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I had a massive Horse C felled about 15 moths ago, billeted most of it last August time, stacked it outside against a hedge. Logged it up in May, its now going out mixed with other woods, pretty dry. A

Closure plate and register plate are two descriptions for the same thing, a galvanized steel sheet across the bottom of the chimney opening to stop heat rising upwards and crap falling downwards. Must be fitted with inspection doors if liner installed or bigger sweeping access doors if no liner fitted. A

Cheers ]316 is not just for gas and is perfectly fine for solid fuel. Its ok for smokeless coal and occasional smokeless fuel use only. Burning man made smokeless fuel on more than an occasional basis the fumes contan sulpher gas which is highly corrosive, it will go through 316 in about 18 months, in that situation just fit 904. You don't actually need a register plate if your fitting a liner. So what stops the heat rising up the chimney ?, without a register plate you might as well leave it as an open fire. There for open chimneys to stop hot ash falling back down the chimney. With a liner you use one just to stop the usual crap coming down like rain. The stove fitters manual online is free and gives you step by step guide to fitting a stove. The Stove Fitter's Manual | How to fit a wood burning stove The chap from building control who signed my last one off was an ex brick layer who told me he knew nothing about stove fitting. He said use common sense and they have been fitting them for more years than he had been alive without regulations and it was a waste of time him looking. Not surprised to be honest , I have had a building inspector sign off a self install with a cap on the top that you use to close off a disused chimney. Vermiculite is for insulation of the liner in a cold chimney, ie a chimney that runs up the outside of a house to stop condensation in the chimney. The flue liner, cowl and flue adaptor can be had for less than £200. (6") 316/316 Solid Fuel/Multi Fuel Flue Liner FlexiFlueDirect.com If your house burns down and its fitted correctly your insurance will have to pay out. The insurer passes the claim to a loss adjuster, its his job to get the insurer out of paying. No sign off and no insurance. Dont forget that the sign off is registered at your local town hall so you cant say the cert went up in the fire. If it's been fitted by a professional incorrectly and your house burns down, your insurance won't pay out. Your insurer would pay out in that situation but would then be suing the installer. It's easy to do and do it properly and you won't have any issues. Agreed, but get it signed off. Cheers

Anyone can get the basic certificate, it was an open book exam and multi choice answers when I did it. Pretty sure it still is. I have also seem some highly illegal and downright dangerous installs carried out by 'qualified' installers. Found an oak beam this week within 8 inches of a flue pipe on the inside, beam caught fire !!. Min clearance is 15" unless fireboarded. A

Oh God !!, Look for direction of flow arrows on the outside of it, these must point in the direction of the gas flow, ( upwards). What are you proposing to do about a register plate ?, thats the plate at the bottom of the chimney. You will also need a CO2 alarm, talk to whoever is signing it off about stove CE plates as well. All stoves should now have one fitted but he may let you off with a used stove but ask first. This is of course assuming it does not have one. A

Not if there is no Building Inspector sign off, AND you will also be facing fines of up to 5k for breech of building regs. Perfectly legal to install yourself but you MUST get it signed off as safe to use by a building inspector before first use. No sign off and your insurance will get invalidated in you ever have a fire. A

Nett, gross or EN?. A

I would agree with that. A

Agreed unless its a boiler stove with a big integral boiler running 24-7. Most of my stove customers with a 5kw stove burning most nights and at weekends use around 2 cube loose in an average winter. A

Normally fun fair people are as straight as a die, I used to deal with lots when suppling HGV parts, never found a bad one. A

Had not thought about that, fair comment. A

I don't like like chunky great logs that over 300mm diameter roundwood produces, so avoid processing over that. Customers with a 5kw stove by and large dont either. The Transaw has a nice splitter arrangement where by the splitter lifts giving 3 different split rates but that is a fair bit more costly than 360. I am of the opinion that the 12 way wedge from the Posch 3200 should be an option on 360, indeed it may be but I have not seen it shown as such. A

I co captain and am beat keeper on a driven pheasant shoot, rifles, photography and N gauge model railways but time and frankly energy these days severely limits most of these hence the railways came to the fore. A

If you want to get a reputation for supply of poor quality wet wood then go right ahead. You would be far better selling what you have and using the offered fresh felled for 16-17 winter. If you are pushed for stock you could always buy some crates of imported kiln dried. Several here including me import it. A

Look in any house magazine this time of year, most have at least a quarter page Clearview add, some more, who pays for that do you think, the end customer so what should be maybe an £800 quid stoves comes in at maybe £1100. Clearview are a decent stove yes but the new Morso's are better. At the end of the day it will all come down to what she likes the look of. You can talk about design, efficiency etc etc till the cows come home home but if she does not like it then it ends there. A

Might be wrong but this sounds like imported stacked crates. What exactly in broken firewoood, I assume its split, if so why call it broken unless that the term in the country of origin. There is a woodintown web site but it seems to be a Milan based woodturner so unlikley to be him. Might of course be barking up totally the wrong tree. A

Did that and got £70 back. A

Sent in a formal complaint, got about £70 back. A

i cut up over 50 tonnes of Horse the summer, good lot of burr in there but its all firewood now. A

Nick Channor is as far as I am aware no longer involved in the timber market. He does have an arb buisness and may be able to sell you some green ready processed cord. PM me for his number if required. A

I am in Northants NN6 post code and would take timber if you are in the area. A

CCJ is only one step, frequently a nearly bust person wont pay even then. Given fair time after the CCJ you can apply for an enforcement order, that is usually bailiffs going round and seizing stuff but they cannot seize the equipment used for his work. Another possible way forward if you know who owes him money is to serve the third party (his cutsomer) with a Garnishee order. This forces the customer to pay monies owed to the guy you have a CCJ on into the court instead of paying your debtor. My daughter has a CCJ against a former tenant who was also convicted of stealing money from her. He has no assets so no point in sending bailiffs in, he has paid around £30 in four years. So a CCJ is not the end of the matter, merely another step in a chain. A

Fire bricks and anything else in direct contact with the fire are not normally covered by any form of warranty, they are viewed as consumable items. A

The principal is the point, may well be a bit adrift figure wise but poking green timber into any sort of fire is inviting problems. A

Please dont burn green wood of any sort, you are inviting a chimney fire. Split it today and burn it next winter when it will generate 50% more heat than it will this winter as less energy is lost evaporating moisture off so more energy is converted onto heat. All woods will burn, Ash is probably the best all round wood but dont burn green. A