Fire Thread! - Stoves, Wood, Axes, Chainsaws

{SAS}TB · 28 Jan 2023 at 09:59

Bought myself a saw horse to help with the processing of the twigs on the drive

Had a rummage through them and found a doner stump to transfer the Kindling Cracker to

Found myself a decent chopping log and whipped out the x27

Which given the size and moisture content of the logs was quickly swapped out for the maul .....

After two rounds I'm defo going to have to rethink the temporary storage solution

:O

Terminal_Boy · 28 Jan 2023 at 11:10

Very nice. Is the saw horse steel or aluminium?

The good thing about the aluminium tubular one is that you don’t usually have to sharpen the chain when you catch them.

{SAS}TB · 28 Jan 2023 at 11:16

Thanks and It's steel !

Looks like l'll have to be careful

Terminal_Boy · 28 Jan 2023 at 11:25

It’s when the log you’ve just sawn through falls and can drag the bar down with it that things can go pear shaped.

If I had that saw horse, I’d get some of that corrugated plastic trunking used for house wiring/plumbing to cover those horizontal bars.

{SAS}TB · 28 Jan 2023 at 11:26

Terminal_Boy said:
It’s when the log you’ve just sawn through falls and can drag the bar down with it that things can go pear shaped.

If I had that saw horse, I’d get some of that corrugated plastic trunking used for house wiring/plumbing to cover those horizontal bars.

Ah! Good shout, I'll have a rummage in the garage

UberTiger · 28 Jan 2023 at 11:38

I nearly got one of those saw horses, but then I found a Y-shaped log like you have in your pile and started using that to cradle logs at an angle and it's been working pretty well.

Decided to just keep that log as my mini saw horse to get the logs enough off the ground to chainsaw through them.

{SAS}TB · 28 Jan 2023 at 12:03

UberTiger said:
I nearly got one of those saw horses, but then I found a Y-shaped log like you have in your pile and started using that to cradle logs at an angle and it's been working pretty well.

Decided to just keep that log as my mini saw horse to get the logs enough off the ground to chainsaw through them.

Nice! Suppose that would give me options on the bigger / heavier stuff

UberTiger · 28 Jan 2023 at 13:09

Yeah, it was very handy on the super fat or long pieces that won't easily fit into a saw horse, or ones that might screw your back up trying to life

{SAS}TB · 28 Jan 2023 at 15:03

Seemed counter intuitive, but bit the bullet ....

Cleared out the medium store

Moved all the seasoned stuff from the big store to the medium store

Moved the few splits I've done into the large store

Then relocated the bins and made room for any temp storage and likely new large store at some point ....

Weather permitting I'll start on processing the new stuff in ernest tomorrow

{SAS}TB · 29 Jan 2023 at 15:03

Got set up just before 9.00 this morning and fired up the chainsaw

Messy job this log chopping malarky ...

Fast forward 4ish hours .....

I think I'll leave splitting them to another day / weekend / series of weekends ....

There were a few obviously older absolutely sodden and starting to rot rogue chunks

And two barrows of fresh woodchip / sawdust ..

Old wood and sawdust were deposited in the "woodland area" and will act as mulch / bug hotels

I don't mind admitting, I am absolutely knackered !

{SAS}TB · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:20

{SAS}TB said:
Thanks and yes, it's a good size !

The room it's going into will take / need it. The vaulted ceiling at its highest point is almost 5.5m

CGI of the install

It is expensive (around £2.5k for the stove alone) but has to be right as it's probably the most used room in the house

The reality it's too far from the CGI

Installation just finished

UberTiger · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:34

Wow, that chimney is a big boi!

{SAS}TB · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:39

UberTiger said:
Wow, that chimney is a big boi!

Why, thank you !

john_smith · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:43

Nice and high, should draw well. The flue inside the house kicks out loads more heat too. I had that on my old stove. Looks great.

{SAS}TB · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:49

john_smith said:
Nice and high, should draw well. The flue inside the house kicks out loads more heat too. I had that on my old stove. Looks great.

Thanks !

Can't wait to finish work and get it lit

Buffman · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:49

{SAS}TB said:
Then relocated the bins and made room for any temp storage and likely new large store at some point ....

Weather permitting I'll start on processing the new stuff in ernest tomorrow

FYI you're possibly aware but looks like your gutter is blocked/getting damp adjacent your water butt (or water butt full/overtopping?)

I like the new fire! If that's 2.5k Inc install that's great

{SAS}TB · 31 Jan 2023 at 16:52

Buffman said:
FYI you're possibly aware but looks like your gutter is blocked/getting damp adjacent your water butt (or water butt full/overtopping?)

I like the new fire! If that's 2.5k Inc install that's great

It's a mix of the two. The gutter needs clearing out and the "overflow" attachment on the water but is broke.

I'm going to move the water butt and put a new solid length of down pipe in (and clear the guttering)

{SAS}TB · 2 Feb 2023 at 18:56

First burn yesterday afternoon

Heated the space up nicely and surprisingly quickly

It's huge and plenty of chamber space !

Bit smelly as it burnt in but did die down - suspect it will.get some use over the coming days een though it's getting milder ....

Mysterae_ · 2 Feb 2023 at 21:20

Nice stove!

Odd that it doesn't have an external vent to draw air in. Does it get it's air from the room?

{SAS}TB · 2 Feb 2023 at 21:22

Mysterae_ said:
Nice stove!

Odd that it doesn't have an external vent to draw air in. Does it get it's air from the room?

Thanks!

Yes, you only need an external air supply if it's rated over 5kw