trigger_andy
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Thankfully I don’t live in an area where I have to worry about such nonsense. I generally follow the instruction manual for my stoves and that advice must be 10-15 years old. Sub 25%mc logs and hot fast burn for 20 minutes twice a day. Never had an issue. It’s great to have the ability to slumber the Stove for periods of time when we’re out or busy. When it comes time to replace a Stove I’ll be sure to remove all the BS gubbins to get the stove to run right.
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I followed plans. Got them in the US after a lot of searching. Ok see if I have them on my laptop and I’ll drop you a PM if I can find them. I altered the design slightly but that was more to do with not having the right tools for the job more than anything.
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No, I’m guessing not £100 each for gate posts. I’d say £50 each is fair and I’d use some scrappy oak that did not make the Mantle grade.
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To be honest I mostly get requests for mantles or timber framing oak. For that Im £50 a cube. I’d charge the same for a gate post and if I got the order great if not I’ll not lose sleep. My last green mantle was £100 a cube.
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It might have a market, but when I’m getting £50 a cubic foot and sometimes £100 a cube for green oak why waste my milling time to mill a product that will bring less than I get for green larch? Better off as firewood unfortunately.
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That’s my thinking. The Beech I’ve milled and used for my own projects is lovely timber, is a bit of a shame it’s not currently very desirable. Saying that Dave seems to flog it quite readily.
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Thankfully not. There is certainly a slow and steady creep North.
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There’s still enclaves remaining. 🤣
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To me it’s more hassle than it’s worth as I’ve a backlog of more valuable timber to slab up. I’m currently cutting up better logs than that for firewood as I’ll need a good supply these coming winters and what I don’t use I’ll readily sell.
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Thankfully they mostly congregate in Englandshire. You’re welcome to them, I doubt they could make it anymore of a shitehole if they tried.
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Are you literally this naïve?
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If you still believe it’s your company your rules you’re gonna find yourself getting a rude awakening one day.
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Because of the MasterBates connotation? Can you legally exclude smokers? By all means exclude them at the interview stage though. 🤣
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What timbers are a sod to mill when not fresh felled ?
trigger_andy replied to arboriculturist's topic in Panther Mill UK
I’ve built a fair bit with green larch. No issues at all. -
If they maintain it yes. They may well pleach it along the fence. I’d not really worry about it. If they maintain it then great. If the don’t then spray what comes over your boundary with Roundup. Oops. 🤣
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I’m certainly no expert by the Geans/Wild Cherry in my Garden are a fair size. Some are/where a good 16-18” DBH and dwarf the house. As they’ve put netting over the tree I’ll assume they plan on eating the Cherry’s and therefore might try and keep it to a manageable size.
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Cherry
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Sending heat from upstairs to downstairs.
trigger_andy replied to Donnie's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
We used to have a room to room fan for moving warm air from the room we had the stove in. I wonder if you could do something similar? A fan set high in the room with the stove connected to ducting and ran within the stud wall and exiting low in the room you wish to heat? -
Sounds like you need a Clearview. 🤣 I’d make them my next choose to support their stance .
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I’ve tried the on-shore life, it really does not agree with me at all. I found I had very little time to do the things I wanted to do and my family life suffered. Off-shore works for me. With Zoom, FaceTime etc it hardly feels like you’re away. But being at home with the wee ones for 4-6 weeks at a time uninterrupted for the majority of the year is really nice. I think I’ll do another 10 years and call it a day. Working 90 days of the year is semi-retired anyway.
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I work 90-100 days a year. Thats over 260 days a year Im free to do as I please. There is not many jobs that allow you that level of freedom and time to spend with your friends and family and still make a good bit over £100k a year without breaking a sweat. My point being that Locums in my opinion have well and truly earned that day-rate and I'll assume they will not be getting a private pension and all the other perks folk get when PAYE. I have zero interest in working as a consultant the loss of the pension I get from my company is enough to give me the shivers, I dont have to pay a penny into it either.
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To be fair £800 a day is not that much in the grand scheme of things. They have earned the right to earn that kinda money through the 7-10 years of intense training and low pay. The Semi-submersible Im currently working on is contracted to Neptune Energy. The Consultants here are on £1000-3000 a day. But then there is no salary, no sick pay and no pension.
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Oh yes. A 10 second search found me an article from the Telegraph no less. Since I asked you to play Devils advocate and post your findings I assume you struggled? Perhaps your search criteria was inadequate? Post up your search terms and perhaps that will shine some light on why you can’t find the answers you seek.
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Apologies for putting you through that. [emoji16]
