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I think it will be a surprise if it survives at all. There is a lot of pressure to ban woodburners and I think that pressure will increase.

Wires are a bit scruffy as they are fitted to a spare battery, in the process of running a wire to the next room (where the heat goes) and connect to the battery bank in there. That is charged off solar and runs all the other stuff in there such as lights, pc, printers and labelling machines. No fuel filter fitted as the one supplied wasn't sealed so no fuel could get through, will fit one when it arrives. 2m exhaust going through a bulkhead/thru-hull fitting. Designed to go through boat hulls and is double skinned. Goes through the door because I didn't want it through the wall, it is an insulated cavity wall with brick on the outside and didn't want to put a hole in it. 2m exhaust should be cool enough by time it gets to the wooden door. There are lots of doors and I don't use this one. Fittings holding the exhaust were what I had lying around from a previous project involving water pipe. Hole in wall for heating is just a single block wall into the next room, hole in that doesn't matter to me. Heater the other side of wall from where I would normally be working to give less intrusive noise although with the radio on it's not an issue anyway. Would be different if it was where I wanted to sleep. Put fitting into top of tank asI reckoned less likely to get leaks than a failing connector in the bottom. It works fine.

I should think there would be massive savings by not having to have newt surveys and archeological reports on the seabed. They will be fecked if the bats find it and decide it's a cave though, perhaps they just work on the assumption that it will be finished by then or maybe they put it down as ecological mitigation.

Not much rain and not as windy as the last storm. I think we escaped.

No but if it was me was asleep in the van it may as well be unattended.

Yeah, I've watched a few. I'd say it was well worth it as there's loads of heat lost. How safe are these things? Are they safe enough to just leave running unattended? Would like to just leave it running permanently in this weather but don't want to burn my shed down. It is all well assembled and correctly fitted. Nothing combustible near the exhaust etc. I guess if they aren't safe they wouldn't be aimed at van camping folk.

Glad to hear you are progressing. Can't be easy at all.

I got one for my shed, arrived earlier this week and got it fitted and fired up by this morning. Runs on red and uses very little, been on all day and used a litre maybe. Does throw out nice warm air but my shed is too big for it to ever get hot in there. Way too much heat goes out through the exhaust and it really needs to go through a household radiator or something to get more out of it. Shed was 3°C and is now 8°C. Doesn't sound great but it is full of bottles of apple juice which act like a massive thermal sink. Got to warm all them up before it gets warm. Don't really want it too warm but it's too cold to be working in there at the mo. The problem I have in there is the bottles get very cold during this weather and then when it warms up they get condensation on them. Bloody nightmare trying to get labels to stick onto a wet glass bottle!

My ancient Bramley trees are constantly delaminating, it is how they grow and they are perfectly healthy. I'm not so familiar with pears but I do think it is normal based on the picture.

Might be completely normal.

Well that escalated

Annie was 83

I like mistletoe and there wasn't any (or very little) around here is why I grew it and still do. No doubt it can become a burden on the tree but not so far in my orchards and if it does it's easy to remove or reduce at pruning time. Probably worth more than the fruit anyway.

Top tip is collect some berries closer to Easter when they are ripe, but I have had very limited success from Christmas berries. About 5% success at Christmas, more like 80% mid March. It is uncommon around here but I have hundreds in my orchards because I put it there.

Depends if you are self employed or not usually. I've got the dentist on Friday, about three quarters of a tooth fell out/off over Christmas. I won't be having the injection, never do as I find all that numbness worse than the drill in the first place. I'm also convinced they drill deeper than necessary if you are not jumping about and screaming.

Perfect example

Next door does just that and the stench of burning plastic is just feckin awful. When I rule the world these people will be lined up.....

I don't like the thing about surveys when the question gives all the negatives about doing something and then asks if you would do it. It inevitably gives a different answer or you could say it leads the answer to being what the survey wants it to be. This survey uses carbon to do this which I expected before even looking tbh. Why not have a question that says "Research shows people visiting graves results in an extra 20 brazillion tons of carbon emissions, should people visit graves?" or "Scientists claim graveside sobbing results in more than 20% increase in CO2 due to increased respiration, should burials be unattended?" A survey should be there to find information not to influence opinion.

Books, second hand from the charity shop etc. Seriously and I know someone that does.(not me!)

I'm no expert on such things but I have seen bigger and smaller stuff laid to good effect. I wouldn't be concerned.

That's the smoke from the tractor drivers kettle you can see, not a bonfire. Them pair don't get on.

Well I have a sneaking suspicion they are reasonably OK when brand new. I expect they block fairly easy, rust quickly and spares are not easy to come by along with zero resale value but thought it worth asking as I have no experience whatsoever. Burning I have lots of experience and if left to go brown before lighting they are no bother at all. Just do it after a shower of rain so you don't set light to all your neighbours crops etc. Usually disappeared within half an hour and very little smoke. I have plenty of space for this, drop them as full trees and drag them to the burn site to trim the logs out.

Sub £5k, preferably more like £3k. I have no idea if they even exist at that price and be able to cope with leylandii, that is why I am asking. The bonfire is always an option but could use some chip around the place. I see pto chippers advertised at £3k but I don't know if they would cope with leylandii as I have read on here it is a bit more tricky for the machines as it is gummy for one and it can also get wrapped around the internals.

I don't doubt they are good machines but are they not £10k ish? Bonfire is sensible option at that price