what a load of bullocks!
Log burner trouble
- Thread starter Adam8heap
- Start date
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
We don't know the OP's location, do we? Scotland seemed quite lax.
Is it , worst thing you can do is stick a woodburner in an inglenook , looks great but heat loses are huge . get the fire in the room not warming the chimney breast
This is crap
If you have one set like that, get one of the wood burner fans on top
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
All the heat is going up the flue, anyway. OK like that for the first 20 minutes but air vents need to be closed down until the flame is a gentle flicker. Second picture is better.
- Location
- South Devon
A rear exit is better because more heat is transfered to the top of the stove , before it exits out the back - this is how a Rayburn cooker works , routing the heat under the hotplate.
You also have a nice cast iron hotplate to boil your kettle on. Could be useful for some if we have power cuts this winter.
You also have a nice cast iron hotplate to boil your kettle on. Could be useful for some if we have power cuts this winter.
Doing it for the kids
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If he has trying to get an oversized burner into the fireplace he won’t get anyone to install it as it won’t pass building regs anyway.
Why
We have a 5kw burley cracking little burner, fill it with a decent log at 9pm and it's still hot at 7am, chuck in a new log open the vent and it roars into life, not the cheapest but well worth the cost.
Do you close the vent right down at night?
Yes door closed tight vent right down, usually with ash or oak log but burn a lot of dry willow during the day, I have had it going for nearly two wks without it going out on a fair few occasions before it needs cleaning
Is there much heat off willow? Have got some here but didn’t think it would be worth cutting up.
Coal in ours , fuk the planet ...... oops
willow can be good , but cut it up and don't let it get wet, lovly flame!