Had to be done...

[Peasgood]

Can't cook or heat water without lighting mine so yes it has been lit.

Lit the one in the living room too this weekend.

 

The deal here is that I will always make sure there are plenty of dry logs and the missus can have the heating on as much as she wants (she carts the logs )

Edited August 27, 2018 by Peasgood

[Craig Johnson]

lit ours last night too, usually the solars still keeping up this time of year but not so this weekend

[Big J]

Ours is on. Didn't expect it in Devon in August, but the whole country is pretty chilly at the moment. 

[AHPP]

lit ours last night too, usually the solars still keeping up this time of year but not so this weekend

Are you heating with solar photovoltaic electricity or solar thermal water?

[Craig Johnson]

2 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Are you heating with solar photovoltaic electricity or solar thermal water?

solar thermal water

[neiln]

Looking at the photos I can't help thinking Richard and nepia should swap stoves.  Richard seems to have a tiny fire in a large stove (impressed or actually burns). Nepia seems to have an impressively overloaded small stove.  Although even th smaller stove looks too large for the fireplace.

[Stubby]

11 minutes ago, neiln said:

Looking at the photos I can't help thinking Richard and nepia should swap stoves.  Richard seems to have a tiny fire in a large stove (impressed or actually burns). Nepia seems to have an impressively overloaded small stove.  Although even th smaller stove looks too large for the fireplace.

Isn't Richards a joke ?  I thought he had just put a torch in there or am I the only one ?

[neiln]

It does look like a minute sun in the middle of the stove.

[nepia]

4 hours ago, neiln said:

Looking at the photos I can't help thinking Richard and nepia should swap stoves.  Richard seems to have a tiny fire in a large stove (impressed or actually burns). Nepia seems to have an impressively overloaded small stove.  Although even th smaller stove looks too large for the fireplace.

I've never thought of overloading and what's in that pic is nothing! Usually when I light the thing I ram as many logs in it as I can; no point in lighting a fire if there's nothing to burn!

It doesn't go mad because I turn down the ventilation when the top gets hot enough for the fan to start.

[andy cobb]

Richard. Love the vertical log storage! Such a simple idea that works, and with the right logs also looks good.