Post your stove pics here...

suisidevw

Do you leave the logs either side of the stove too?

For those that do, I suggest you DON'T! The guy over the road from us did this and last year the firebrigrade arrived to a house filled with smoke. It needed complete redecoration, just from the smouldering of logs that had been left by the stove for a few days and dried out completly!

werdnareklaw

Kitte wrote: »

As you can see, it is an Aga Little Wenlock multi fuel. Before anyone comments - the logs sitting atop the stove are only there a couple of minutes - my wood is dry (15 - 18% moisture content) but I find that a quick hot blast on the top of the stove really helps the burn, especially for the larger chunks!

And who polishes that brass??? :D:p

grahamc2003

suisidevw wrote: »

Do you leave the logs either side of the stove too?

For those that do, I suggest you DON'T! The guy over the road from us did this and last year the firebrigrade arrived to a house filled with smoke. It needed complete redecoration, just from the smouldering of logs that had been left by the stove for a few days and dried out completly!

I though a post like that would come pretty quickly!

Depends how you view things. If you stick to the regs, then I don't think you can have anything combustible (like fuel!) closer than a couple of feet or so. You would then be ultra safe, with pretty much zero chance of anything outside the stove catching fire.

But, if you want to live on the edge, take a risk, live dangerously (thats satire btw) you can go against the regs, and store wood as the above picture shows (i.e. for a Little Wenlock), for a very slightly higher risk (obviously elf and safety and everyfireman would say it is a stupid risk to take). I assess the benefit, for me, of warmer drier wood outweighs the tiny increase in risk of doing so. Even when touching the side (which I try to avoid) and running the stove very hot, I've never has any smoke or glowing from those at the side.

Sometimes, I, like in the photo, have wood on top for short periods. When the stove gets very hot, I remove them. I occasionally (once a year say) have a bit of smoke from wood which touches the stove pipe (and that is a real danger of fire there). I just keep aware of the danger, and don't leave wood on top when I leave the room.

My advice to anyone would be to follow the regs.

But if you are aware and confident you understand the issues, for a tiny increase in risks you can have some benefits of warmer and drier wood.

Not so different to going 35mph in a 30mph limit - the extra risk is taken presumable because the benefit of getting to the shops a minute earier outweight the tiny extra risk of death and injury.

hethmar

Im surprised that the HETAS guy signed it off with that hearth which doesnt appear to meet regs?

Do you have a CO monitor fixed in the room?

werdnareklaw

hethmar wrote: »

Im surprised that the HETAS guy signed it off with that hearth which doesnt appear to meet regs?

As I understand it, a hearth should be at least 300mm deep from the firebox. In my case, the door on the stove is wider than 300mm so any cinders lodged at the bottom of the door when you open it could fall beyond that 300mm. Similarly, cinders could roll out some distance when the door is opened. Doesn't make sense to me

Williwoodburner

hethmar wrote: »

Im surprised that the HETAS guy signed it off with that hearth which doesnt appear to meet regs?

There appears to be a shiny black hearth which extends out further into the room where the coal scuttle sits, so looks ok to me, not very clear on the pic I grant you.

Regards

Willie :money:

Kitte

suisidevw wrote: »

Do you leave the logs either side of the stove too?

For those that do, I suggest you DON'T! The guy over the road from us did this and last year the firebrigrade arrived to a house filled with smoke. It needed complete redecoration, just from the smouldering of logs that had been left by the stove for a few days and dried out completly!

Yes, each side of the stove holds about enough for an evenings fire (they are not touching the stove and are a few cm from it). The longest they are there for is 2 days. They do get hot, but nowhere near smouldering temp - I've left a log on top of the stove for a bit too long once and that took quite a long time before it started smouldering!

Kitte

Williwoodburner wrote: »

hethmar wrote: »

Im surprised that the HETAS guy signed it off with that hearth which doesnt appear to meet regs?

There appears to be a shiny black hearth which extends out further into the room where the coal scuttle sits, so looks ok to me, not very clear on the pic I grant you.

Regards

Willie :money:

You're right Willie, there is a granite hearth which exceeds part J.

sunflower_2

i want a stove !!!!!

all lovely

Vomityspice