Show us: your log burners and open fires

[SpokeyDokey]

You mean on the left of the photo? No. It's a leather pony for doing learher work.

Nope; it is either mustard or some fancy new lube for your bike :

 

[welsh dragon]

Nope; it is either mustard or some fancy new lube for your bike :

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Bloody big bottle to be lube. that's white PVA glue.

 

[philtalksbx]

Our lovely Chilli Penguin, complete with matching hearth penguin.
Our sweep said I should burn it hotter as deposits were found halfway up the flue. Not sure how to do that without roasting us even more than it does already. Very warm on the coldest days mind.

 

[Notafettler]

A long the side of the house

Made out of pallets. Sides made out of round bale pallets.

Down the side of the garage. Only 2 foot wide.
All fetched on my bikes. Either 10 to 12 inches long in the 4 pannier bags on my Santos's or around 22 inches long on my electric bike using a trailer.
Ran out of wood stores so some wood in front of third picture.

The wood in front of the pallet wood store. Really need some pallets for another couple of wood stores to feed my addiction.



I think I may be an addict. Addicted to foraging particularly for wood. I cut up the wood (all fallen trees) and collect it when exercising the dog.
I will probably have it burning all day everyday till the end of winter. It doesn't go out at night.

Central heating is LPG. So I save about £750 year. That's a guess. When i take out a contract with a new supplier (2 year) I agree to use 2000 litres a year. I doubt I use 250. Eventually they notice and won't reduce my price at renewal. The present one didn't notice so I got good price on what I use. One supplier gave me £150 to renew, about a years worth of LPG.

 

[Milkfloat]

This thread makes me slightly jealous as I was keen on a wood burner when we did our big extension last year. We decided not to go through with it on environmental grounds though.

 

[Notafettler]

I would love to make/build a rocket heater mass heater.
The wood I have would last at least 10 years probably a lot more. A collecting sticks though is a better option for a rocket stove.
https://richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp

 

[Notafettler]

By the way for those who don't know the law on foraging for wood:-
If it's standing it's stealing.
If it's fallen it's foraging.
I know that's the law as I found it on a post on foraging site and as I posted it, so it must be true.
Farmers don't care anyway, as long as they don't know.

 

[PaulSB]

Those are really good. They make sure you can't burn your hands or fingers. .

Your just jealous

Moi?

 

[PaulSB]

This is our Much Wenlock multi-fuel stove, about 30 years old. I've had to reline it once and replace two of the riddle bars in that time. We burn foraged wood 99% of the time. The coal scuttle contains smokeless fuel for the occasions we go out and want to be sure the stove is burning when we get home. Being 30+ years old it's not as efficient as newer models.

I've about 1.5 winters worth of logs and kindling cut, dried and stacked in the woodshed. I need a local tree to come down this winter.

And this is the front room open fire which we light on cold evenings.

 

[rogerzilla]

Don't burn too much at once, some manufacturers won't guarantee their stoves if you burn eucalyptus because the oils in it makes it burn incredibly hot. I use it sparingly in mine. Like most woods it needs splitting as green as possible, because when dry it is very very tough.

It's tough when green too, because it grows with a twisted grain. It's a case of smashing it rather than cleaving it.

There are about 100 varieties of eucalyptus and some are oilier than others. This wasn't oily at all and burnt a bit like ash, but with a more orange flame. I have a flue thermometer anyway.

 

[Ridgeway]

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A long the side of the house View attachment 554623
Made out of pallets. Sides made out of round bale pallets. View attachment 554624
Down the side of the garage. Only 2 foot wide.
All fetched on my bikes. Either 10 to 12 inches long in the 4 pannier bags on my Santos's or around 22 inches long on my electric bike using a trailer.
Ran out of wood stores so some wood in front of third picture.
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The wood in front of the pallet wood store. Really need some pallets for another couple of wood stores to feed my addiction.



I think I may be an addict. Addicted to foraging particularly for wood. I cut up the wood (all fallen trees) and collect it when exercising the dog.
I will probably have it burning all day everyday till the end of winter. It doesn't go out at night.

Central heating is LPG. So I save about £750 year. That's a guess. When i take out a contract with a new supplier (2 year) I agree to use 2000 litres a year. I doubt I use 250. Eventually they notice and won't reduce my price at renewal. The present one didn't notice so I got good price on what I use. One supplier gave me £150 to renew, about a years worth of LPG.

Addiction me thinks

Most of ours is kept in the forest, about 5-7m³ at the house and about 5-10 seasoning in the forest, usually keep it there for 3yrs before bringing it up, then around 1yr at the house. I'll usually fell 2-3 trees each January, log them down to 1m, then split into 4 before stacking and leaving them there. Once seasoned i cut them down to 25cm lengths on the band saw.

Got some Damson wood to burn this winter on the smoker, fruit wood is great for cooking meat

 

[Reynard]

The real question is if your chainsaw is sharpened and ready to go

Always.

I'm currently cutting up a mulberry and an ash, but those are for another year. Most of what is ready seasoned is oak, laurel, cherry and bullace. But then again, I do have a nice bit of woodland to play around in.

 

[Ian H]

They're not lit yet, but we have two. One replaced an unused hearth, the other replaced a delapidated gas imitation-coal fire.

 

[raleighnut]

I have a flue thermometer anyway.

I don't know how anyone can use a woodburner efficiently without one.

 

[Ridgeway]

I don't know how anyone can use a woodburner efficiently without one.

100%, the temp in ours can be effected by many things and having some knowledge of what's going on inside is key to efficient burning.

We use a Stovax magnetic one on both ours