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  1. AngusMF250
    Aye, Huntly is cold, that road between you and Inverness always gets a lot of snow. Same as the Banchory - Fettercairn and Tomintoul - Lecht
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    I think there is more danger of demand outstripping supply. Demand will dictate importing, or not, I can see JayVee started the thread to probe the market to see if there is a shortfall. I dont understand why there is so much resistance to it? Whats so bad about importing if there is the demand for it ? Why are woodlands badly managed, who will change this? Bad forestry management has been going on since forests were wiped out and not replanted, during the industrial revolution, WW1 etc etc. The number of people burning wood has risen, the population has risen, if there is a need to import wood, and dealers resist, then they cant supply, and the result would be firewood consumers using alternate heating methods. I call it shooting yourself in the foot. But there will always be people who will make use of oportunities as they arise.
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    Where I from supply keeps up with demand, and there is not a big population density and plenty forestry. I would be surprised if its the same in some parts of England and more people are buying stoves. I ve lived in Sweden and Finland, they all use Birch as firewood, grown in warm wet summers and surviving harsh winters, where most of the pines cant be grown as they start cracking in the frosts but the Finn birch is much tougher than the birch we have. If I struggled to get wood, I d be looking into this.
  4. AngusMF250
    Thought it would be snowing with you.The Glens of Angus been snowing on and off this past 3 weeks.
  5. AngusMF250
    I think he owns the company
  6. AngusMF250
    I know from experiance what is good and what is crap, however, I cant give you any evidence, so wont go down the route of any further discussion. Cheers.
  7. AngusMF250
    I m not saying Clearviews are bad stoves. Heres a comparison for you. Clearview, max 8kw, price £1715, efficiency unknown Steel construction, double welded. Morso, max 8 kw, price £1585, efficiency 80%. Cast Iron construction, 2 layers! No welded parts, vermiculite lining. Do you prefer Cast Iron or Steel?
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    Davey, try the burning question in Perth, stove and heating appliances. Speak to Douglas, he knows all about that, tel. no. 01738 633113 A wee bit advice tho, I have gone down the route of a boiler in a stove before, and will point out the negatives; You use lot of sticks, as the water carries the heat away and you need to babysite the stove a lot more and sometimes its hard to get a seat for feeding wood to the fire. It is expensive to set up correctly. The safety system will work, but it can be uncomfortable listening to it during a power cut. I eventually changed back to a normal stove, there are good convector stoves on the market that, depending where the stove is situated, will heat a sizeable proportion of the house. We use 2 stoves that heat all of our house, we have oil central heating as a back up, and we go through approx. 700 litres every 3 years, which is nothing compared to most people. I would really think it thru first, it seems an ideal way of heating, but it is not without problems.
  9. AngusMF250
    I ve always used a stove thermometer, so dont over heat stoves, it was a common occurrance that it warped, it was a Clearview 650 and I think I got £350 for it, but thats going back a few years. Like I said each to their own, but I wouldnt go back to steel. It doesnt retain heat, its cold in the middle of the night.
  10. AngusMF250
    Supply and demand will always dictate if anything is imported, or not imported. I know one port in the east of Scotland that ships wood to Sweden, where they make paper. The Swedes obviously need it and dont turn their noses up because its not Swedish.
  11. AngusMF250
    Sorry, I thought you were way up in the top of the north Island, my mistake. I have a friend from home who emigrated to the north of New Zealand, says he loves the climate there.
  12. AngusMF250
    Finnish Birch is very good quality, it grows in a differant enviroment and under a very harsh winter, it has to be tough, and many timber products from Finland are Birch and it is the most common firewood in Finland. Importing of firewood isnt such a bad idea. More people are heating from wood, and I would think that some regions of Europe with huge populations and not much forests will struggle to supply, and that wont neccessarily move up the prices as people will move to alternative means of heating.
  13. AngusMF250
    You can get second hand Jotuls on ebay, they are very common.
  14. AngusMF250
    I know Willie Murdoch fine. Firewood, who started the thread, wheres he from ?
  15. AngusMF250
    I know a lot of folk in Ballater. Cowies, Craa, Munchkin, Murray Chipper loons, Murdochs (Bakers shop) etc etc. Used to go up and see pals there, havenae been for a long time tho, it was good crack in Ballater
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    Most of the (quality) stoves I ve looked at in Scotland are no more expensive than what you payed, but I dont think your winters are cold, is it not tropical where you live in the North Island? You will get away with a much smaller KW output stove.
  17. AngusMF250
    Keith Duncan. Also worked with his brother, Cheesy, think they both moved away from Ballater
  18. AngusMF250
    You ve plenty wood around Ballater. I m working at sea just now one of the crew is from Ballater.
  19. AngusMF250
    Hi Andy I had a clearview before I got the Jotul, the cast Iron Jotul was cheaper, better quality and more robust. When the Clearview got hot the top used to rise up like a balloon, pretty scary, I sold it after 3 months. Are you using the Clearview as a primary heat source? Each to their own. See the comment on this forum; handol stoves parts availability
  20. AngusMF250
    It looks like its being passed around! I m interested in it, I wont buy new, costs too much, just want to get something pretty solid and reliable.
  21. AngusMF250
    My brother is near Brechin, I m just north of Montrose. Where are from?
  22. AngusMF250
    I d never heard of them, but just had a look at the website, fine looking products. Made in Sweden? They are good quality and not expensive. The Swedes and Finns use a lot of soapstone, even better than cast iron for retaining the heat
  23. AngusMF250
    Ah, you west coasters, nae idea ! I ll take some photos, if there is anything interesting I ll put them on the forum.
  24. AngusMF250
    Its at Angus Chainsaws, which is near Inverkeillour between Arbroath and Montrose. I m sure hed be happy for you to go, its on the 26th and 27th (saturday) of November. Heres their website; Angus Chainsaws for Garden Tools and machinery Also Kenny Wallace's email; [email protected] Send him an email to make sure, tell him you found out from Angus (one of the twins!) and ask what is on at the demonstration. They are good to deal with, we always go there.
  25. AngusMF250
    Hello Woodrascal, have to agree with Mendiplogs. Steel does not have the right properties to retain heat, okay if you use it as a secondary, but not as a primary heat source. Some steel stoves are way over priced for what they are. The Scandinavians have produced more, for far longer, and have better designs and material uses.

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