:
think about the following:
Soot box
ease of cleaning
wood storage
availability of wood
i spend a few hours most weekends re-arranging wood piles, then SWMBO burns it during the week!
we had a chimney fire earlier in the year, and have to say its very important to clean your flue regularly (as any doctor will tell you!) as a 4ft flame coming from your rooftop may look cool, but is very scary!! :lol:
madmatt:
Think long and hard about this, Its a nice idea burning logs and having a pretty fire but, that wood has to come from somewhere, It needs cutting, splitting and seasoning before you burn it. We have a stove and I spend about 6 days a year getting logs cut and stored, If you can't get your own timber the local tree surgeon will supply good seasoned stuff expect to pay between 60-120 quid a load.
Then there is about half an hour a day fetching wood in and getting the fire going.. Its all quite time consuming, oh and if the wife/girlfriend/lady of the house is a clean freak, forget the idea. The amount of ear ache we get when ash drops on the clean harth is unbearable!
Don't want to put a dampener on your idea I just think its good to know the downsides!
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: "madmatt" ---Think long and hard about this, Its a nice idea burning logs and having a pretty fire but, that wood has to come from somewhere, It needs cutting, splitting and seasoning before you burn it. We have a stove and I spend about 6 days a year getting logs cut and stored, If you can't get your own timber the local tree surgeon will supply good seasoned stuff expect to pay between 60-120 quid a load.
Then there is about half an hour a day fetching wood in and getting the fire going.. Its all quite time consuming, oh and if the wife/girlfriend/lady of the house is a clean freak, forget the idea. The amount of ear ache we get when ash drops on the clean harth is unbearable!
Don't want to put a dampener on your idea I just think its good to know the downsides!
--- End quote ---
I appreciate the thoughts MM, but we had one in Norfolk. Storing is not a problem, I've been wielding an axe since I was 8 and as for a supply of decent wood, well, there are shed loads of green lanes round here that need clearing and I have a couple of local contacts.
Cheers for the thoughts though.
madmatt:
Do you have permission from the land owners to remove timber from green lanes, If you don't have his/her specific permission its actually theft!
Silly I know but a lot of land owners are anti, and would quite happily report you for takin their wood!
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: "madmatt" ---Do you have permission from the land owners to remove timber from green lanes, If you don't have his/her specific permission its actually theft!
Silly I know but a lot of land owners are anti, and would quite happily report you for takin their wood!
--- End quote ---
Thats an interesting point. That'll be an interesting one to look up. I know that if a tree falls on the highway, then it is down to the landowner to clear it or the Council bill them. But if it is old dead wood that has fallen as a result of age?
I'm wondering if it is similar to the bit in the Theft Act, that say you can pick part of a wild plant on public land, as long as it is not uprooted and the part that has been taken is not sold for profit.
I shall make a few enquiries into the legalities of that.
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