Who's still burning?

[trigger_andy]

Burning a 1.25m3 vented bag every 3 days. [emoji16]

A 10kw stove in the living room and an 11 kw in the kitchen that does heat, cooking and hot water.

[Billhook]

So old and creaky now that I need a red hot Radox bath each evening to relax my aching muscles!  Been very cold here in Lincolnshire with North NE and NW winds,  even the swallows came and then disappeared shortly afterwards.  Very few insects about.

My wife lights the Aarrow Stratford each morning, so easy with the branch loggings after I have brought them in the night before together with enough firewood for the day. We both really enjoy the whole process.

Wood heat is so easy to enjoy as you have done all the work and now is your reward, unlike oil, electric and gas where you will receive a big bill eventually for the same amount of heat!

[Woodworks]

Never know such a chilly spring. The pick up in May is only because the nights are warmer due to cloud cover 

 

Average temp 

March 7.2C

April    7.1C

May     8.1C 

 

And yes we are still burning

Edited May 15, 2021 by Woodworks

[sime42]

Yesterday felt really autumnal to me here in the Midlands. It's rubbish!

[Peter 1955]

Our Charnwood inset boiler is the only heat source for the whole bungalow, and hot water. We have an electric shower, so don't need fire for that, and only use immersion very rarely for hot water. Looking good for next year's wood ( it's awaiting logging to length, splitting and stacking in shed ) but we've just about used two year's worth of wood in one, and have very little left ready to burn.

A combination of a long cold spell or three, and the wife being home all day due to various flavours of lockdown have been disastrous. 

The stove will run on coal, which is a more attractive option than buying bags in from log suppliers, at the rate we are using it. It's been a blessed relief these past weeks, being able to reduce log usage, but I'm still lighting it every morning. 

[Logdaft]

I have run out of wood now! ... so had to go & buy some Eco Logs yesterday to keep me going so I can have a wee fire in the evening. Going to cut a load of wood today & start filling my log store for this winter. 

Edited May 15, 2021 by Logdaft

[Mick Dempsey]

Still burning here in SW France.

[neiln]

Still going.  Just a few hours of an evening but the forecast is for another week of drizzly greyness so I'll use more yet.  Really glad that I had a good summer for scrounging last year.  Managed to make a couple of new contacts through WFH, hearing saws and walking out to say hello, then got loads dropped off.  Plus a couple of neighbours took oaks down. I scrounged about 25 cube over the last 12-14 months.  So despite burning more then normal I've good stocks.  It's good to be 2 years up right now.

[devon TWiG]

 not lighting woodburner recently , got plenty of dry wood , weather bloody wet and cool here and generally horrible !!   went for my first dive of the year this week ( much later than usual ) not a pleasant experience but enjoyed scallops and crab ......

[Treerover]

Yes, been flippin cold in the evening....hornbeam fires....very nice!

Ahhh now I’ve got a shed load of hornbeam for next year split and seasoning Spudders , does it burn easily or need mixing ? I’m guessing from the density it should burn HOT hot Hot