Keeping them out - While getting them in ??

[John Skinner]

Any tips on keeping the bugs out when bringing in firewood to rack by the fire?

 

I'm not sure if its due to the mild/dry/scorching hot weather we've been having, but there seems to be a heck of a lot of bugs around; especially earwigs and spiders. Obviously there is always going to be the odd bug when you bring in wood to put by the fire. But is there any way to limit this migration from the woodshed to the house? Like ... maybe dunk them in water or spray the logs with petrol or something 🤔 Obviously that's a joke 🤪😂

[Stere]

I'd not bother about a few harmless bugs.

 

 

[John Skinner]

6 minutes ago, Stere said:

I'd not bother about a few harmless bugs.

 

 

👍

[KWarb17]

That was a simple answer for you 😂

Problem solved in one simple step👌

[trigger_andy]

10 hours ago, John Skinner said:

Any tips on keeping the bugs out when bringing in firewood to rack by the fire?

Not to close to the fire I hope? 

[John Skinner]

17 hours ago, KWarb17 said:

That was a simple answer for you 😂

Problem solved in one simple step👌

 

Yeah ... 🙄 it was  ... shall we say ... efficient 😉

 

[John Skinner]

15 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Not to close to the fire I hope? 

 

Well ....... That's the weird thing about these woodburners/multi fuel stoves. You have to keep them X-distance from all consumables (walls, doors, flooring etc) and obviously from firewood etc too. Yet you can store firewood 'in them' directly under the firebox in the built in wood store. It's even a 'feature' promoted for the stoves. So there's an apparent danger my house walls, floor, ceiling might spontaneously combust at any given moment, but the already dry logs sitting up against the fire itself will be fine and dandy - lol.

 

But no. Not too close. At the other end of the extended hearth in a shielded log store rack doofer-ma-bobber thingy (technical term).

[trigger_andy]

10 minutes ago, John Skinner said:

 

Well ....... That's the weird thing about these woodburners/multi fuel stoves. You have to keep them X-distance from all consumables (walls, doors, flooring etc) and obviously from firewood etc too. Yet you can store firewood 'in them' directly under the firebox in the built in wood store. It's even a 'feature' promoted for the stoves. So there's an apparent danger my house walls, floor, ceiling might spontaneously combust at any given moment, but the already dry logs sitting up against the fire itself will be fine and dandy - lol.

 

But no. Not too close. At the other end of the extended hearth in a shielded log store rack doofer-ma-bobber thingy (technical term).

I’ll assume you can only store logs under the stove  because they have been designed that way. The heat leak will be measurable and shown to be to a temp where logs will not combust. The sides of most Stoves get very hot which is clearly by design, you want to heat your room up. 
 

If engineered correctly I don’t really see the mystery here. 

[John Skinner]

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I’ll assume you can only store logs under the stove  because they have been designed that way. The heat leak will be measurable and shown to be to a temp where logs will not combust. The sides of most Stoves get very hot which is clearly by design, you want to heat your room up. 
 

If engineered correctly I don’t really see the mystery here. 

 

No. No mystery at all. Just find it ironic 👍

[Logdaft]

On 21/07/2022 at 07:47, John Skinner said:

Any tips on keeping the bugs out when bringing in firewood to rack by the fire?

 

 

I give the logs a quick brush with a wee stiff hand brush to take any bugs & shite off before taking them into the house