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CGI of the install
Awesome CGI, Spielberg would be proud
.Are you going for a black or stainless/chrome flue?
With the heat output of that stove you might want to rethink your table placement!
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Awesome CGI, Spielberg would be proud
Are you going for a black or stainless/chrome flue?
With the heat output of that stove you might want to rethink your table placement!
Thanks - skilz I never knew I had
Black twinwall with a slate hearth and white / light grey brisk slip non combustible shield with slate coloured edge
Yeah the table will.need to shift towards and too the left as you see it in the professionally rendered image
We've had a smaller purevision cpv5 for 3 years or so now and it's been fantastic. The active baffle really helps if you have a cold column in the flue and also prevents any smoke from coming into the room when you open the door.
Fantastic stove, easy to use and efficient. Good upgrade @{SAS}TB. The ceramic bricks really retain heat for a long time too. The only issue we've had is the top of ours is heavily textured so not great for a stove fan. I'm thinking of trying a thermal pad or similar.
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Yes. I use them and they work well, cheap from various places too! Tend to get away with using 1 block on ours on paper & kindling with a light and dry log on top. With 'less dry' logs or stuff with bark on I'll generally use more kindling and be aiming to be burning that for 10-15 mins before the log will even light (needing more heat).
Boxes we're currently on, I think from 'Home Bargain' 48 blocks in a box and '2 boxes for £2'. Very inexpensive compared to most mentioned above...
Bloke I buy logs from said he was selling best quality 'builders bags' (£100) of logs to a guy who breaks them up for kindling, who is then putting into bags and selling '2-3 logs' worth on Amazon for £10 for people to burn in their fire pits. Built up a business for himself over Covid when he was made redundant! Crazy the money people will pay for convenience!
See more and more skips sat on drives these days now too, so good tip. Have been meaning to catch my neighbour as he's got a skip with 2-3 old broken pallets in it. Going to ask if I can swap them for a couple of buckets of stones (from the garden veg patch I dug) and brick rubble from the re-pointing I'm doing!
Looks fantastic! Which was is that & where from?All built and filled up.
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Its from here.Yes. I use them and they work well, cheap from various places too! Tend to get away with using 1 block on ours on paper & kindling with a light and dry log on top. With 'less dry' logs or stuff with bark on I'll generally use more kindling and be aiming to be burning that for 10-15 mins before the log will even light (needing more heat).
Boxes we're currently on, I think from 'Home Bargain' 48 blocks in a box and '2 boxes for £2'. Very inexpensive compared to most mentioned above...
Bloke I buy logs from said he was selling best quality 'builders bags' (£100) of logs to a guy who breaks them up for kindling, who is then putting into bags and selling '2-3 logs' worth on Amazon for £10 for people to burn in their fire pits. Built up a business for himself over Covid when he was made redundant! Crazy the money people will pay for convenience!
See more and more skips sat on drives these days now too, so good tip. Have been meaning to catch my neighbour as he's got a skip with 2-3 old broken pallets in it. Going to ask if I can swap them for a couple of buckets of stones (from the garden veg patch I dug) and brick rubble from the re-pointing I'm doing!
Looks fantastic! Which was is that & where from?
Log Store - Wooden Garden Log Stores - Rutland County Garden Furniture
Rutland sell a selection of Garden products and have a variety of Log Stores to choose from - click here to view our selection!
I think it's the 6ft x 6ft.
I always use the top down starting method log on the bottom 6 sticks of kindling a firestarter.
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Is it by weight? Not usually measured like that and wet logs weigh more than dry logs
A "builders bag" (aka a dumpy bag) that you would get bulk gravel / soil etc in is also referred to as a ton(ne) bag. So does he mean two bags?
Then are the logs seasoned / ready to burn or green and need to be left to dry out before you use them
Then are they hard wood, dry wood or a mix?
Assumed they are processed / split
Location will also have an impact
General rough guide a builders bag of processed / split seasoned softwood may be ~£50-£70 and hardwood maybe ~£80-£110 mixed somewhere in between
Need to clarify what it is he's offering
That massively depends ...
Is it by weight? Not usually measured like that and wet logs weigh more than dry logs
A "builders bag" (aka a dumpy bag) that you would get bulk gravel / soil etc in is also referred to as a ton(ne) bag. So does he mean two bags?
Then are the logs seasoned / ready to burn or green and need to be left to dry out before you use them
Then are they hard wood, dry wood or a mix?
Assumed they are processed / split
Location will also have an impact
General rough guide a builders bag of processed / split seasoned softwood may be ~£50-£70 and hardwood maybe ~£80-£110 mixed somewhere in between
Need to clarify what it is he's offering
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I weighed up the time cost and effort of building my own and, well, quite frankly, cba
Got three from here :
Log Store - Wooden Garden Log Stores - Rutland County Garden Furniture
Rutland sell a selection of Garden products and have a variety of Log Stores to choose from - click here to view our selection!
Some pics of all three here
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Did some splitting today and took a trailer home, should see me through to Jan. This is the 4th trailer load of the winter.
Excuse the messy fire, we went running today and the shoes are drying out.
Excuse the messy fire, we went running today and the shoes are drying out.
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Nice haul there !
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I could do with that load myself.
Whatever you do don't buy Sweet Chesnut - it's awful to burn -goes out if you close it down and to keep a good flame you have to open it up. Got landed with two loads before I used them. So using these at moment while it's not that cold.
Whatever you do don't buy Sweet Chesnut - it's awful to burn -goes out if you close it down and to keep a good flame you have to open it up. Got landed with two loads before I used them. So using these at moment while it's not that cold.
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I chuck anything on mine. Had a stove for over 10 years. I've no idea what wood is what. If it's dry it burns and it's hot. I just chuck it on. Old fence posts are great.
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Just did an hour of splitting outside in the 0 degree weather. Was worried the wood would be tough to split frozen, but it it felt quite brittle and was splitting well.
As a bonus it warmed me up without having to put the heating on!
As a bonus it warmed me up without having to put the heating on!
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Fiskars x25/x27 should be just the job and should do all but the toughest of logs - love mine
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