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you have to make sure there is enough air circulating, if all doors open (this what we do)there should not be a problem.
a friend has a log burner and burns only wood, 2 of the family are asthmatic and have never had any breathing difficulties
if others have had problems maybe its the dust or type of fuel they are burning:cool: Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
Sometimes age just shows up all by itself
In the end, it's not the years in your life
that count....it's the life in your years
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My next door neighbour has one in a house and fireplace very similar to mine, there should not be a problem.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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I can't understand why a closed off wood burner can cause breathing difficulties, having said that my wife has coughing fits when in a friends cottage ( they use a combination of mainly wood and some coal).
Never got this with open coal fires (showing my age again!).
Because they are NOT closed off. They all have chimneys which vent fumes into the atmosphere. I agree there is very little problem in your own room but you are creating problems for others outside in your polluted air.The only thing that is constant is change.0 -
seven-day-weekend wrote: »
We want it as a form of alternative heat tho the gas central heating. Greener and sustainable too. We used to cook stews and curries on top of the one in Spain, so alternative cooking too
May I suggest another layer of clothing.The only thing that is constant is change.0 -
, I mean instead of the central heating, not as well as !
We will only be burning wood, not coal, so it is nowhere near as pollutive.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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meercatsunited wrote: »you have to make sure there is enough air circulating, if all doors open (this what we do)there should not be a problem.
a friend has a log burner and burns only wood, 2 of the family are asthmatic and have never had any breathing difficulties
if others have had problems maybe its the dust or type of fuel they are burning
I am not asthmatic but I had to leave the tennis court when a nearby property started using their wood burner and when our over-the-road neighbour lights up I find it somewhat more than unpleasant. And I am very aware when I am in the vicinity of a working woodburner, however, I don't mind cigarettes.The only thing that is constant is change.0 -
seven-day-weekend wrote: », I mean instead of the central heating, not as well as !
We will only be burning wood, not coal, so it is nowhere near as pollutive.
That may be your opinion but I find it just the oppositeThe only thing that is constant is change.0 -
zygurat789 wrote: »That may be your opinion but I find it just the opposite
No, it is not my opinion, wood smoke is not as pollutive as coal smoke, it contains far less sulphur. How it makes you feel is a different matter, that IS your opinion.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »No, it is not my opinion, wood smoke is not as pollutive as coal smoke, it contains far less sulphur. How it makes you feel is a different matter, that IS your opinion.
Wood smoke is a pollutant to me, I know, I feel the effects everytime I am near one and the effect it has on me is real and not an opinion.The only thing that is constant is change.0 -
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:you like cancer sticks :rotfl: :rotfl:zygurat789 wrote: »I am not asthmatic but I had to leave the tennis court when a nearby property started using their wood burner and when our over-the-road neighbour lights up I find it somewhat more than unpleasant. And I am very aware when I am in the vicinity of a working woodburner, however, I don't mind cigarettes.:cool: Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
Sometimes age just shows up all by itself
In the end, it's not the years in your life
that count....it's the life in your years0
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