Woodburner installed - thanks everyone for advice

rustyboy21

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

Oven drying does work, despite the claims of preceding posters. Good luck with your microwave fool.

With the oven it merely takes you two 'burns' ie two fish dinners, ensuring to '360 the log into position once one side has been dried. I've so far got the exposed wood down to 0% and the bark to 30% on many of my logs but will push to reduce the bark side to under 10% (to improve my burns) and hopefully get the wood to below 0% moisture.

Btw where's all the heat at? Having been burning only good wood and am not 'getting' the heat I was told was a cert with these devices. People say you will be stripping to the underpants once they get warm - so I've really just wasted a trip to Dunnes mega stores getting new ones in as the heat ain't there yet. Will order the coal in next week and hope it will get *TOASTY* then!

Btw don't spam my threads you f!ckers

High Risk

Sure you aren't Frank Carson in disguise? Loving your posts

:rotfl:

hethmar

I wonder how clear the telly screen is now too.

highrisklowreturn

welda wrote: »

Nope, he meant the fish before you put it in the oven with the log!

Obviously my fish ain't going to be wet as they were caught and battered long ago.


Have the coals in now. Maybe the people who talk about steel lining the flue were right, not from a safety and health perspective but in respect of controlling heat.

The TV is doing fine, although the fire heats it up slightly this is mitigated by turning it off (thus stopping internal heat) to watch the fire instead.

highrisklowreturn

grahamc2003 wrote: »

Highrisk still hasn't answered my question as to whether or not he has a register plate(!) and whether the cost of it (if he has one) was part of the £250 fitting charge.

It certainly is a temperamental stove. Yesterday it gave no heat and blackened the glass completely, this morning it gave out lots of heat and kept the glass completely clean, and this afternoon's attempt produced no heat again!

No - what's a register plate? I've got the registration plate if that's what you're on about.:money:

antdad

A register plate seals the stove flue pipe with chimney flue section (and liner) and will aid the draw of the stove as well as preventing crap from failing back down into the fireplace.


As has been mentioned to comply with regs you really need 12" of hearth in front of the stove, I can't tell from the pictures but that looks like a very tight fit, there is also a requirement of at least 2" of air gap behind the stove for circulation. It would also help greatly if there was an angled convection plate above the stove to help direct the radiant heat into the room instead of just being just trapped in and above fireplace which is why I suspect you ain't stripping down to your pants. BTW: If you have a liner installed that is properly insulated it greatly improves the efficiency of your stove, hot air/gas that remains hot simply moves more quickly.

Other than that at least you have something nice to look at, should any heat eventually escape it'll cook your TV in no time.

grahamc2003

Sheesh - I had a bit of trouble getting the stove going yesterday, so I thought I'd try adding a few bottles of vodka and gin to jolly the flames along a bit as recommended on here.

Now I can't find my stove!

(If anyone finds a little Wenlock in their garden, could they please pm me).

hethmar

Graham, that was pretty silly wasnt it. We use white spirit or petrol.

hethmar

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

No - what's a register plate? I've got the registration plate if that's what you're on about.:money:

Are you sure the installer was qualified??? Registration plate? If you mean a lining installation plate - why would you have one if the chimney wasnt lined?

highrisklowreturn

antdad wrote: »

A register plate seals the stove flue pipe with chimney flue section (and liner) and will aid the draw of the stove as well as preventing crap from failing back down into the fireplace.


As has been mentioned to comply with regs you really need 12" of hearth in front of the stove, I can't tell from the pictures but that looks like a very tight fit, there is also a requirement of at least 2" of air gap behind the stove for circulation. It would also help greatly if there was an angled diffuser above the stove to help direct the radiant heat into the room instead of just being just trapped in and above fireplace which is why I suspect you ain't stripping down to your pants. BTW: If you have a liner installed that is properly insulated it greatly improves the efficiency of your stove, hot air/gas that remains hot simply moves more quickly.

Other than that at least you have something nice to look at, should any heat eventually escape it'll cook your TV in no time.

Where could I get an angled diffuser from and would it be difficult to install?

Russ123_2

You must be really excited about your newly intalled stove if you are lighting it during the hottest Autumn for a century!

Also it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more polite especially as so many have given good advice freely to you