Woodburner fans, get buying - there's an over-supply of logs!

[asterix]

I've a fine pile of timber but no wood-burner yet

Those chestnut baulks are over a metre long and darned heavy, or were when I 'stacked' them.. Thinking about it, I don't really need a woodburner, I can keep warm shifting them around and cutting them up.

 

[welsh dragon]

I've a fine pile of timber but no wood-burner yet

Those chestnut baulks are over a metre long and darned heavy, or were when I 'stacked' them.. Thinking about it, I don't really need a woodburner, I can keep warm shifting them around and cutting them up.

Whoa. Brilliant. They do say you can make wood burn twice. Once you drag it around and cut it, and then when you put it on the fire.

 

[Cuchilo]

Oh the old " The sheep snuck through the fence " line eh

 

[welsh dragon]

Oh the old " The sheep snuck through the fence " line eh

dont you believe me then? Mmmm mint sauce . Oh sorry. Ahem, of course they crept in. Honest Mlud

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Err. Its not mine. A ewe and her lamb managed to get through the fence and has taken up residence for the season. We usually end up with around half a dozen. The farmer will come and round them up when its time for them to be sold.

So you get paid for the rent of your space, the inconvenience of the poo for your grandsons and the free food they're eating when the farmer sells them then?

 

[welsh dragon]

So you get paid for the rent of your space, the inconvenience of the poo for your grandsons and the free food they're eating when the farmer sells them then?

Erm no. . Its our own fault., we should fix the fence

 

[Globalti]

Unfortunately chestnut is not great for burning.

 

[welsh dragon]

Ash is good, and oak of course, although oak is rather slow burning. What you really want is a combination of softwood and hardwood.

 

[Chris Norton]

Softwood? See your nearest Trussed rafter manufacturer. http://www.tra.org.uk/find-a-member.php

 

[Saluki]

Working on a golf course surrounded by millions of trees was always a good source of free fuel for me. We had all the necessary equipment to keep us busy and warm. And I love cutting, splitting and bagging wood.

Then we moved into a new flat WITHOUT a woodburner. Talk about distraught!

I'm envious.

Tell me about it. We sold the woodburner but we have kept the chimney as I am sure that we will eventually move somewhere that will allow us another woodburner. I can't cook beans/soup/gravy/stew on top of a radiator

 

[Julia9054]

Whatever you do, don't do what a friend of mine did and accept a load of sawn up telegraph pole to burn as it was going cheap.
He rather spectacularly set his chimney on fire and the ensuing attentions from the local fire brigade ruined all his carpets.
He got a jolly good telling off as well!

 

[Speicher]

They're not that efficient and there is a lot of poo. My grandsons always complain when they are playing football.

Your grandsons should ask the sheep to stop playing football then.

 

[welsh dragon]

Tell me about it. We sold the woodburner but we have kept the chimney as I am sure that we will eventually move somewhere that will allow us another woodburner. I can't cook beans/soup/gravy/stew on top of a radiator

I love the woodburner., I would never get rid of it. There is something mesmerising about a wood burner. Looking at a fire is sometimes better than watching the TV

 

[welsh dragon]

Your grandsons should ask the sheep to stop playing football then.

DOH . If i open my mouth just a bit wider, im sure i can get both feet in there.

 

[welsh dragon]

Whatever you do, don't do what a friend of mine did and accept a load of sawn up telegraph pole to burn as it was going cheap.
He rather spectacularly set his chimney on fire and the ensuing attentions from the local fire brigade ruined all his carpets.
He got a jolly good telling off as well!

They were probably impregnated (no jokes please) with a type of creorsote, which of course is very flamable.