New Logmaker !

loopy_lou_6

the logmakers are bogof at the moment if anyone is interested, although i've been put off by the reviews on this thread, thanks for saving me money and energy getting frustrated trying to get a fire going with these things. I have enough trouble as it is, my husband works in demolition so we gety plenty of seasoned wood, its just quite a job chopping it and making kindling (for him not me) I just cant ever seem to get a fire going, weve got a joutle stove. Once its going its great, but initially i have to nurse it for ages. Does anybody have any idea what im doing wrong? How often do you guys get your chimney swept?

ailuro2

Dry fuel is a must-keep tomorrow's fuel inside today, start with bunched up newspaper and small kindling sticks-with the rough bits on where you tore them apart- wait until they take then put ever increasing sized pieces of wood on.

navig8r

loopy_lou wrote: »

the logmakers are bogof at the moment if anyone is interested, although i've been put off by the reviews on this thread, thanks for saving me money and energy getting frustrated trying to get a fire going with these things. I have enough trouble as it is, my husband works in demolition so we gety plenty of seasoned wood, its just quite a job chopping it and making kindling (for him not me) I just cant ever seem to get a fire going, weve got a joutle stove. Once its going its great, but initially i have to nurse it for ages. Does anybody have any idea what im doing wrong? How often do you guys get your chimney swept?

What model Jotul is it and does the flue exit from the top or the back ??

Dave

loopy_lou_6

its a jotul f100 and the flue exits from the top- ailuro 2 thanx 4 tip have just had a massive spring clean to empty under stairs and we hsave a massive stack under there now keeping dry 4 next winter, I also have to say my house has kept a lot cleaner the last couple of weeks we havnt been using the old log burner, still i wouldnt be without it.

penrhyn

Burning wood and paper doesn't seem to me to be a very green activity as you are releasing a whole load of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Surely it would be better to recycle the paper, so saving a few trees, leaving the CO2 locked in.

Solomon_Broad

I was thinking that maybe a "log" made from a denser material such as cardboard would last longer/better than one made from paper, because the heat is stored much more compactly? For example, a flat sheet of paper burns really quickly, but if you roll it up into a 1" tube, it takes much longer to burn.

Just a thought.

beer2006

penrhyn wrote: »

Burning wood and paper doesn't seem to me to be a very green activity as you are releasing a whole load of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Surely it would be better to recycle the paper, so saving a few trees, leaving the CO2 locked in.

http://www.itsnoteasybeinggreen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4126

A bit of a debate about the greeness of burning wood.

RW82

I've got to agree with Beer2006, the log maker doesn't work. I wish I'd seen this forum before buying one. It stands to reason that if you put anything in a paper case, the paper case will burn away leaving the contents. If the contents is mainly paper you'll just get a pile of paper in your fire. I've never come across a product that so completely fails to live up to its advertising. I'd have been better off spending the £20 - on half a cubic metre of oak, several days in the wood burner. I bet they don't give a money back guarantee.

Poppycat

I never bought one for that reason, burning paper causes ash build up a small amount is fine to burn wood,coal. A lot can smoother a fire and cause ash build up

Hapless_2

penrhyn wrote: »

Burning wood and paper doesn't seem to me to be a very green activity as you are releasing a whole load of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Surely it would be better to recycle the paper, so saving a few trees, leaving the CO2 locked in.

Wood is carbon neutral, it only emits what it absorbs. Wood is a perfectly decent fuel source, especially if sourced from sustainable woodland.
Using a Rayburn for heating, water and cooking during the winter emits less carbon than the equivilent of electricity.