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  1. slim reaper
    Kerosene costs about 3.25 pence per Kwh to run
  2. slim reaper
    Clearview stoves don't have a cast iron body, that link is to a well known company that sells, I suspect, far eastern coarse grain cast iron stoves. I have first hand experience of a few of the models they sell and going by their response to warranty approaches , I wouldny touch them with a bargepole.
  3. slim reaper
    Steel stoves start chucking the heat out faster than cast stoves, my stove top fan starts spinning in less than 7min from first lighting. I have Clearview vision 500, data plate says 71.6% efficiency
  4. slim reaper
    Thanks for that, I did notice on Robs vid of fitting the pather bar it did look very broad inside the cover so maybe that could contribute to the clogging. It must clog quite quickly if your batteries last the same as mine I dont know whats going on but there were several other posts in this tread which seem to have vanished.
  5. slim reaper
    Hi, I bought one of these saws last week which I used it in ernest today for the first time . On the whole quite pleased with its weight and cutting performance ,but It went through 4x5ah batteries in no time so wondered if anyone has converted to 1/4” setup and if so does it give an appreciable increase in battery life at all. Cheers slim
  6. slim reaper
    I haven't had a good experience with ELH but won't go into that. The elephant trunk is similar but less cumbersome and nearly a hundred quid cheaper but doesn't take all the weight of bigger chainsaw pole saws. I live in a rural area where after trying it ,several of my bemused neighbours have bought one after trying mine.
  7. slim reaper
    Join the club, Im in my mid 70’s and have bought a GT elephant trunk 2 harness . What a brilliant bit of kit to take the weight of the brush cutter. or hedge cutter
  8. slim reaper
    From my understanding the hearth needs to be on a different level making it more difficult to extend the carpet or rugs into the danger zone If you look at diagram 27 of part j of building regs it shows it
  9. slim reaper
    Minimum size of hearth for a free standing stove was 840x840mm even if stove was tiny but had to be bigger if there wasn't 300mm in front. The area also has to be higher rest of the floor area so bang goes the whole of the floor as a hearth...which I presume was a joke .
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    When I was of drinking age in the early 60’s one could get 3 pints for 5 bob (1s and 8d per pnt ) in regular pubs
  12. slim reaper
    I burn 4 year old wood on. Clearview vision 500 and the only thing that's ever on the glass is white ash dust . Bought a high tech stove for another room which needs cleaning every firing
  13. slim reaper
    There are no means of emptying the ashes on these other than shovelling them out from time to time as wood needs to be burnt on a good bed of ash.
  14. slim reaper
    villager gas or pos oil , probably a BL model ,around 8kw for wood.and totally cost prohibitive to convert. It's a steel stove with cast iron doors which would need to be replaced with ones that have primary and secondary air vents for wood burning,not a simple job as off the shelf doors rarely seal without the body hinges being cut off and rewelded . Then full set of fire bricks sides and bottom + a baffle plate, easy job, , then flue spiggot conversion which more skilled job, I've refurbished about a dozen of the WB versions of these over the years so think the best option would to weigh in or use as a chimnea as is with a mod in the top for a short flue pipe Or decorative item in unused fireplace
  15. slim reaper
    Not sure he knew what he was talking about then. Maximum height of single skin vitreous enamel flue pipe 1.4 metres (4' 8") from the top of the stove Beyond 1.4 (4' 8") metres you must use twin wall insulated flue because of the excessive heat released from the single skin pipe which will naturally rise towards any combustible ceiling components. You cannot revert to single skin flue pipe once twin wall has been used at any point in the flue system.
  16. slim reaper
    And you would expect that to get signed off??
  17. slim reaper
    If it couldn't be there would need to be a few complications and an expensive stove .
  18. slim reaper
    Its not about how much wood one can get but how much room one has to season and store it....by siting the stove in the centre of the room with a 6” flue gives a wider choice of stove at most price points so 5k should eat it with change to spare.
  19. slim reaper
    Isn't there a flue for the fire now or is it has or electric?
  20. slim reaper
    I thought that, neighbors may not be to happy with it so close to their window if there's any fumes from downdraft. As to internal flue, if using the best spec it has to miss joists and rafters by at least 50mm all round so even with offsets you look not to have much wiggle room for stove position so require a good survey to see how the woodwork lines up to get it up through..it's close to eves so no space for offsets in the loft Have a look at some info. Installing a twin wall flue chimney - a stove installer details all - The Stove Fitter's Warehouse WWW.STOVEFITTERSWAREHOUSE.CO.UK Introduction to twin wall flue So, no chimney in the...
  21. slim reaper
    If you do find that one can be fitted the twinwall flue is going to look a bit ugly ?
  22. slim reaper
    That looks a tricky install, elecrical sockets, close to edge of wall to core an 8” hole through, distance from blinds and frames etc so your choice of stove may be very limited in that situation so you definately need expert advice.
  23. slim reaper
    Snap! is yours on a 5 or 6” flue?
  24. slim reaper
    Is the cooker standing on wood or wood effect tiles?
  25. slim reaper
    A given weight of wood can only produce so much energy so while 1 large log split into 2 may last longer than the same log split into 4 pieces , it should only produce the same amount of heat but spread over a longer time.

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