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mirry

thanks for the replys :rolleyes: ,
we are having a wood burner installed next week and I am so excited :j.

Antispam

Perhaps you ought to read this

Log burner logs prices may have crept up this year

Burners are not cheap nor cheap for fuel unless you have a cheap source of logs/coal

Prices are creping up because demand for them is driving up fuel prices

mirry wrote: »

thanks for the replys :rolleyes: ,
we are having a wood burner installed next week and I am so excited :j.

mirry

thanks ,
luckily my husbands job gives him as much free wood as he needs :j.

pinkmami

DH & I have a 400 yr old cottage we're hoping to extend next year & it had an inglenook which has been plastered over but I have seen the wooden beam over it & it looks fab! But I have no idea what we will find behind it once we start knocking the wall down to expose it. I have been informed by MIL (who used to live there when she was a kid) that is had an old stove in it her mum used to cook on so I hope its there to see! But Im just wandering if anyone on here has knocked down an inglenook to expose the stone walls & what difficulties did you have? I think the inside is sound & it has been lined cos theres a gas fire in at the moment but I'm not sure if its compatible with a multifuel stove we'll put in. Did you have to support the wooden beam?

Thanks in advance!

timmmers

IF you own a cat, maybe consider the vet bills when it jumps up on the top of your woodburner...or make sure it can't. It happened to someone I know and was both expensive and very unpleasant.

How DO you stop that happeneing I wonder/

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savemoney

My last cat use to sit under the stove about 1 1/2 feet away. Initial when we got it we used pallets as well as logs but found out that such was the heat from pallets that our laminate floor near the stove which was about 1 1/2 feet away would buckle. The stove rests on thick slate

It since straighten out but we leant the lesson not to have too much wood on fire even though it was set on low wood pallets burn very quickly, so great for instant heat

He used to love in on floor bless him he got quite warm use to to put a towel or small rug to absorb some of the heat

angela110660

The work started on our multi stove yesterday and the liner and fireplace are all in now and everything is being left to dry out before the fire gets connected at end of week. Can't wait ...

beanrua

i have a charnwood multi fuel stove for almost a year now and have experimented with various fuels. came across an older thread in which someone said they filled their stove up once a day with 2 hods of anthracite. Have tried this and the heat is amazing and it lasted all day and night, haeting all of my rads and hot water. However there are various types of anthracite. The type i'm using can sometimes block the riddling bars and cause the fire to choke. Any one know about the best type of anthracite i should be using??

beanrua

Oops - didn't realise this thread was called Wood burning stoves - have now found and posted on Multi fuel stoves thread. Good luck everyone and keep warm and cosy.

happydavid

Hi Angela,
I promise that you won't be disappointed. I had a Hunter 14 boiler stove fitted earlier this year and linked it to my existing central heating system using a Dunsley Neutralizer. It really is fantastic. Very economic, and my old house is now wonderful and warm.
Good luck with it and enjoy!
Kindest regards,
David
Leeds, West Yorkshire.