Heating with Woodchips

[Dean Lofthouse]

Would screened chip dry in a heap if on a concrete slab under cover ??

[firewoodman]

live in center of cardiff so currently heat off gas, but misses is a childminder so we have a woodburner downstairs which is always on.

 

did look into a boiler stove being fitted but will take upto 5 yrs to get money back, dont plan on living here that long

 

4) chip delivery is another issue.....its bad enough deliverig logs

[Dean Lofthouse]

Can you throw bits of wood in through that inspection flap Dave ?

[Amelanchier]

Compared to what? Logs? or Pellets?

 

expand on your percieved storage issues...

I want to try and reslove why this system is not being utilised further, when its so widely used across europe.

 

Ha I note the word percieved...

 

Ed I'm guessing - mainly because I literally am your layman who recently looked at heating solutions for his new house and chose a woodburning stove/boiler rather than anything else.

 

There was a raft of expansive information available about domestic heating with woodburners ('cos they're trendy) but all other means i.e., chip / pellets seem to be aimed at industrial / large residential markets.

 

I suppose you get more tree in a cubic metre if you cut it down smaller, but what I was getting at was - can you generate more heat from a cubic metre of chip than from the same volume of logs??

 

Also storage / spacewise; my logshed is fairly big but (if I do say so myself) looks fairly attractive in my smallish garden. I don't know if a chip hopper would be in keeping with the area.

 

Is it used on small domestic scale across europe?

[skyhuck]

 

4) chip delivery is another issue.....its bad enough deliverig logs

 

You can get a sucker/blower that just sort of pumps the chip down a 8"pipe.

[skyhuck]

Can you throw bits of wood in through that inspection flap Dave ?

 

Yes it is a fueling hatch, its about 12"X20".

 

But I tend to open the front and fill it up.

[Dean Lofthouse]

But I tend to open the front and fill it up.

 

Yes I can tell by the scorched box profile

[firewoodman]

You can get a sucker/blower that just sort of pumps the chip down a 8"pipe.

 

does that work with chip???

i know they use i for pellets but the chip instalations i have been to all said it would not work and use augers.

 

i know i would end up as the sucker:001_tongue:

[skyhuck]

does that work with chip???

i know they use i for pellets but the chip instalations i have been to all said it would not work and use augers.

 

i know i would end up as the sucker:001_tongue:

 

Yes, Alex Price had one at the APF.

[treeman]

We use burner in our office, which we burn 2 week old wood chip on/in Im not sure if you can heat water with it, but it is very hot!!! We dont have any problems with water content or chip size.