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  1. sandspider
    Hi all As above - I'm after a load or two of woodchip near Chepstow please. Ideally seasoned, but would consider fresh. Can probably handle 3 or 4 m3 at a time, with some notice! Cheers, Giles
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    I asked a similar question a month or so ago. Most people seemed to be in favour of the Burley Hollywell. Not ideal for me as it's top flue exit only, but might work for you... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/102744-yet-another-reccomend-me-wood-burner-thread.html
  3. sandspider
    Thank you, that's useful. Looks good. And you're right, it's hard to pin a stove installer down to even coming to have a look, never mind installing something! Suppose everyone and their dog wants a woodburner installed at this time of year.
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    Shame they don't have an external air supply option though, I'd like that too. Do you know anyone with the Wildwood (wood only version) compared to the Fireview (multi fuel) option? Leaning towards the Wildwood, as I'd rather have a stove dedicated to burning wood. Thank you.
  5. sandspider
    Does anyone have any experience of the Woodwarm range, particularly the Fireview? Seem to get good reviews on the interweb. Cheers.
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    Damn you!! Decisions, decisions. But yes, I would like a stove that can tick away (without smouldering / tarring) and give 5kw, or be stoked up a bit to heat more of the house. I assume all stoves do this to some extent. Are are specifically recommended as having good efficiency at 5kw but max rated to 10kw or so? Thanks for continued input. From a fair bit of research it seems there's not really that much difference between the various different wood burners - as long as you're looking at a decent make, not the MachineMart cheapies.
  8. sandspider
    Thanks LW, already in touch with them. And thanks Gary, now in touch with them too!
  9. sandspider
    Thanks for the follow up Alec. Planning is coming on well, just need to find the time to finish selecting varieties and get them ordered and planted. And fenced!
  10. sandspider
    Titan electric from screwfix has done well for me. Good £50 worth when it was on offer. Not used the 2 stroke really since I got it! Similar use to you by the sounds of it, though I haven't done that much firewood chopping recently.
  11. sandspider
    Hi all As title. I'm looking for tree stakes, 1.65 - 1.8m tall by 2-3" diameter, in durable wood, e.g. sweet chestnut, WRC, larch etc. Don't think I can justify oak! I'll need at least 40, possibly as many as 80. Can anyone here provide these, and can you PM me prices? Also interested in tree shelters if anyone has any knocking about... Thank you.
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    Thanks Cod. Stuff in the link looks good, and a bit cheaper than the Groundguard too. Alas, the rest of what you say sounds like hard work! I just want to chuck the stuff down and let the grass grow through it! I don't need to drive anything heavy over it, I just want a decent result with as little effort and cost as possible!
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    Cheers all. Tufftrack and similar rubbery sheets seem pricey, and a bit of a faff moving it on and off again. And the grass paving looks like a ton of work! Think I might just try the GroundGuard stuff with minimal ground preparation and see how it goes. Not going to be running artics over it on a regular basis, just the odd load of wood in a trailer / small van, I hope! Marne, the one you link looks similar to the stuff in my original post, so not sure why that could be laid without work but GG should have surface prep similar to what Craig said?
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    Anyone else getting giant pictures on Arbtalk recently when they used to fit to monitor width?
  15. sandspider
    Thanks all The ground in question is pretty soggy, grass, moss and soil. But I don't intend to be running lots of heavy things over it, so the matting may do the job... I could put 2x4s or similar under the matting I suppose!
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    Hi all Just wondering if anyone has any experience of the above? E.g. ACO GroundGuard I'd like to lay something like this across the lawn so I can get a small tractor, maybe the odd car and trailer of logs across it without turning it to rutted mud. This looks like it would do the job? And also look lawn like once the grass has grown through... I suspect though it's not just a matter of laying it down, pinning it in place and waiting for the grass to go through it, I guess it needs scraping off of soil, laying of compacted hardcore, then sprinkling back on of soil and grass seed... If it does require all this work, is it worth the effort? Has anyone used this sort of thing successfully? Thank you.
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    Thanks. Does anyone have any experience of the Ekol Clarity 5? And are modern Morsos as good as the older ones?
  18. sandspider
    Ha, don't worry! I didn't think you were trying to badger me into buying one! (My wife says I'm too stubborn to be badgered anyway, she's tried!) I'd like to get a Burley (based on feedback on here) but I think the top only exit will scupper that. Will see what my installer can do...
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    Thanks gents, does seem he was talking out of his bottom. On another note, my installer says a rear exit stove would be better to allow the stove to sit further into the room -quite a small fireplace. Am I right in thinking the Holywell is top exit only? Bugger...
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    Did seem a bit unlikely, but he was quite convincing. About how he'd been trying to convince them to change the design of their combustion chamber for 18 months without success! The one he recommended was only a couple of hundred quid more than the Burley, so I don't think he was trying to gouge us too much... A chap who sells wood burners on here said that the Burleys can blacken the glass on the left hand side of the window as their airwash runs from left to right (not top to bottom), and drags ash on to the glass. Has anyone noticed that issue at all? Cheers.
  21. sandspider
    Hi guys Looking into this again now we're in the house! Been to a few local stove showrooms. One didn't stock Burley, and recommended a Bergen stove. The other did stock Burley, but didn't rate them - he's about to stop stocking them, apparently they waste a lot of heat downwards, can crack the slab they rest on and require a long flue to draw properly? This one recommended a Scan Andersen 4-5, which was a neat looking little stove. Has anyone tried the latter? David H, I'm not looking for a boiler stove, just a basic convection heater for the living room. Bonus if it can push heat further into the house, but I won't be hooking rads to the woodburner. Ilnumero, as said, I'm not after a boiler stove, but the Coseyfire does look surprisingly cheap! They do seem to do a smaller 5kw non-boiler version, but I can't find many reviews of it. Anything you don't like about your bigger one? Cheers all.
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    Ah yes, that's one of the ones I found! Which does suggest £5.00 a metre (including materials) is about right. One person there is quoting £1.50 a metre for labour!
  23. sandspider
    Thanks Steve. I had got the figure of £6 or so a metre from somewhere, but I thought that included materials. Sounds a bit optimistic now I come to think of it!
  24. sandspider
    Thanks TB. Could you PM me his details? Cheers.
  25. sandspider
    It's the edge of a paddock, with woodland and garden on the other two sides. I want to plant trees, so I think rabbit fencing will be necessary? Not moved in yet, so not sure what's about. When you say standard stock fence, you mean wooden posts and wire netting, but the netting not dug in? (That's what I think of as rabbit netting, but maybe I've got the term wrong?) Thank you.

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