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Didn't stop using the log burner until late May I think it was, but then being getting the old Squirrel hot for the last month or so now. Early maybe but it's been so cold this year and this old stone house need some warming up.
I luuurve my log burner. So glad we ripped out the open grate last year. :)
I've had a stove for years and think they're great. Even got myself a chainsaw after spending a day with a tree surgeon friend.
I've now moved house and the new place has two stoves with a brand new flu in each chimney. They are amazing compared to the stove in the old house. :thumbup:
Stove on again tonight. Sold my chainsaw at the beginning of the year as I didn't thing we would use the fire much with having the little one but as soon as she goes to bed it's on just lately. If anyone has a glut of firewood please let me know..........
Cooked a rice pud and a sausage casserole on mine tonight. Exciting stuff eh
Our new stove and lined chimney are performing brilliantly - house all toasty warm. Making inroads into the winter log pile, but 2 large dead ash trees due to come down next week, once I can gather some muscle on the rope to pull them over.
I can cook on mine too if I want to :) It has a flat top that you can remove. Must buy one of those witches cooking pots that you can put on top! :)
I am slo going through my winter log pile very rapidly :-o Looks like I am burning the wood faster than the next pile can dry... So need to start looking for wood on the roadside again soon...
We need a storm and a couple of ash and oak trees down ;)
I used to live in the Belgian Ardennes where everyone burns wood. Now follow their practice of storing the cut wood for a full year outside in stacks with the sides open to the wind. Put polythene or corrugated iron on the top. Then bring inside to use the following winter.
really dry wood makes a real difference.
Just stacked my two big bags of logs!!! Should last until next summer! :thumbup:
Owl in the lounge, and Squirrel in the Snug, munching their way through bits of John4of5's old kitchen and bedroom cabinets, thanks John.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.F.F.
How often do folk get their chimney flues swept? And when you do how much comes out?
We had our Owl swept this summer for the first time since putting it in 4-5 years ago (too long by the book, which says sweep every year),
http://www.allyourchimneyneeds.co.uk...-questions.htm
But less than a half-pint-size mug of soot came out, if that, so I stopped feeling guilty even though we do use it often each winter.
It's a lined flue, with a good draw, and a bird cowl on the top, and we do try and stick to well dried wood (seasoned for a year if scavenged raw) so I guess that all goes to help minimise build-up. What's your experience of sweep-frequency vs. build up?
PS. Other pertinent parameters: It's a 10-12m long flue, and we only burn wood.
The sweep is coming on Monday morning. our stove goes into a standard chimney and has not been done for 2 years. I will report backQuote:
Originally Posted by OB1