47 NAT

Only problem with the stove is the colour bottom rotation dial has dis coloured.

As for the for the Westie? He's been my best, most loyal friend a person can ever, ever have. Such an awesome, random personality that's never found in a human - love him loads. I've had him for near on 10 years - will post another pic of him in a bit ....

I couldn't read the other thread on here about dogs after the 3rd post - I welled up

hodgy0_2

Looks great

Although I would go through that wood store in two days!!!!!

Coal burns hot and long - and can be useful for keeping it going over night

Personally I avoid coal now (I used to burn it), it is just so terrible for CO2 emissions

ditchmyster

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Looks great, that wood storage area made me laugh sorry.

Much like hodgy i'd rip through that in a day or so when it's really cold here, I'll load some pics off my mobile in a bit.

Mine is nothing fancy but it's what pretty much everyone uses out here as they really do the job of putting out the heat without chewing all your wood up too quickly.
Mine is around 7yrs old and is really temporary as I'll be doing the whole place off a bigger one that heats and circulates water through the radiators via a very simple pump and piping in the back and this one will go in the garage eventually.
The key to consumption is the amount of air, once it's up to temp drop the air to next to nothing and it won't go through wood and will maintain the temp. You only get smoke if you open the door while it's flaming or not very hot as in you just lit it, so it's important to light it well in the beginning with plenty of wood on to make sure you don't end up faffing with it and filling the house with smoke because you didn't get it going properly, been there, done that.

Only other thing I'd say is that your wood sounds expensive, it's £250 for 10 cubic metres out here which is enough for the year and a bit left over if I go easy, but it does come in 1m lengths that need to be cut to size. I have a mate in the UK that contacted local tree surgeons and gets most of his wood off them, also Forestry commission can be a good source as they're always felling. I get mine for much cheaper as I offer to "clean" woodland for friends or help them cut their wood and get 1 cubic meter of every 3 I cut, I have my own small piece of woodland that I get a small amount out of too.

Lit mine for the first time this winter yesterday, got to say I love it and everything that goes with it, it's a lot of work but worth it, keeps me pretty fit too.

ditchmyster

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Here's my burner, 10kw and is plenty for the 5mx12m area it heats.

Wood store which I'm currently working on filling and the woods I'm cleaning and getting my wood from.

47 NAT

Very nice ditchy. I see what you mean about a "proper wood storage"

These were done more for convenience as they're closer to living room doors and they cost nothing but a small box of screws and some left over roofing felt. There are 1m wide by roughly 700mm high and 600mm deep.

I tried coal yesterday and it's no where near as nice burning that stuff. The flame, hiss, cracks and pops are way better with wood. Interesting to know how much you guys burn as well - I thought I was to eager been new to it. I had just under a 1m cubed bag and only have a dozen or so left over 12 days of a few weekend days/nights and most weekday evenings.

Looking at prices here it seems the going rate is anywhere between £120/150 for 3 bags or £60/80 for one. Loads by truck vary a lot as well so I need to find a decent supply from somewhere. I need a long term storage area to make it cheaper ....

njkmrs

Ive never paid for wood with mine to be honest.
I will scavenge wood from anyone who needs a tree removing or has already had one chopped down.
I will fill my fireside box with lumps of wood and can usually make that last the afternoon and evening without filling it up again. Box is about 450 x 300 mm and about 400 high when stacked up.
Nothing better than sitting there watching the flames feeling "Smug" ,knowing its free.!

JackClark

Mate is a wood chopper.

dpb

No smoke less zone then !

ditchmyster

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I think you'r ok in smoke less zones burning wood as it's not toxic as such, coal is the problem, think coke is ok too.

ditchmyster

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You can get your consumption of wood down quite low if you're smart about it, just takes a little while to find the balance, my burner also has the stones in it that retain heat so it stays warm for 2/3 hours after it's gone out. I tend to cut some big chunks like the ones on the floor in front of my pile for overnight and through the day which stops the house from chilling down, that way I find I don't battle with the cold to get it back up to temp 18/23 degrees also don't end up going over that and opening windows 28/30 inside when its under 10 outside can be a bit much.


I'm off to the woods again in a bit, just waiting for the sun to get up a bit more burn the dew off then I have several loads to get back here, should be fun.