log burner, its the future

[balltrap]

Its not the carcass its your feet :lol: that smell

 

[Simbo]

Stipple or Broken Leather?

 

[balltrap]

Stipple or Broken Leather?






 

Thats Artex talk 

 

[ips]

sod off, its retro artex ?

 

[Simbo]

Comb Over?

 

[balltrap]

Rcn  :lol:

 

[Xaphan]

sod off, its retro artex ?

an Austin Allegro is retro..........doesn't mean its any good   :wink:

 

[ips]

god, I remember those. Bloody hideous things and no comparison with my rather dapper artex ?

 

[Simbo]

Mrs IPS won't be calling it dapper when the ash from the fire starts building like a swallows nest!

 

[balltrap]

I have a vision  in my head of IPS in his artex trophy room on a cold night, with a malt in one hand and the log fire burning with the dog at his side saying ho well and throwing his score card in the fire :lol:

 

[Xaphan]

god, I remember those. Bloody hideous things and no comparison with my rather dapper artex ?

next you'll be telling us you painted it Magnolia 

 

[jwpzx9r]

One winters burning wood for my  wood burners the wood cut and stacked is oak the un cut pile is hornbeam for the cooker brilliant burning wood

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[Wonko the Sane]

Do any of you live anywhere near the 21st Century?

oke:

 

[ips]

Do any of you live anywhere near the 21st Century?

oke:

do you mean were in it.....already ?

 

[jwpzx9r]

Do any of you live anywhere near the 21st Century?

oke:

I live in France Charlie... they are still humming and hawing about the outcome of the revolution in some quarters :lol:

Any way I have to say down here the burning of logs comes second only to burning witches and other nerdowells  I have to say the warmth given off by my two burners is really great it is a really comforting warmth... just a bit crap when I have to venture out into the cold to fetch more logs in the pissing rain. Of course I am talking about burning logs at this point ... witches give off a nice heat with a slightly aromatic quality some find not too unpleasant You do need good ear defenders though  :lol:

 

[donna]

We have a wood burner, and I would not ever have a house without one now.  It heats the whole of the downstairs, gives off a wonderful heat and yes the dog loves it, sits so close to it it's a wonder her fur doesn't burn!  I would rather have the wood burner on than the central heating, it's a more natural heat and it's lovely to look at too, turn the lights off and you get s lovely glow, makes you feel all homely!!!!  

We get quite a few power cuts in the winter so it comes in handy when there's no other form of heating, I've got some heavy duty saucepans which I have used to heat water for tea/coffee and soup on the top too.  Every house should have one!

 

[ips]

totally agree donna

 

[jwpzx9r]

Right Ian so to be in the log burner club proper you will need the following

A decent Stihl chainsaw. I have an 038 which is old but very good and allows cutting logs and any tree I may be given. Chain sharpening kit for it

A merlin for splitting logs

Hydraulic log splitter

A stackable saw horse for log cutting

decent wood shed for stacking and drying.

One tip on driving your log burner  NEVER clean your fire out every day. Always maintain a good bed of ashes in the bottom of the stove.  I remove some of the ashes from time to time but the stove always has a thick bed of ash in the bottom the stove gives off a better heat and burns better. If you want to move the heat you can get a stove top fan, although because your stove is not in a chimney you may not  get the benefit I get from mine which moves more hot air out into the room rather than let it go up the chimney.

 

[jwpzx9r]

Here are my two stoves. I fitted them both myself. Bang for buck the kitchen stove is tops nothing beats coming into the house on a cold day and getting blasted with the warmth from the stove. It is a winner heating and cooking brilliant.

 

[Wonko the Sane]

And here I was thinking I was pretty retro with a gas range.  

Imagine that

And witches could only be toasted in quarters prolly and that could get just way messy.  Do you use the broom for a spit?