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Interesting change in subject for the thread ?

The news is jampacked with coronavirus so maybe its time to take our minds off things for just a few minutes?

I spoke to one person who said they are using 50% more wood as a consequence of the isolation advice/lockdown. Surely this cant be right? 50% more?

These are certainly troubling times and all we can do is come together to offer support for each other until it is over - which it will be at some point. However, the financial pain of government bailouts will probably be felt for decades to come, especially so soon after the 2008 financial crisis. The human race is being tested!

Why is he suggesting that wood burning stoves are being banned when that is not the case?

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

little things here and there . Daughter not being able to sit her exams , no bog rolls , not much food bits and bobs like that . Nothing major . How about you ? @BowlandStoves

Nothing much yet (touch wood lol) but feels like if it coming. A few cases around us and in all honesty it is just a matter of time.

Is the coronavirus impacting your life yet?

As ever, when a government announces a new policy they leave more unanswered questions than answered ones!

Nobody ever seems to go back over and fill in the gaps ?

On 13/03/2020 at 09:13, openspaceman said:

Touche, yes

 

My first pint was a Double Diamond and I was in school uniform, some years before.

Sounds like an episode of the "Inbetweeners" lol

Hi @kevinjohnsonmbe

I had a chat with my colleague and none of the manufacturers we currently deal with offer a wood burner oven combi.

Regards,

Mark

It was a serious question but I like your style ??

Lets have a dance down memory lane

What was the first stove you ever bought and in a few words sum up what you thought of it.

Many people automatically assume that the weather plays a huge part in the stove industry. Would the weather tip you in favour of buying a stove/or spare part if it was something you had been thinking about? Interested to hear what everyone thinks.

Hi @Rob_the_Sparky

Not a good start if the image is photo-shopped

How come scandinavian countries, where wood burners are very popular, never seem to appear on the worst emissions list but in the UK apparently stove emissions are the number one target for the green lobby?

While the heat from an electric stove is relatively low compared to wood burning/multifuel stoves, are we likely to see growing interest in this area of the stove market? Or does it just not give the right atmosphere for those who love the deep seated heat of a wood burner?

@trigger_andy

Feel free to ask away in the future lol

2 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Whilst I do agree it would have been great to have seen some clearance stoves from you guys when I was looking. I should have maybe asked had I thought of it. 

Andy, I have taken the link down as didnt want to offend. I was genuinely trying to help.

It looks like the UK will eventually leave the EU - will the stove industry benefit from being outside of EU regulations going forward?

Hit or a miss for that kind of money? (p.s. not a promotional post, we dont sell them :))

I have taken the link down - was genuinely trying to help. I have added hundreds of posts to the forum over the last few months without advertising in any way.

Has the stove industry not used a guidance figure of 20% for many years? If this is not sustainable then it might be difficult to change it to 25% now?

"a fuel consisting of an emulsion of bitumen in water."

Doesnt sound too great to me

On one hand this has given stove retailers/manufacturers the chance to get out there and correct errors in the press. On the other hand, it has muddied the water a little and put a degree of doubt into the mind of some people. It could certainly have been handled better by the authorities but we are where we are at the moment.

While some blame the government for the mis-information circulating last week, it does say categorically in the announcement that there would be no ban on wood burning stoves. Happens that some media outlets chose to ignore that bit and make sensational headlines of their own. So, surely this must be the end of any stove related legislation for now? They have had a long time to think of these regulations so hopefully we wont be waking up to the sensationalising headlines for some time to come!