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10/03/2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Multi fuel stove and central heating is up and running !
Part of our aims on the home page was to use more wood to heat our home. Now that sounds simple, but in reality its a bit harder. Getting to a stage where you can have enough seasoned wood to burn takes time. So we have to settle with the fact that we will need to burn smokeless fuels as well for some time. But gradually we will switch to more and more wood. First positive step! Read more . . .
Monday, February 8, 2010
Now added to our Heating with Wood page . . .
A comparison table between different types of fuels and the cost per KW/h. Wood stands up really well against other types of fuel. Read More . . .
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Opening up our old Victorian chimney so it was suitable for installing the multi-
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Friday, February 26, 2010
The importance of using well seasoned wood on your fire.
If you have a multi fuel or wood burning stove with a lined chimney it is vital that you burn well seasoned wood. This means wood that has been cut for at least a year if not two. The moisture deep inside the wood tissue has chance to get out and leave a dry, light fuel rich log.
The more popular wood burners become, the greater the demand. This means stores of well seasoned wood get used up and more “greener” wood comes on the market. That’s fine if you can store it for 6 months or more, but most people buy fuel to burn straight away. Using wet wood can means creosotes and tars get deposited on your chimney liner and could erode it over time, shortening its life.
We found that buying small amounts of wood from different suppliers means you can see what they are offering. On our third go we found a good supply of well seasoned wood that had been kept under cover and was bone dry.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Seed potatoes arrived.
This years seed potatoes have arrived by post. We have 4 varieties:-
Charlotte -
Swift -
Kestrel -
Desiree -
A 2kg bag gives about 20-