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Where Do You Chuck Your Stove Ash?
John Skinner replied to Witterings's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Obviously if it's hot, you put it into your neighbours bin 😂 -
Where Do You Chuck Your Stove Ash?
John Skinner replied to Witterings's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
In the morning, when the stove/ash is cool. You lift the tray and empty it into a pedal bin bag and put it in your green bin. Only if cold 😉 -
If you're waiting for someone to provide you with wood on the cheap/free then you'll probably have a long cold winter. Even if they do, you might find its fresh cut/not dry and ready for burning. Bite the bullet and find yourself a good 'honest' firewood supplier (might even be one on here) and hope they have wood to sell you. There's been a hell of a lot of demand this year and some (certainly in my area) aren't taking on new customers and have already allocated their stocks. * Weird, as the stuff literally grows on trees. Check sites like Gumtree, Vivastreet and Locanto for local free listings from people with trees/wood they want rid of. They often also have listings from farms selling cubed bags of wood from windblown/cleared trees. In my area that's down to £40-£65 per cube. Joinery sites at your local ind est often have a lot of scrap off-cuts they give away/sell if you can collect.
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Windy, Wet, Overcast and Miserable here in The Highlands. Never known weather like it; the wind hasn't stopped all blooming year and even going back into last year too. High winds with very strong gusts. I've had to resort to strapping down the sheds with heavy duty 10m/50mm ratchet straps, just to keep the roofs on. Now we're heading into 'winter' god only knows what the weather will throw at us ⛈️🌪️
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Logs ? 🤔
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I'm sure some of what's been said would be transferable 🤔 Split them in half to see how far the moisture goes. If they are wet, then return to them the next summer. The ones on the outside of the pile will be wetter than those on the inside. It's always good to stack them against the wall in the woodshed. and we all know ... if they are getting wet on one side, turn them round 🤪
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No. They've not been sitting in water. Just had the rain pouring over them for a few days; possibly more. Ok, that sounds fine. I'll get them moved into the woodshed on Wed and give them 7-10 days, then maybe test them with a moisture meter.
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How long does it take dried wood to re-dry after getting soaked in the rain? Had a couple of extra cubes of dried softwood stored behind the woodshed. It 'was' covered with plastic wrapped wooden sheets. But the high winds/rain we've had the past few weeks must have lifted those and the rain has been pi**ing in for days. If i can get this moved into the protection of the open sided wood store (or) inside the woodshed itself, will this be ok to burn soon? Or will i have to wait a while for this to dry out?
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Have you had your first fire yet?
John Skinner replied to Dazza95's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
And if it's anything like my FF ... all the bangs, clicks, cracks and buzzes saves you putting the radio on too. Possibly how German techno was invented ? -
Another thought. Is the flue clean? Nothing up there causing a blockage (low flying emu, etc) that could be causing a lack of air draw?
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You want the bottom vent open to force air into the stove grill and feed the flame. I also have the top vent fully open (MFS not WB) to maximise the draw from the flue. You want the flue warm aspa, that will help draw the heat up and keep the flames lower down going. The top down method helps with this, as all the heat is at the top of the stove.
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Top down method of lighting is my go to method for lighting 👍
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I would say the BP is way to close at just 1". On mine the plate sits much further back. Looks like you are forcing the heat/smoke out the front vent, rather than up to the flue. Might just need a wee trim. Another thought ... Was the new BP coated? You might also be burning off any coating the BP had on it, which would account for the white smoke 🤔
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Minor Fings Wot Broke... That wee safety button on your chainsaw you need to hold in to get it going/nothing works without it. No more than a shaped plastic pin with a tiny spring. Aye ... it broke 🙄 Very minor i know. But Soooo fecking annoying 😖
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There also used to be (not sure if anyone will remember these) stainless steel bars of soap; round about 1978/80. Well there was 'no soap' just a soap shaped metal block that you washed your hands with. Anyone?
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🤣 Aye, that's probably the only way t would work 🤣
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Don't pretend you don't already know 😉 LOL ... Oh hell. I can't give this away for free. No one, NO ONE, would pay for it.
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Communal shower - No way!! If folk want to see me wet and covered in soap in the shower they can pay for my OnlyFans like everyone else 😲😱 😂🤣
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Ah yes. Can't go wrong with Wrights Coal Tar soap. Also the old Life Buoy red bar, or the original Dettol / Vaseline soap bars. Just add water 🤣
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Floor looks awful glossy (or maybe mine just needs a clean) so it might actually be sitting on a glass hearth? I'm looking forward to hearing the outcome of this tale of woe.
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It's difficult to buy soap when all your money is going on iPhones, iPads, fancy oversized headphones, mobile data contracts, expensive trainers, beard grooming wax, hair gel, avocados, beer, kebabs, Freddy the frog chocolate and the like. It's very difficult for students these days 🙄 (sarcastic eye roll)
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Good spot. I hadn't noticed that. Too busy looking at the flow of goop. Although these tend to have short gap distances from consumables, this does look too close to the sill, skirt and even window glass. Might need to think about putting in a air gapped heat shield box ... if there would even be room for that. After the instal job done on the rest of th system i would have it all checked anyway. .
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Have you had your first fire yet?
John Skinner replied to Dazza95's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Ha!! If this kinda thing was even slightly likely i'd have the entire house refrigerated. Sadly, as it would just be my own Moobs ... it just wouldn't look the same 😂🤣 -
Have you had your first fire yet?
John Skinner replied to Dazza95's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Holiday? Chance would be a fine thing. I'll look on Ebay, gather the bits nice and cheap on there. Or at a push, B&Q -
Have you had your first fire yet?
John Skinner replied to Dazza95's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
Thank you all. That's quite the setup @openspaceman I'm not looking to go down the direct from stove route, but the principle should be the same. Looking to vent from the ceiling in front of the stove, using the inline fan to move the air via aluminium ducting to the lounge. It's only one room over via the loft, but a few rooms over for air travelling down the hall. It wont give me near the 30c your getting. But it will move wasted warm air to where it's more needed. * Might also stop the choc biscuits melting in the kitchen cupboards too 😉 I can't seem to find a system to do this without getting into silly money. So i think it might be easier to adapt a kitchen inline extractor or just put a system together (ceiling intake, inline fan, alu ducting, ceiling vent).
