Scare stories

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Quote from the BBC:

 

"Restrictions on the use of wood burners and open fires in homes and businesses will be introduced for the whole of Reading borough from the start of December."

 

You look at the Reading council pages (

 

"

What you can burn if you live inside a SCA

For residents

In a smoke control area you can only burn fuel on the list of authorised fuels, or any of the following ‘smokeless’ fuels, unless you’re using a Defra approved appliance:

• anthracite
• semi-anthracite
• gas
• low volatile steam coal

 

Unauthorised fuels, such as wood must be properly seasoned, and can only be burned in exempt appliances. When purchasing wood, look for the ‘Ready to Burn’ logo as a guarantee of good quality dry wood."

 

You look at that list of exempt appliances and and it is huge and includes MANY MANY wood burners (for England at least, different lists for Ireland, Wales and Scotland) so in fact the limitation on burning wood in these areas in a woodburner (or multifuel burner) is not really applicable to a lot of woodburners despite the slightly scary headlines.

 

 

Links:

Wood burners: Smoke fines to be introduced to Reading in December

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Reading Borough Council say fines for breaching the restrictions would be between £175 and £300.

 

Smoke Control Areas - Reading Borough Council

WWW.READING.GOV.UK

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Reading Borough Council

 

Edited Thursday at 13:22 by Rob_the_Sparky

[GarethM]

So are you just pointing out reading is already a smoke control area ?

[Steven P]

Yes but a quiet news day they pulled an old story out to fill the pages

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

GB becoming Soviet Union ,soon farts will be banned 😂….. Ya and no sex unless it’s same gender😬

[GarethM]

35 minutes ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

GB becoming Soviet Union ,soon farts will be banned 😂….. Ya and no sex unless it’s same gender😬

Becoming, long ago.

 

They'll be sending summons for your turn as the village bike.