richardwale
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Where do you get wood for your stove?
richardwale replied to BowlandStoves's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I've got a stove that only burns softwood so I'm ok -
Considering increasing our Firewood prices
richardwale replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
Had a call yesterday from a customer I sold to last year for the first time. Her boiler had packed up and her usual log man was out of contact. Anyway she called yesterday to order some more hardwood and I said prices were the same as last year and I'd ring her later with a delivery date. Called approx 4 hours later and she apologised and said her husband had managed to contact their previous log man and he was delivering 2 cube of hardwood for £120. wish I knew the bloke as I'd buy everything he had at that price. -
Where are you based?
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Top 10 most popular wood-burning and multifuel stoves
richardwale replied to BowlandStoves's topic in General chat
You’ve just done exactly what Bowland Stoves did. Listed your own personal favourites or best sellers. “It’s beyond me” -
Wow, that's one to show the kids.
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I couldn't bare the trauma of breaking one so I just bite mine to length now.
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Buffalo Bill had hands like that in Silence of the Lambs
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Over firing a stove is very common and that's why on a previous thread stove thermometers should, in my opinion, should be taken as a gimmick and not trustworthy at all.
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Yes. Wouldn't live without one now.
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And if that's one load, not sure it's 7 cube
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Bit pricey, especially as you'll need a fair amount of space plus your time to split it, plus seasoning......I could go on
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So this is the final picture. Sanded and lightly oiled. ( we collect nice grained timber for the kids) and try to name them.
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?♂️
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I’m going to say it’s a type of prunus. Final answer. Hey ho, suppose we will never know!!
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First picture is a fresh cut face of the unknown wood, the second is the bark and the 3rd a cross section. Picture 4 and 5 are yew.
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I'm leaning towards a fruit wood....the bark is very similar to Apple. More pictures to follow.
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Pretty tense this end I can tell ya!
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It's always sopping wet inside pop but I found once cut it dries really quickly. Cut a few and leave them out in this sunshine for August and I bet they're ready for burning by Christmas
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I can see why folk say it's yew, I'll split it tomorrow and post a split yew log and this one ?
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Nope sorry, it ain't yew. Different bark, pith and weight. I have a lot of yew and its a different wood. 100%
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Where's seventhdevil when you need him!
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Definitely not yew as I’m very familiar with that wood.
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Hardwood, lovely grain...
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Memory serves me right £320
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Installed our burner myself, took videos and photos of the whole process, liner drop, fixing flu pipe to liner etc and got it signed of by the council. It's a 12 kW Burley and pumps out massive heat. Logs are essential free. Central heating comes on for 2 hours each morning during the winter colder months and that's it. We save significant money on or gas bill. What I would say is that typically getting a stove installed by a shop / retailer is outrageously expensive given that most installs are pretty straight forward. I know because I always deliver the logs afterwards! So if you are spending 4-5k on a one day install of a stove and then commercially buying logs to fuel it, it's a total luxury that will NEVER pay for itself or save you long term money. Sorry but that's simply the truth.
