Fire Thread! - Stoves, Wood, Axes, Chainsaws

[{SAS}TB]

Tucked into the logs again this morning - going at a log store bay at a time

Pulled out the cut logs

Introduced them to the maul

Then stacked them back in their bay

One bay and a big old stack under the builders bags to go

Another 2 or 3 sessions should see it done

Came in and the Mrs had taken the liberty of lighting the kitchen burner .....

 

[{SAS}TB]

Kitchen is lovely and toasty !

 

[UberTiger]

Nearly burnt through all this seasons wood, so just picked up a couple more car loads of rounds to chop up!

 

[{SAS}TB]

Same here - almost gone through the seasoned stuff so just messaged my dealer to see if he has a spare bag

 

[{SAS}TB]

Cosy kitchen

 

[robj20]

Cosy kitchen

WTH is on those cats?

 

[Mysterae_]

WTH is on those cats?

Panties.

 

[{SAS}TB]

WTH is on those cats?

Ha ha ! They're "surgical recovery suites" i.e. oneseys which stop them biting their stitches rather than a cone of shame

 

[robj20]

Ha ha ! They're "surgical recovery suites" i.e. oneseys which stop them biting their stitches rather than a cone of shame

Thank god I thought you were one of those strange people that put clothes on their pets.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Thank god I thought you were one of those strange people that put clothes on their pets.

Lol, no, absolutely not !

 

[FNG]

Whatever it is on them that look tells you to not sleep too deeply if you want to keep your face.

 

[Mysterae_]

Ha ha ! They're "surgical recovery suites" i.e. oneseys which stop them biting their stitches rather than a cone of shame

I feel a bit guilty for my pussys in panties comment now. Especially shaved, post op pussys. Awww bless.

 

[dlockers]

Where would you chaps start w.r.t replacing an old open fire with a log burner?

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The chimney was swept and the fire is in use; it works pretty well. I am thinking I...
* Take down the white bricks/mantle
* Lift up the hearth slabs
* Pull the fire out
* Pay a man?

How much more could I do? Can you get the hearth slabs cheap enough? Or am I having my hands mostly tied due to regs etc?

 

[DXP55]

Log burners were designed with cats in mind so they can lay there and keep warm.

All our cats have loved the winter. Ronnie has just got off the bed and wondered down to lounge- it's like a sauna in there.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Where would you chaps start w.r.t replacing an old open fire with a log burner?

Pics:






The chimney was swept and the fire is in use; it works pretty well. I am thinking I...
* Take down the white bricks/mantle
* Lift up the hearth slabs
* Pull the fire out
* Pay a man?

How much more could I do? Can you get the hearth slabs cheap enough? Or am I having my hands mostly tied due to regs etc?

Although the chimney is working it may need lining with a stainless flue liner.

Removing the bricks / opening the chamber and the hearth should be pretty straightforward. Although depending on what they're made of (non combustible) will depend how far away the burner needs to be.

You can have up to a 5kw burner without an air brick (which you may already have)


Id get a man in to take a look and give you some advice. Any burner / flue install will have to be HETAS approved / certified

 

[zarnage]

Where would you chaps start w.r.t replacing an old open fire with a log burner?

The chimney was swept and the fire is in use; it works pretty well. I am thinking I...
* Take down the white bricks/mantle
* Lift up the hearth slabs
* Pull the fire out
* Pay a man?

How much more could I do? Can you get the hearth slabs cheap enough? Or am I having my hands mostly tied due to regs etc?

Under hetas we can fit into a finished fireplace, we only really commission the stove and flue. So you or someone else can do the knockout, lintel, hearth, interior chamber, beam etc. Providing it meets building regs, and the stoves requirements.

 

[Roady]

Log burners were designed with cats in mind so they can lay there and keep warm.

Disputed!



Over Xmas ventured to the 'rents and took some toys



Mostly stuff that's been outside under cover, so wasn't intending on burning it... But then as the cold weather just seems to have hung around we did. And nearly ran out! So paid far too much money for another bag of 'hardwood block offcuts' from local sawmill to tide us through, hopefully with the vast majority stored until next winter...! Very good stuff but wow prices have gone up.



Also bought myself another toy and kinda fallen in love with it. Amazing axe and exactly what I wanted! Great at chopping, light enough to do kindling easily, but also to carry with the saw rather than the useless hatchet or heavy maul



Also surprising how much work to split up a wooden pallet or two... I've built up a bit of a 'stock' of them as some became available from work. Then 2 more from deliveries and I realised I had 9 pallets stacked up! I'd only grabbed a couple to knock together a wood store (sides/base) so probably only need 3-4. So grabbed the x17 and knocked 2 of the worst apart and cut them to stove size rather than using the saw (working out some aggression!) and taking out most the nails. Took me about 3 hours! Probably 2 longer than expected! But even the rubbish softwood they make pallets from, 2 of them gave us over 2 weeks of firewood (but we didn't burn every day). Around the same amount of time it took my arms to recover...!

 

[{SAS}TB]

Had a "top up" topper load of hardwood dropped this afternoon to see us through any cold snaps

 

[{SAS}TB]

Sorted out yesterday's delivery

The middle store (and remaining seasoned wood) was bagged up and cleared out

New delivery transfers into the store

Was still a few wheelbarrow loads left so stacked them in the little store on the front veranda

Was a small pile of scraggly bits land thin splits eft over

Which produced a barrow full.of kindling

All ready for winter, er, spring

 

[{SAS}TB]

Had one bay of the log store to process

So that's the last of the store filled

Still some big rounds to split, but they can wait for another day

And a wheelbarrow of scraps / bark which will dry out for kindling