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  1. sandspider
    Will keep an eye out for it, thanks In theory though, fuel stabilisers contain detergents and other things to clean and nourish fuel systems, not just things to eliminate ethanol?
  2. sandspider
    Thanks, all. I have ordered some B&S fuel fit and will see how it goes. Nowhere round me seems to sell Aspen, but everywhere sells petrol - even the E5 goodness. I might consider Aspen in future new kit, but don't want the faff of converting existing stuff (long coniditioned to petrol) to use Aspen and suffering broken fuel lines etc.
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    Hi folks I run a mixture of 2t and pure petrol tools (none expensive!), and I run them all on super unleaded petrol (E5). Sometimes they sit for a while unusued (weeks or months), so I drain them down and run them empty before storing them. But it's a bit of a faff - if I put fuel stabiliser in the petrol, can they sit unused for as long as I need then fire straight up? Does fuel stabiliser work on 2 stroke and 4 stroke fuels, without affecting mix ratios or anything? Is it still needed if I'm not using E10 petrol? The petrol can sit around for a while too, months - I'm not a heavy user (domestic only). And what's a good one to try if so? Plenty on ebay & Amazon, but if anyone can recommend a decent (not overly expensive) one that would be good. Briggs and Stratton, as I have at least one of their engines? Thanks.
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    One of our burners was installed with the wrong sealant in that flue to stove join. Melted every time the stove got hot and seeped out like that, and it smelt horrible when it burned on the stove. Installer came back out and replaced it, blamed it on a bad batch of sealant and it was fine after that. But it melted and smelt grim every time, not just occasionally.
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    I season wood in a polytunnel, which has mesh covered windows. Usually it seasons well, but I often get drips / damp patches by the windows, especially on the upwind side. Depends on if your mesh is under some sort of roof I suppose, to keep direct rain from falling on the mesh?
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    I like the Titan electric chainsaw, but have never used their splitters. 4 ton wouldn't be enough for my gnarly logs, a 7 ton forest master does a much better job.
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    And the paint comes off them easily. But good splitters!
  8. sandspider
    -6 this morning, 13 on Sunday apparently!
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    I put a bit on the compost heap, fill holes in the drive with it, top up low patches in the paddock... Having said that, my Burley stove is very efficient, so doesn't produce too much ash for the amount we use it.
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    I knackered my right wrist a couple of years ago, still not healing. I used to use an X27, but the occasional go with it after wrist injury made it flair up again. (Mind you, so do most things - including hammering, so don't think it's the fibreglass shaft). I got a smaller X10 which I use left handed (feels odd but works OK), or sometimes borrow a Forest Master 7 ton duocut electric splitter. The latter is good and powerful - slower than the X27 and tyre when splitting straight ash, but it will munch through things I couldn't split with the axe even when my wrist was normal. And it's generally easier on the body, especially the wrist.
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    That would make sense. Some of the nicely split parts are damp, while some of the smaller branch pieces I should have split or striped but couldn't be arsed to are pretty dry.
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    Thanks. Possible, but the logs where the condensation drips tend to be damp on the outside too, and I leave those to one side...
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    Our elderly neighbour had some form of brain incident that required brain surgery. She had lingering dizziness, and was unable to drive for about 6 months, but can again now. Not sure how much of the dizziness was due to the incident or to the anaesthetic/ surgery, but the anaesthetic was a factor I remember.
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    Ah. You may be right there. In that case I don't want to work out what our total energy consumption is per day, it'll be terrifying. And our house isn't even that warm!
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    I understand. Just seems very high for a well insulated modern house with eco friendly air source heat pump. (Though to be fair, I've not worked out how many kWh of logs and oil we get through per day). Glad we don't heat with electricity, that would cost £450 odd per month here.
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    30kwh per day is huge! Was the Devon house even worse? We use about a 3rd of that, in a big, old, cold stone house in a dark Welsh valley
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    Hi all Has anyone noticed any difference in speed of log drying of ash with chalara? I've had some, felled two years, cut and split and stored in the polytunnel for 6 months at least (and a hot 6 months) but a few logs still steam and seep water when they go on the fire. Given that it's ash they should be fairly low water to begin with. I wonder if chalara is affecting the drying out of the logs? I have a vague memory it does something to the cells of the wood, maybe blocking xylems and impeding drying out?
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    Maybe half a cube per week? One to two recycling boxes of logs per day. (Two wood burners, at least one usually lit while I'm about, oil boiler and Ch)
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    Electric saw? I have a Titan 240v mains saw, works very well and isn't too noisy. Other than that, don't process at 7am on a Sunday and generally be considerate and you should be fine!
  20. sandspider
    If it's just surface damp they should dry off in a few days with protection from rain and wind allowed to blow through. If they're properly sodden, e.g. they've been sitting in water, it will take longer. Not as long as they would take to season originally though.
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    Is that bad? We put a camping kettle (quite possibly aluminium) on our woodburners from time to time.
  22. sandspider
    Does removing the cover over those tubes make much difference?
  23. sandspider
    Heat transfer ducting and pumps seem more common in France - go on holiday and bring back some ducting! Or, I found this: How it works | Recoheat WWW.RECOHEAT.CO.UK How the Recoheat stove heat recovery accessory works to maximise your stove's output and warm your home Their claims seem optimistic (half the fuel for twice the heat output) but there might be something in it... (I've never used one, I have eco fans, and two very hot rooms and plenty of cold ones!)
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    Well folks, eventually I've ended up with the below, in WRC. Smells lovely! Not sure where my wife got it in the end, but think it was a local maker. So, what's the best way to preserve it? I don't mind if it goes silver / changes colour as it ages, but I don't want it to rot or get too dirty / mouldy. Some sort of oil? Though then I suppose I'd have to redo it every year or so. Not looking to change the colour with stain or anything, just keep it going for as long as I can. Thanks.
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    Lit the first one in mid September, but only 2 or 3 a week at the moment. Mainly because the wife complains it's cold

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