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Agreed, ask any stove manufacturer, all want a maximum moisture level of 16%, Morso is 15%. The drier the wood the more heat is generated as less energy is used to evaporate the water remaining in the log. These also burn far cleaner and put less soot and tars into a chimney or flue. In practise softwood can go a bit wetter ( up to about 20%) and get similar results. All stoves sold in the UK have to be CE marked and emissions compliant. The last lot of emissions regs was put into place in 2014, there is a further tightening planned from 1 Jan 2022 when all solid fuel space heaters must conform to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 requirements for efficiency and emissions. This will be known as Ecodesign. Stoves that are 2022 ready are already in the market, some five years early, all are dedicated wood burners ( solid fuel is to dirty to be allowed) these stoves emissions are 90% less than an open fire and 84% less than a stove design of ten years ago. Ecodesign stoves are measurably better for the environment, but at present they carry a price premium over an older and dirtier design. The Aarrow Farringdon is one such stove. https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c6ccf626-2f6d-11e5-9f85-01aa75ed71a1/language-en This regulation will not mean that older designs of stove cannot still be used and sold, but new designs coming forward will need to be Ecodesign compliant. It then comes down to people like me to sell the clean credentials to prospective purchasers. Morso have not done any development work on multifuel stoves since 2013, every new model is dedicated wood burner. A

Cant see why you would want or need to. Dont know anyone who does black, most are white but Bag Supplies have a green which tends to blend better in the countryside. I have noticed no difference at all between logs dried in white or green bags, cant think that black would be better, just more costly due to lower volumes. A

Council building control office should know exactly what model has been installed as it will be on file as a result of the sign off. Maybe its a clerical issue at that end, you would have thought they would have done their homework before writing. Certainly if it is a Defra approved model then burning wood logs is perfectly legal within a smoke control area. I suggest you get a copy of your invoice from your supplier and a statement from them if it is Defra approved. If its the non approved version you will need to look at fitting a conversion kit if available to reduce the travel of the air supply controls. If that is not available then legally you are unable to burn logs on your stove within a SC area. A

American or Canadian stove, 65,000 BTU per hour out put is about 18kw, you would want a room of around 250 cubic meters in volume given average insulation for it to be comfortable. At that output it would use a cubic meter a week. New product, no UK distribution, not CE tested that I can see so unable to be legally installed. If you like the idea there are a couple of Scandanavian stoves with a similar facility but a more sensible heat output available in the UK. A

Kindlet from Fuelwood will sort rings, think Posch now have a copy of it Kindlet 200 A

They are the same thing !!, some people filter out their fines, others dont. VAT on fuel is 5%, on animal bedding 20%. A

Lovely. A

In a chip boiler it should be fine. A

I have had a Tatano mini K25 underfired pellet boiler for about 15 years and have tried most things in it. Dont go Miscanthus, when the boiler switches down overnight the Miscanthus slag forms a solid cap over the top of the fire container, all has to be switched down and cleared out. If you were running it hard 24-7 it might be ok. In a chip boiler it does seem to be ok from what I hear. Wheat also forms smaller slag lumps but if mixed at a rate of 75% wood pellet 25% wheat is acceptable but frequently it has to be relit manually in the mornings. Yes you do get a different smell from wood pellets but like wood smoke its not unpleasant, just different. I have also tried Oats, these seemed to burn ok but were very dusty to load, again load as a mix. Cant remember what slag etc they produced as it was some years ago. I am told that Oats are a good choice, never tried Barley as we dont grow it these days. Ash production is far higher when burning cerials than wood pellets alone. As to who supplies in your area I dont know, I use Midland Bio Energy and Eco Dry Energy in my area. A

Andy Harrison, Kettering. Think he is or was a member here. Andy Harrison - Firewood A

I have a customer who every year drives 50 miles in her Porsche Cayenne to buy £50 worth of kilned Silver Birch from me. She makes a display with it. Presentation is important, I have lost clients due to to much crap when I was cutting Chestnut. A

Bought a Karcher K4 about 18 months ago, does not get a whole lot of use but to date its been faultless. A

At the moment neither, an additional sales site this year will mean carrying on with the old 700 and importing some KD ash. If I had to choose today the Posch would win as I could use my MF135 to power it. A

I looked at exactly the same a year or so ago, in the end it was as cheap to import. But sooner or later I will go for one or the other of your choices. Research I have done says Transaw is a LOT heavier than a 360, 2200kg V 1300kg. This may effect what you are planning to move it with if relevant. Transaw is all hydraulic so no belts to wear, their knife arrangement on the current models is nice but I feel the earlier models had a 2 - 4 -8 knife that made some big logs. Transaw wants about 50hp, the Posch about 40hp. Transaw needs a 12v electrical connection, but that should not really be an issue. Posch seem so suggest that 350/360 need a hydralic oil supply at a rate that would suggest a 100hp tractor plus, I suspect though the unit has an internal pump as I have seen no sign of hydraulic pipes on vids I have been checking. I have a friend running a 360 using a Fordson Major with no issues but I doubt he uses her to pick it up. Go and have a go with both, then choose. A

Andy I assume, if so we have spoken several times. Talk to you late next week, I am closed until then. Thanks A

Unless you are tooled up and have storage to produce and dry a lot of kindling and have a ready supply of cheap soft timber then frankly its probably not going to make your fortune. A

I have been looking for a reliable cord supplier for the last 4 years, I have ordered 100 tonnes from 4 different suppliers in that time, all said they could do it no problem. The next stick to turn up will be the first. I am also in Northants. It might be no more expensive to look at importing kiln dried by the container depending on the exchange rate next May/July time. A

I did hear a while ago that most of their Ash cord was exported in containers out to the far east. Jonathon is a decent bloke though. A

If you are already selling logs then it can be a nice add on. There are several people here who are geared up to supply kindling by the pallet, take a pallet of one of them and see how you get on. If you get stuck with it I am about 20 miles from you and would take any excess stock given that we can agree a price. A

Some sort of grate between the splitter and exit elevator will take out most of the crap but tends to clog with some timbers. Failing that Fuelwood do one that bolts onto the exit end of the conveyor but depending on how your elevator folds up that is probably an issue. Customers dont mind a small amount of crap as it can be used as kindling but they wont want a lot. Half a barrow bag in a cubic meter bag is excessive, a 10L water bucket full would IMHO be ok. I have lost customers over to much crap when processing some Chestnut a few years ago. A

So the original post was for Codwood ?, if so I can appreciate the humour, but I did not notice an edited caption on the thread. Yes there is an issue with a request for seasoned cord wood but thats probably inexperience. Cut him/her a bit of slack, please. Thanks A

Whats going on here ?. Bloke ( or lady ?) posts a fairly normal request perhaps phrased not as most are and seems to be getting some (but not all) smart arsed replies. Thats not what this board is about in my book. Have I missed something here or what ?. A

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/362006/A_brief_guide_to_overhanging_loads.pdf A

When I tried some Google adds the cost was fixed. When compared to the click throughs it came to about £10 PER CLICK THROUGH !!, Google suggested that was good value, I did not continue with them. A

That little tractor is doing well to pick that up, appreciate the hedge trimmer? on the back will act as a counterweight, hope its got power steering !. A