Show us: your log burners and open fires

[rogerzilla]

I have a secret weapon - a conservatory that can kiln-dry wood cut and split in spring, ready for the same winter. It's useless for anything else in summer because it's so hot!

 

[rogerzilla]

Today is the 70th anniversary of the London Smogs that killed thousands and left countless others with long term health issues.

Just saying like.

They're not ideal in densely-populated areas, especially if people do awful things like banking them up overnight. They're not in the same league as bituminous coal, though. I often stayed in a cottage where the only heating was an open coal fire. Besides the smoke outside, everything indoors smelt of coal tar by the end of each holiday. At least you can generally burn wood with no smoke after initially lighting up.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

They're not ideal in densely-populated areas, especially if people do awful things like banking them up overnight. They're not in the same league as bituminous coal, though. I often stayed in a cottage where the only heating was an open coal fire. Besides the smoke outside, everything indoors smelt of coal tar by the end of each holiday. At least you can generally burn wood with no smoke after initially lighting up.

That depends how it's done, and which pollutants you are referring to. Wood is low sulphur, but can be worse than coal for other emissions.

 

[rogerzilla]

That depends how it's done, and which pollutants you are referring to. Wood is low sulphur, but can be worse than coal for other emissions.

Particulates and nitrogen oxides are the usual problem ones.

There's an apparently unbiased study here that suggests they're not an issue in rural areas, at least https://devoncc.sharepoint.com/site...ts for the public/Trees for Devon&p=true&ga=1

 

[raleighnut]

Particulates and nitrogen oxides are the usual problem ones.

There's an apparently unbiased study here that suggests they're not an issue in rural areas, at least https://devoncc.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicDocs/Environment/Environment/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/PublicDocs/Environment/Environment/LNP/LNP website documents for the public/Trees for Devon/A-Review-of-Air-Quality-Impacts-in-Devon-From-Domestic-Wood-Burning_final.pdf&parent=/sites/PublicDocs/Environment/Environment/LNP/LNP website documents for the public/Trees for Devon&p=true&ga=1

Aye, I wonder how much of the 'woodburners pollute' warcry is put about by the car lobbyists

 

[Adam4868]

My cat literally telling me...."hurry up and light it" !

 

[Reynard]

My cat literally telling me...."hurry up and light it" !

I get that here, too...

 

[Adam4868]

I get that here, too...

Literally squeeks and puts her paws towards the fire.That will be her for the night aswell....can literally smell her fur burning when it gets going.I have to gently slide her away on the paper 😂

 

[Reynard]

Literally squeeks and puts her paws towards the fire.That will be her for the night aswell....can literally smell her fur burning when it gets going.I have to gently slide her away on the paper 😂

Madam Lexi will sit right next to the grate. The number of times I've had to rescue her tail...

 

[raleighnut]

My cat literally telling me...."hurry up and light it" !

I've normally got 3 or 4 of em doing that.................When I do that Merlin (don't blame me he arrived with that name) will sit up with one paw on the Fender gazing into the flames until it gets too hot before going back to the sprawling position

 

[rogerzilla]

I have one cat that loves heat and another that avoids it. The heatseeker smells as if he's been freshly ironed, he lies so close to the stove.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

My burner hit 550 Fahrenheit earlier, not had it quite that high before (logs were silver birch). Shut it down to lower the temp as who knows what it might have reached!

 

[Gillstay]

Just out of curiosity is it possible to tell one wood from another easily ?

We reinstated a fireplace and now have a log burner, planned a few years ago but covid put a 2 year delay...... It was originally for show but a few logs keeps the chill off the room and means we don't have to fire up the oil boiler.

The wood comes in dumpy bags from a local cumbrian supplier, seems to be a few types in the bag and wondered what was what?

You may also find you can soon recognise a few by scent if you try.

 

[Gillstay]

My burner hit 550 Fahrenheit earlier, not had it quite that high before (logs were silver birch). Shut it down to lower the temp as who knows what it might have reached!

1200c.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

1200c.

300ish I think.