Wood stoves with back boilers

muckybutt

True! not though of that

Greenfires

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

I of course should also helpfully point out that you see all those forests they whack down for you to sit nice and cosy and think of how pro environment you are, they aren't replacing them. In other words, there is nowhere for co2 produced from other sources to go - unlike of course if you were to burn coal instead.

Very helpful - and as usual - absolute cobblers. Do you have any idea how many tens of thousands of new trees are planted every year? And as for CO2 and the carbon cycle - you're just starting to make a tit of yourself now - I'd leave it if I were you.

Greenfires

...and just so you have some figures you can argue against and suggest they're rubbish - the total area of new planting, and restocking of felled areas in the UK in 2013, was just shy of 24,000 hectares. This is the combined figure for Forestry Commission and non FC organisations.

wrightk

OP, as you can see these boards can get quite heated!
my advise;
dont take anything that highrisklowreturn says as the truth (with the exception of your stoves kw being too high for the house) get someone in who knows what they are doing to calculate the size of your house and match the stoves kw to suit.

dont burn petcoke in your stove- there is a reason why stove manufacturers put a warning in BOLD WRITING telling you not to. It most cases it will invalidate your stoves guarantee. not to mention the damage it can cause

Dont get too bogged down with the pros and cons of burning different fuels. you must use what suits your particular stove, your lifestyle and the area you live in. there are for and against arguments for every fuel around, from peat bales to logs to pressed briquettes and smokeless coal.If your thinking about a multi fuel stove take time to experiment with different fuels and find what works best for you and what the availablilty is like in the area you live in.

Get an install done properly. I like to think im fairly diy minded but i would never attempt any installation. yes you could do it yourself and then get someone to sign it off but do you really want to do that? would you start tinkering with a gas supply? no because you have to be properly qualified (should be the same in my opinion)

Oh and dont take anything that highrisklowreturn says as the truth- did i say that? oh well

alleycat`

wrightk wrote: »

would you start tinkering with a gas supply? no because you have to be properly qualified (should be the same in my opinion)

Oh and dont take anything that highrisklowreturn says as the truth- did i say that? oh well

I think the rules say competent (with regards to gas) but i understand your point.

Unless you really know what you are doing don't pee about with anything that is likely to kill you.

Not a bad rule to live by.

highrisklowreturn

Yes, and be sure to fuel your appliance with an appropriate smokeless coal such as WONDERCOAL or CALCO remember WONDERCOAL or CALCO.

muckybutt

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

Yes, and be sure to fuel your appliance with an appropriate smokeless coal such as WONDERCOAL or CALCO remember WONDERCOAL or CALCO.

For gawds sake SHUT UP you are getting boring now