Hows the log sales going now

[Mortimer Firewood]

As you can see I'm not the only one who thinks Laylandi is perfectly good fire wood.

 

Sure its not Beech or Ash, but it burns well and produces good heat, bon-firing it seems very wasteful to me.

 

Yes it is wast full but I do not have the time space or market for it plus I put the better tree surgery waste in a pile for friends and family.

 

Ps I never disagreed about it burning just about the quality.

 

I am off to the pub now for my 2 pints of black stuff.

[Stubby]

Stainless has a high ferrous content - it's the alloying with chromium and vanadium that gives it the corrosion resistance. There are different grades - and I always advise people to pick the higher-grade of the two usually on offer for flues and components.

 

But it's only corrosion resistance. Not immunity in the lower grades. Hence the issues folks are having.

 

Surely non magnetic stainless as no ferrous content . If a magnet wont stick there is no iron ?

[trackman]

Your a 100per cent right Skyhuck it's like we were saying inyour yard a few months back it's not the firewood that's the problem it's the water in it that's the burning problem

[ThrustSSC]

Surely non magnetic stainless as no ferrous content . If a magnet wont stick there is no iron ?

 

I'm afraid that doesn't follow. Some stainless steels are indeed magnetic, but austenitic ones (which is most of them, by volume) are not. But they're still largely made of iron.

[StephF]

Phone started to ring again this morning, made an executive decision to start logs on 6th... its still Christmas in my house!

[mendiplogs]

Phone started to ring again this morning, made an executive decision to start logs on 6th... its still Christmas in my house!

 

HI STEPH here to mate phone ring again here to :thumbup1:thanks jon

[Stubby]

I'm afraid that doesn't follow. Some stainless steels are indeed magnetic, but austenitic ones (which is most of them, by volume) are not. But they're still largely made of iron.

 

So just to be clear EN58J non magnetic stainless steel still contains iron ?

[ThrustSSC]

So just to be clear EN58J non magnetic stainless steel still contains iron ?

 

Correct. EN58J - more often known in wood-burning circles as '316' - is comprised of carbon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, phosphorus, sulphur and approximately two thirds of good old iron. No zinc, aluminium or copper. Search online for it and you'll get the exact percentages by weight.

[skyhuck]

The clue is in the name "stainless steel"

[peatff]

The clue is in the name "stainless steel"

 

Another clue is in the stainless not stainproof steel I used to work at a foundry where it was made years ago before British Steel bought it and shut it down. 904 is a better quality liner material.

Edited December 29, 2013 by peatff