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Cam77punk
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Cathryn
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oldish chris
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Nicky cigreen
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 14 8:46 am Post subject: Re: How Much Wood Should i Get For The Winter |
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Cam77punk wrote: |
Hi People, i am moving soon and have discovered the gas fire in my house is fired by a back boiler, this must make it quite old, So i am toying with removing it and having a wood burning stove instead,
I was just wondering if anyone had any recent experiences of having one fitted ,a rough guide on costs and lastly, How many wooden logs would i need to see me over the wintertime.
Any thoughts or advice will be gratefully recieved,
I thank you in advance, Cheers Cam77punk |
the flue is usually the expensive bit - if you need one fitted - and you usually do, you can be looking at 800+ on that alone. It's worth shopping around for getting a new flue fitted, the stove shop may well not be the best price. A stove will be a few hundred - depending on how big, how fancy and if it has a back boiler etc. If you take the room dimensions and a rough guide to height of chimney along to a woodstove showroon, they will be able to give you a better idea
how much wood? much more than you imagine. But you can supplement it with free wood such as pallets etc, once it becomes known you are willing to take scrap wood, it is surprising how much you get given.
but do it anyway, regardless of economics - a woodburner is a lovely thing. |
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Finsky
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john of wessex
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dpack
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Lorrainelovesplants
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Hi all, yes our wood is free.
We get the occasional tree offered, but its usually down already. We also get sacks of joiners offcuts, old fence panels(great for kindling), and builders joists etc. 2 years ago we had wood from 3 demolished houses - big storage, but we can spensd a few days in the summer, sorting, cutting and stacking.
Yeah, we have to expend energy on most of it, but so what? |
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alison Downsizer Moderator
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Cathryn
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Mistress Rose
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I would suggest getting a stove that will take at least 10" long logs and that will heat more than one room with doors open. The bane of our life is tiny stoves calculated to heat only one room that only take matchsticks. In fact if it takes less than 8" long we have to pass, as we can't cut them, and we charge a premium for 8".
Even if you have to buy in logs they are probably better value per calorie (joule if you prefer), than other fuels. The calculations have been done, and it is fact (try looking on the Forestry Commission website; it might be there somewhere).
Yes, log fires are a lot of work, even if you buy the wood, do make dust, but if you get a flat topped one you can cook on, you aren't stuck if you get a power cut. Solar water heating is also a good idea as this means you don't use power to heat water, particularly during summer. |
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Lorrainelovesplants
Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 6521 Location: Dordogne
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