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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

Prices from dealers are usually in line with the web but most of the big web suppliers are not Morso UK dealers and are buying grey imports, these have not come via morso uk thus only have a one year warranty. Am on a firewood processor at present but would estimate 650 ish. Go onto the morso uk web site to locate your nearest dealer, if probs PM me with your post code and I will sort it for you. A

Hi, 1000 should get you a nice stove, but you need to allow for the flue parts needed to install it and the actual installation and safety sign off ( a legal requirement) costs. These will vary from area to area. Assuming thats done then look at stoves that are actually made in the UK or Western Europe. A lot of Uk names are selling stoves made in China or eastern Europe and others are assembling stoves in the UK from parts made in these countries and are legally allowed to call them made in England. So for 1000 for a 5kw nominal heat output freestanding stove ( suits a 5m square room given average insulation values) I would recommend, Arada Ecoburn 5, made from scratch in Axminster Devon since the 1960s. Lifetime casing warranty Charnwood, Country 4, C4, C5 or Aire, latter two are a shade over budget though, made from scratch on the Isle of White since 1972, 10 year casing warranty providing bought from your local approved dealer who registers the warranty. 1 year warranty otherwise. Morso, 04, Swift 1000, S11-42, also look at Badger 3112 or 3116 ( 1100 ish) Made in Denmark since 1853, 10 year casing warranty on most models , 5 years on others. Esse. Number 1, 500, 525, made from scratch in Lancashire since 1854, 10 year casing warranty, Go for a well known brand, sooner or later you will need parts for it, many times I have been asked for parts fro cheap imported stoves and in almost all cases these are simply not available. A

If this is a New Island 2 then it is approved for Smoke Control area and is around 30% better than the 2022 Ecodesign efficiency and emissions requirements. I have sold a few and everyone is pleased with them, we also have one on live display in one of our showrooms. Modern stoves are designed to burn CLEANLY and EFFICIENTLY, they are tested and have to attain certain UK and European requirements, start messing around with the air vents and you will invalidate any warranty. How big is your room, Island 2 is an 8 kw nominal stove with a max of around 11kw depending on fuel type and load. That wants a room of around 120 cu meters volume given average insulation and window area. I would expect to have to reload it every 40/45 minutes with hardwood or 35 minutes with softwood. These times can be extended slightly by burning larger pieces of wood. It wont slumber overnight, doing that creates tars and moisture in the flue which can lead to chimney fires, rust inside the stove and vastly increased emissions levels. Cut you wood the length of the firebox less around 50 - 75mm, load wood cross ways in the firebox. Aim to load 2 bigger peices rather than 3 or 4 smaller ones. Not such a glamorous fire but it will stay in a bit longer. If you want 3 or 4 hour refuel periods if its the older multifuel version the use Anthracite, if its the new BLU version thats a dedicated wood burner with no facility to put air under the fire that solid fuels need. A

Hi and welcome to the site. I am a Morso UK Center of Excellence so probably better qualified to answer than most. Squirrel is a good little stove, suited to a 4m square room given average insulation in theh property and small/average glass area, if was designed and launched over 50 years ago, at the time it was cutting edge but things have moved on since then. There are several models of Squirrel, 1410 is the most popular, fitted on boats a lot, not approved to burn wood within a smoke control area, 2 doors, 2 rotary air controls, one on each door. 1412, this is an internally updated model and is approved to burn wood within a smoke control area, 1 door, 2 rotary air controls, at top and bottom of door. 1430, the most popular in domestic houses, better air control than 1410 and 1412, larger glass than 1410, 2 doors, one rotary air control on bottom door, slide below ash lip for secondary air control. Not approved too burn wood within a smoke control area. There are others but these are the usual ones, So if you are out in the sticks any one should do, smoke control areas are usually in medium/large towns and cities. Squirrel is a cast iron stove and does not take kindly to water running down the inside of the flue pipe, usually as a result of slumbering the stove or rainwater getting down the flue. Water sets up rust which can literally destroy the stove. First signs are the rear flue exit plate falling off, the fixing screws having rusted through. While all parts are still available they are not really cost effective to fully rebuild if the top has been forced away from the rear or sides. Frankly I would avoid a used Squirrel, I have advised several clients to change them when they are looking close to failure. Save a few more pennies and buy a new Morso Swift. This internally is a 1410 squirrel but with a single door. It is not approved for burning wood within a Smoke control area. So to all intents and purposes it is a Squirrel but not advertised as such and is not on the Morsoe UK web site at all as its quite a bit cheaper than 1410. https://morsoe.com/media/com_hikashop/upload/safe/72107000_-_1000_the_swift_eng.pdf 1410 and Swift are likely to be discontinued by the end of 2021 as they do not meet the 2022 efficiency and emissions requirements, 1430 has already been discontinued. You will though still be able to use your stove for a s long as it lasts, you just wont be able to buy a new one from Jan 22 that does not meet EcoDesign specs. I would advise you to use your local Morso dealer for the purchase and not buy it on line, you have a problem and they are close by. PM me if needed, A

One of the probs with that is that Red Deisel is on about 10 days delivery due to a shortage of delivery drivers. That combined with farmers trying to get fields drilled after teh wet autumn has delayed my start to processing for a week or so. A

Most stove manufacturers use a flat self adhesive rope to fit between the door and the glass for exactly this reason. Most stove shops should stock it, usually 10mm x 2mm, trim to suit if needed. Not aware of what Stovax use as I am not a dealer for them, A

4mm is the industry standard, make sure you change the rope under the glass, do NOT overtighten the fixing screws, the glass needs to be able to expand a shade when hot.

My little JAPA 2/4 way splitting wedge frpm my processor has managed to bend itself halfway up the main part of the shaft, have tried to straighten it using a drivall and a telehandler without joy, Fuelwood say do not heat it as it makes the steel brittle, so I need someone with a 100 ton or so press, anyone any contacts ?. Thanks in advance, A

Women have the final say in what goes into her house, and all she is usually bothered about is how it looks, she wont by and large like that thing. A

Tyres are to small in diameter and the axles to close together for an FW, looks like a big telehandler maybe. A