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Pile looks about 20 yards long, 6 to 8 feet wide , I would estimate 15 - 20 cube, heap looks bigger at the far end. I find that there is always more timber in stacks that I think though. A

I do, have done for about 8 years, I use 1cu m bags, these stretch when filled so I sell them as 1.2 cu.m. After a few trips out they just fit a 5 foot wide trailer, I use IFW trailers ( 10 x 5 box van and an 8x5 general duty trailer, box van is best, tail gate is stronger and longer. Pulled behind Landrover (tacho needed as max train weight is over 5 tonnes, tachos start at 3.5t as you are delivering your own goods for profit). Load them with a telehandler on a 48x40 pallet, on site reverse up to customers garage, drop tailgate and roll them off with a pump truck, wheel them into customer garage, leave the whole lot there untill you bring another one. Ladies love it as no logs to handle, but I find I only get about 40% of the bags back for one reason or another, and UV light kills the bags if left outside by the customer over the summer. Can only get 2 bags on the bigger trailer, 2 on the small one is a real squeeze, one of the pallets has to be a Euro. Am slowly finding I am selling more KD logs in stacked crates imported from the Baltic, I can get 3 crates on the 10 foot trailer plus the pump truck, so well over twice the sales value as they take less room but make for more quantity as they are stacked. A

In Angus its a bit colder that here in the East Midlands !!, either that or you have no insulation. In a word yes, cutting 230 - 250 will give the log seller best coverage as if they need a few more they can pop them on. Supplied some for a very large inset stove, it took 3 side by side and another 3 on top. A

85% of the stoves I sell are for rooms 5m x 5m x 2.4m, for these a stove with a nominal output of 5kw is more than enough. While there are a few stoves of 5kw that will take a long log ( they have a log but shallow firebox) most have a firebox that is about square and are best suited to a 250mm log as the firebox is about 350mm wide internally. So if you have a bigger firebox then put more logs on, but a 250 will give you good suitability. A

As a stove retailer I would advise anyone creating logs for stove use to cut at 250mm MAX. Personally I cut at around 230mm.

Measure the diameter of the rope coming off, bear in mind that this is usually oval shaped with wear, it started round so average out the readings, Be aware that now there is "hard' and 'soft"ropes in all sizes. Older stoves ( Morso excepted) usually fitted hard ropes. Usually there is no adjustment at the door handle to allow for a new rope, the tightness of the joint is set by the amount of adhesive under the rope. Procedure: A, Set a fire in the stove, kinding and a firelighter at the front and a couple of half size logs behind them, DO NOT LIGHT. B, Note where ends of rope are on the door, write it down. Remove old rope, measure diameter in both directions, measure length needed, then add 50 - 75mm. C, Use a wire brush ( ideally on an angle grinder) to remove all the old adhesive in the rope groove, this will have set like concrete and may need a persuasive tap to get out. D, Put a THIN bead of rope adhesive in the bottom of the rope groove. E, Press new rope into groove but dont pull ( stretch) it, seal ends with high temp rope tape if poss, if not cover well with adhesive. F, Shut door and fasten door handle. G, Open door, remove excess adhesive from front of stove body and around rope itself. H, Light fire within stove and SHUT THE DOOR. I know you dont usually shut the door on lighting but this time do so. Once the fire gets going the heat will cure the adhesive in about 30 minutes.

Woodcutta would cut rings to a consistant length yes and feed them into Splitta automatically. Posch now have a similar system. But you are asking about taking rings of various lengths, I assume if these are Arb waste then they are likely too be 200mm - 600mm in diameter as maybe up to a meter long. Looking at my own pile most rings are in the 400mm long area, as far as I am aware these would need chainsawing by hand. Have you seen the japa 435, this cuts rings into a constant log diameter unlike traditional splitters, looks like you can just drop pre cut rings up to 435mm diameter into it.

I had not noticed the dado rail at the top, but if that is Poujoulat twin wall flue then the min comb clearance is 50mm, and its more than 50mm away but far less than that needed from the single skin pipe, if as others have suggested that upper rail is combustible that may be the problem but increasing the length of the twin wall into the room should be a fairly easy fix . It was the rail about a meter up that you have said is stone, so no issues with that. I dont act for DRU, but my friends with similar businesses that do say they are a good stove, so getting smells is very unusual as an industry standard once the paint has been burnt in. I am still concerned re the distance between the single skin pipe and the ceiling and top dado rail, unless the ceiling board is actually fire board. This is unlikely. Certainly that does not conform with the building regs and should not have been signed off as safe to use. I assume it has been signed off by the installer, if in doubt check with your local building control office at the council offices. The pipe in the room above, has it been boxed in, if so with what and how much clearance would there likely be between the likely wooden frame and plasterboard and the flue pipe. You do need the flue manufacturers details for this, post a close up pic of the clamping bracket that connects the two pipes, its the actual clip I am interested in. As others have suggested burn some nice dry seasoned or kilned logs, get it nice and hot. Has the dealer closed permanently or simply following govt instructions ref CV19. Many stove shop owners are looking to re open by appointment in the next two of three weeks assuming we are allowed to. If its a permanent closure then DRU are imported by a company called Drugasar DRU - DRU - The home of the finest gas fires and wood stoves WWW.DRUFIRE.COM DRU is the leading manufacturer of contemporary gas fires, wood stoves and gas heaters for homes, apartments and commercial premises.

So the chimney breast in your drawing is a dummy breast, thats fine. Suggest you get your local Charnwood dealer to do that though rather than your builder. Aire is direct air compatible yes, highly recommend you use the direct air kit. Price sounds about right for the stove, all approved Charnwood dealers charge the same, plus direct air kit. Price for the install sounds very cheap, unless thats just supply and build dummy chimney breast, supply and install hearth formed from slabs of perhaps limestone, install flue and direct air kit and certify as safe to use. ( ie flue parts NOT included.) Using 150mm Poujoulat flue parts, off the top by 400mm or so, 45 elbow, through the wall at 45 degrees, 135 T on the outside, probably 5 to 7 meters of straight pipe, cap on top, maybe a pair of elbows to go around the soffit/gutter, support brackets, cover plate for the wall inside, carbon monoxide alarm, Shiny silver outside, black where visible inside that would not leave much change from 2300 inc VAT, plus 17% if you want black pipe on the outside, around 85% do. There are many budget flue systems out there though, we only use Poujoulat as they are the worlds best flue manufacturer, not had a single issue in 12 years. You get what you pay for, using the world most advanced stoves it makes sense to me to use the best flue as well. A

Thats not correct. The only way 5% VAT can be applied on a stove is that if its a woodburning boiler stove and has been supplied and installed by the same company. Generally though wood burning versions are cheaper than multifuel versions of the same stove as usually.

Aire does have an Ash pan. A

Most solid fuels will be made illegal in 2022 as they burn to dirtily. You will still be able to buy Anthracite which is natural smokeless coal. Charnwood have done a lot of work on emissions and efficiency over the last few years, Aire is one of my best sellers quite rightly, it is a dedicated wood burner yes with no facilty to put air under the fire that solid fuels require, it is over 80 percent efficient and exceeds the 2022 emissions requirements by 40%. With the advent of warm winters and central heating burning through the night is now not usually needed. If you want to opt for a multifuel then the Charnwood Skye is the most advanced stove of its type in the world right now. I have one on live display in one of my showrooms thus when open we use it every day, but it is significantly dearer than Aire. Final word of advice, Charnwood will be raising their prices 1st July I suspect, use your local Charnwood dealer, to find him look on the Charnwood web site or pm me with your post code. A

Several issues I can see, A, the minimum combustible clearance for the 5 inch single skin pipe is three times its diameter, so A, the six inch twin wall needs to come into the room about twice as far as it is as those ceiling tiles are combustible, that single wall pipe needs to be at least 15 inches away from anything combustible. If that cannot be achieved then bring the twin wall all the way down to the stove, but as it should have been boxed in in the room above thats probably easier said than done. Looks like Poujoulat flue, if so add a 450mm starter length to the existing twin wall pipe, the single skin then slides up inside it. and B, that wooden (?) dado rail behind the flue pipe, if it is wood then it looks far to close and it has birthday cards on it. This needs to be 15 inches away minimum from the nearest point of the flue pipe. You have stated that the boards to either side of the stove are fireboard if I understand correctly, these look like they have been tiled, if so thats fine as long as there is not a wooden skirting board at the bottom. Have these been painted ?. and if so with what ?, does not look like it, no need really, but if its a gloss paint then this may be the issue. Fumes, can be caused by a whole range of things once the paint on the stove is burnt in, but sort the MCC issues first, thats the most likely issue. I would like to see under the ceiling cover plate to ensure that the min comb clearance to combustible on the twin wall is complied with with regards to the rafters. You will need to find out the make of the flue, Poujoulat MCC is 50mm all round but most of the others are 100mm but some are 150mm. Having had another look at your pics there looks like a bodged up joint on the elbows just below the twin wall, no way should you have a ring of sealant showing. The pic shows a white ring, Poujoulat are so well engineered they slide inside each other with no sealant needed. Having done that and still no cure then I assume you have a carbon monoxide alarm within 3m of the stove and above the height of the tops of the windows, if not they have been a legal requirement on all stove installs since 2014, so get one and see what that does. Frankly this is probably not an issue as most installers know the law here. I assume you are not cleaning the outside of the stove with anything between fires, if you are this will smell for a while when re lit. People have suggested its a fuel issue, if its a tar smell then it could be, either wet wood or running the stove shut down for extended periods. Smell would be noticeable when door is opened to refuel. Dru are a decent stove, I assume you are having discussions with your local dealer. If you bought it on the net at cheapest price then you paid cheapest price, there will be zero back up. Your local dealer might be 20 quid dearer but he is here to help with issues like this in the unlikely event they occur. A

Get off what you can while the stove is still hot, ideally use a wooden scraper of some sort or maybe a paint scraper gently. When its cold get the remains off with fine wire wool, at the same time tidy up any other paintwork blemishes on the stove. Mask off the glass with newspaper. Respray with STOVE PAINT, do not hand paint as the paint goes of far to thick. Hold the can about 150mm away from the stove and cover a sweep at about 150/200mm a second. So a fast sweep leaving a THIN coat. Hold can upside down and spray to clear paint from the can nozzle. When dry ( 2 hours if its a fairly warm day, overnight is better), re coat, then possibly a third coat in another 24 hours. The whole stove should then look like new. Leave like that till the autumn, but remove the ash and sweep the chimney. A

The issue with that is the heat from the stove setting fire to the basket. How its flued we dont yet know. I am thinking its probably a 175mm round ( or square) clay lined flue in a brick enclosure but it may not be, once we know that we can advise further if required although really the local Charnwood dealer should be involved. The beam above is the main issue, but as long as the bottom of the inside edge is not directly exposed to the flue pipe then I think that things are probably OK. A

Hi, I am a Charnwood dealer so may be able to help. What you have there looks fine assuming you are planning to flue it from the top. The only slight query I would want to check is the minimum combustible clearance above, ie the distance from the top of the stove to the underside of the oak beam. I am pretty sure this is 600mm, that tends to be the usual MCC above for most CW models, just check that with the approved Charnwood dealer local to you that you purchase it from. Be aware that many people selling CW stoves online are NOT approved dealers for the product, as such you have very little warranty protection. Your local approved Charnwood dealer will register your stove serial number with CW prior to sale/install, this will include your details and usually the details of the installer, that will then give you a 10 year casing warranty and a 1 year warranty on consumables inside the firebox. I assume the stove is being flued into a brick class 1 chimney, if not please advise how it is being flued if you know. Ask your builder to use RENDER around the inside of the opening, this can then be painted by you with emulsion paint when dry. If you use plaster the heat from the stove will crack it. The installation will need signing off as safe to use, the building inspector who signs off the rest of the build can do this or you can get a registered installer in to do the install and sign off. If going the latter route let them supply the flue parts, chances are they wont install web supplied flue parts anyway, just to much crap out there. Aire needs a 150mm diameter flue. Most approved dealers will be holding Aire in stock, I have 2 standard black ones in my showrooms and maybe another in the warehouse, but may not hold the log store version. Aire like all Charnwoods is also available in a range of colour options, these add around 100 quid to the price, but given the CV19 situation these could take a while to appear. If it is an outside wall to the rear then we would strongly advise the optional Charnwood direct air kit to bring fresh combustion air from outside directly into the stove, from memory 40 - 60 quid. Otherwise a remote vent will need installing through an outside wall elsewhere in the stove room, we would usually use a Stadium Black hole vent in that situation, this has anti draft baffles inside it. Details of Aire are here; https://www.charnwood.com/files/documents/specifications/aire5.pdf Your local approved dealer can be found here: https://www.charnwood.com/where-to-buy/ Where to Buy in UK & the Northern Ireland - Charnwood Stoves WWW.CHARNWOOD.COM Find your nearest Charnwood Official stockist in the UK and Northern Ireland by using our Stockist search to find where to buy your Charnwood Stoves.

Think Binderburger also do one thats better suited to Europallets. Having had several good looking bags fail in the last week ( eyes breaking, one lead to the whole corner splitting away) I am planning to wrap some bale net wrap around an old kiln dried crate and see how it stands up after a few months seasoning outside. Looks like it can be powered hydraulically.

It sounds good to burn, split in April, stored in an airy space, should be good to burn by Sept except very dense woods like Oak and Eucalyptus. I was surprised about the latter but big lumps I split April 19 are still not ready although the smaller lumps are. Aim for 16% max on hardwood, softwood will burn acceptably well up to about 20%.

Stove paint sold under the Calfire or Hotspot brand name is fine, as is paint sold under premium stove manufactures brand names, Morso, Charnwood, etc. Clear any rust and crap with fine wire wood, then two or three aerosol coats sprayed LIGHTLY from a distance of around 150mm and jobs a good un. Dont use the brush on paints as you tend to apply to thickly, if its to thick it runs and looks awful. Stove polish is really for use on open fires by old ladies with to much time on their hands IMHO, one fire and its back where it was. A

Plastic tanks do fail due to UV light, I would advise steel bunded. A

As far as I am aware thats not correct in England unless its a boiler stove and is supplied and installed by the same company. A

No idea, I sell stoves and do firewood as a sideline. As such I buy very little from companies of that type compared to most of you. A

Looks a simple bit of kit, supplier details ?. A

Its a well ventilated building, you have natural air flow under the pallets, I would leave it as it is. I processed some Ash up today, storm blown tree that fell last summer. I cut it into large lumps and brought it back with a telehandler and 8 ton trailer. Split it into processor size strips over the weekend, moisture level is between 19% and 25% on the newly exposed face but having been sat for a day in the sun. That will be 12% or less by Sept without any need to forced drying. A

Some years ago I was a wholesaler in a different industry, over 40 years in that industry. I would suspect that prices from the product manufacturers or importers who are suppling the company you speak of will have gone through the roof due to world wide demand and profiteering by the manufacturers. The retailer has fixed overheads and usually adds a fixed percentage to his cost price to cover these and make a reasonable profit. So if the costs rise so does the sell out price. So if the retailer had the product in stock in December then you have a fair point, if not you may not. Certainly I would be asking the reason behind the price rise. A