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  1. sandspider
    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.
  4. sandspider
    Thanks. Possible, but the logs where the condensation drips tend to be damp on the outside too, and I leave those to one side...
  5. sandspider
    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!
  7. sandspider
    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.
  8. sandspider
    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?
  10. sandspider
    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)
  11. sandspider
    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!
  12. 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.
  14. sandspider
    Does removing the cover over those tubes make much difference?
  15. 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!)
  16. sandspider
    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.
  17. sandspider
    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
  18. sandspider
    When one of our burners was installed, the installer filled the gap between stove body and chimney collar with some black siliconey stuff. It melted, ran onto the stove top and smelt horrible and chemically when I lit the fire. Installer claimed it was a bad batch of sealant and replaced it, and it's been fine since. I did wonder if he'd put the wrong stuff in. Call your installer...
  19. sandspider
    Looks like an old Villager I used to have? Could be wrong though.
  20. sandspider
    Whoops. How did you put it out?
  21. sandspider
    Thanks. It's a dryish patch of ground as it happens, and I won't be spending any money on drainage! I'll cut out the dead ones and see what happens to the rest. Shame.
  22. sandspider
    Ah, that's certainly possible. There's larch behind our house, and it may well have phytopthora. Will Google the symptoms. Oh well, suppose there's no rush to fell the dead ones, it'll be everywhere.
  23. sandspider
    Hi all Hoping someone can help. A few years ago I planted 10 sweet chestnuts in two small rows, trying to grow some posts for future fencing. One of them died, which I thought was due to drought, so I left it there. But I see that now a couple more are ill or dead. See pics below. I'm guessing they've got some sort of disease- any idea what? And I imagine I should cut out and burn the dead ones ASAP? Hoping I can save the rest, but it may be too late- though they look healthy for now Thanks.
  24. sandspider
    I suppose they don't want people using the standard flue thermometers and melting their stoves getting the flue temp to 200C as the thermometer advises!
  25. sandspider
    I've got a Bluedot (I think) one on my smaller stove. I don't have an IR thermometer to compare, but it seems to read low to me - only 100C ish when the stove is running nice and hot. My Burley stove manual says not to use them, as the stove is so efficient the flue temp is quite low - to get a flue thermometer reading in the healthy range would mean massively overfueling the stove. Maybe get an IR thermomemter instead?!

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