Fire Thread! - Stoves, Wood, Axes, Chainsaws

DXP55 · 28 Sep 2021 at 18:45

Winter is upon us -
Temp in lounge was 18c so thought give the fire a airing and try this new hardwood.
It's nice and warm now.

{SAS}TB · 28 Sep 2021 at 18:55

Isn't 18 nice and warm ?

DXP55 · 28 Sep 2021 at 20:58

It used to be when I was your age - I now find it cold. :rolleyes:

Just debating buying another transit tipper load. The web site says it's still same price as it was mid summer.

Gav_r26 · 29 Sep 2021 at 08:27

Collected a nice bit of oak at the weekend. Probably wont get around to burning it until next winter though. Got the big kit on it as didn't fancy scrambling around in a ditch full of brambles, but it was a tad warm!

Firewood

Did fire up the wood burner last night and after 30 mins regretted that decision ... was roasting, and that was only burning some softwood DIY off-cuts!

Terminal_Boy · 29 Sep 2021 at 08:28

DXP55 said:
It used to be when I was your age - I now find it cold.

Just debating buying another transit tipper load. The web site says it's still same price as it was mid summer.

I’d grab another load now as the price won’t stay that way for long.

DXP55 · 29 Sep 2021 at 11:40

You convinced me -Just ordered another Transit load and it's still £180.

Anyone in Shropshire interested these are the people.
https://www.ridgefuels.co.uk/product/logs/

DXP55 · 6 Oct 2021 at 15:01

Now I know why it's same price -Only about 3/4 of the logs this time.

Now got to spend a few days sorting -splitting and stacking this load. - Some will fit my small stove but a lot won't -right length but too big in diam.

That store is a bit narrow and long.

Terminal_Boy · 6 Oct 2021 at 15:09

Well, that sucks.

I’ve been to visit a very local wood provider today - seasoned wood cut to 33cm lengths for €67 a stere (as much wood as will fit inside a 1 cubic metre box). Wood looked great and the chaps were very friendly despite looking like ZZ Top members and living in a ramshackle farmhouse that could have been the set for every hillybilly cannibal horror flick ever made.

DXP55 · 6 Oct 2021 at 15:58

Do they stack it or chuck it into box - Makes a hell of a difference - I asked for 23cm or about 9"

Terminal_Boy · 6 Oct 2021 at 17:42

They stack it. Anyone selling short measures around here would be out of business sharpish as there’s a far bit of competition.

Tom_ed1987 · 6 Oct 2021 at 19:16

I've been quoted £110 delivered for approx 1.3m^3 of seasoned logs from a local place - does anyone know if that's a reasonable price? My first time buying any firewood.

Mr.Cookie · 6 Oct 2021 at 19:28

90 quid for 2 of 1m³ bags here.

DXP55 · 7 Oct 2021 at 15:23

All done and stacked - I didn't think that load would fill that narrow log store but it has with bit left over - I was expecting to fill my trailer as well - But if it had been the same amount as I had with the first load it would be in the trailer.

Just finished before the rain starts - It's quite black over Bill's mothers

xdcx · 11 Oct 2021 at 12:06

Tom_ed1987 said:
I've been quoted £110 delivered for approx 1.3m^3 of seasoned logs from a local place - does anyone know if that's a reasonable price? My first time buying any firewood.

Not bad price. Soft wood I imagine?

Gav_r26 · 11 Oct 2021 at 12:25

Topped the wood store up at the weekend ready for winter, if it ever arrives! Still getting through all the old floorboards etc from the renovation but that's about all of it now. Got some nice oak under a tarp ready to go

Terminal_Boy · 11 Oct 2021 at 14:29

You don’t want to cover firewood fully like that as there will be no air circulation through the logs and the dew/condensation forming under the tarp will be absorbed by the wood.

Gav_r26 · 11 Oct 2021 at 14:38

Terminal_Boy said:
You don’t want to cover firewood fully like that as there will be no air circulation through the logs and the dew/condensation forming under the tarp will be absorbed by the wood.

They are already dry, its open at the back, and it will probably be 2 years before I even get to it. It will also absorb less dew than getting rained on all winter!

Terminal_Boy · 11 Oct 2021 at 14:43

Gav_r26 said:
They are already dry, its open at the back, and it will probably be 2 years before I even get to it. It will also absorb less dew than getting rained on all winter!

That’s exactly what I thought when I stacked and covered my first wood pile. I hope you have better like than I did.

Gav_r26 · 11 Oct 2021 at 15:10

Terminal_Boy said:
That’s exactly what I thought when I stacked and covered my first wood pile. I hope you have better like than I did.

Been doing it like that for nearly 40 years on the farm with no issues .....

It doesn't get burnt straight from under the cover, it gets cut and split then left in the wood store all summer before burning.

Mysterae_ · 26 Nov 2021 at 11:34

I need to sharpen some axes and chainsaw chain as I suspect some trees may come down in tonight's storm. Batten down the hatches!