travolta
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Post by travolta on Apr 4, 2022 14:52:05 GMT
Wood burners....are they not widely regarded as incredibly unhealthy now and something to get rid of ASAP? I have one in my house, here when I bought it and never lit by me. The glass door spontaneously cracked, due to a bit of roof movement I think, and I've had it wrapped up in safety plastic while trying to decide whether I should get it repaired or rip it out. I've been stagnating for a year now! Its very easy to get a replacement glassdoor (I 've bought a few in my time . Wood Burner showrooms could get you the right size ). If you can get it up and running again and have a wood supply like Crabby (or me ) its excellent and saves a lot . Many people around me have solid fuel rayburns for the whole house and still swear by them. Our big wood burner warms the whole house and we need it for most of the year.
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Post by pikestaff on Apr 4, 2022 15:34:32 GMT
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Post by adrianc on Apr 4, 2022 16:37:09 GMT
Those open fires were replaced with log burners quite a while back There is a WORLD of efficiency difference between an open fireplace and a woodburner. I just don't recognise that from our stoves, unless they've been badly built or lit. We never get even the slightest whiff of smoke. They draw very well. One is in an outbuilding, 'erselfs studio. The alternative heating is electric heaters. We are utterly self-sufficient in wood from off our own land. There's a world of difference between a properly HETAS installed woodburner and an open fire that's often inside with no flue at all... And when you consider the alternative cooking methods available... Paraffin or even diesel, f'rinstance. Gas cylinders that have been transported distances by filthy old-tech truck... If there's that dense a population that the wood is being harvested that hard, then clearance for other agricultural activities are more likely to be the real problem.
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Post by travolta on Apr 4, 2022 17:26:57 GMT
I agree that a woodstove releases alot of fire ash . Its the best alternative for me because I've a lifetime of fallen trees and doplant replacements. I can't think that we are going to meet climate change requirements unless there's a huge drop in population. Maybe widening the 'castration' drug, that UK forestry is introducing for squirrel control, to include humans.
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Post by bracknellboy on Apr 4, 2022 17:39:52 GMT
Those open fires were replaced with log burners quite a while back There is a WORLD of efficiency difference between an open fireplace and a woodburner. I just don't recognise that from our stoves, unless they've been badly built or lit. We never get even the slightest whiff of smoke. They draw very well. One is in an outbuilding, 'erselfs studio. The alternative heating is electric heaters. We are utterly self-sufficient in wood from off our own land. There's a world of difference between a properly HETAS installed woodburner and an open fire that's often inside with no flue at all... And when you consider the alternative cooking methods available... Paraffin or even diesel, f'rinstance. Gas cylinders that have been transported distances by filthy old-tech truck... If there's that dense a population that the wood is being harvested that hard, then clearance for other agricultural activities are more likely to be the real problem. Isn't all of that what I effectively wrote Jeez.......
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