Free wood?

[yorkie_chris]

Before you get it installed, probably too late but anyway.

do not buy a cheap stove. Buy a good one. It will be double the price but well worth it because you'll be able to control the fire properly.

Cheap ones have more holes in than a crackheads alibi and leak lots of air, this means you'll have a roaring fire whether you want one or not, wood and coal burns really hot in no time at all.
This will make you p*ssed off with job. Buy a good one, chuck on 2 logs and 3 lumps of coal and it will be warm for 4-5 hours.

Buy a good stove!

Councils that are cutting down trees are always a good bet. If you send the wife they may even chop them up into useable sizes too. Whenever I've approached tree surgeons they want about £80 for a tree that they are felling. IMO councils usually just give them away.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Before you get it installed, probably too late but anyway.

do not buy a cheap stove. Buy a good one. It will be double the price but well worth it because you'll be able to control the fire properly.

Cheap ones have more holes in than a crackheads alibi and leak lots of air, this means you'll have a roaring fire whether you want one or not, wood and coal burns really hot in no time at all.
This will make you p*ssed off with job. Buy a good one, chuck on 2 logs and 3 lumps of coal and it will be warm for 4-5 hours.

Buy a good stove!

...and one with an airwash system for the glass, as it's nice to look at the flames rather than a sooty window.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Before you get it installed, probably too late but anyway.

do not buy a cheap stove. Buy a good one. It will be double the price but well worth it because you'll be able to control the fire properly.

Cheap ones have more holes in than a crackheads alibi and leak lots of air, this means you'll have a roaring fire whether you want one or not, wood and coal burns really hot in no time at all.
This will make you p*ssed off with job. Buy a good one, chuck on 2 logs and 3 lumps of coal and it will be warm for 4-5 hours.

Buy a good stove!

I got a firefox 5, they seem to get good reviews and can be had for 400quid, I did want the firefox 8 but the mrs wouldn't let me as the fireplace guy said it would be way to hot

is there any noticeable difference between burning wood or coal?

[yorkie_chris]

Yes, they burn different, coal is a bit more energy dense and expensive. Good for lighting it with, start a fire with some newspaper/firelighter and kindling, this gets a few lumps of coal going that start a nice bed off for the logs.

coal burns much much longer and hotter, but to burn this you need a multi fuel stove (iirc)

[yorkie_chris]

Wood can burn as hot as anything, they smelted iron with charcoal before they figured out how to use coke. Just add sufficient air.

I have never figured out difference in a multifuel stove versus a "conventional" one, a hole in the ground is ultimate multifuel one going on that!! But yeah that firefox 5 is multifuel.

[Biker Biggles]

Theres no such thing as free wood.Even if you marry it you pay in the end

A mate of mine goes collecting dead wood every couple of months, collects a van load each time which keeps him going. Collects from woods, country lanes etc

Originally Posted by DMC

A mate of mine goes collecting dead wood every couple of months, collects a van load each time which keeps him going. Collects from woods, country lanes etc

Sounds like a right Pikey with too much time on his hands