What are we burning in our Chimenea / Firepit?
Discussion
It's getting a bit chilly in the evenings, and determined as I am to string the BBQ season out until December I invested in a Chimenea on the weekend.
The logs I got must have been rubbish, my entire house stinks.
Should keep me busy cleaning carpets and curtains for the rest of the week,
What should I be burning in it that's a bit less smokey? I found those fire-log things which appear to be compressed saw dust, although they are pretty pricey.
So far, this looks to be the best bet..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150kg-Heat-Logs-Chimenea...
They do a couple of differnet sizes, and you can buy a tonne of the stuff for £330!
Should keep me going for a couple of months.
The logs I got must have been rubbish, my entire house stinks.
Should keep me busy cleaning carpets and curtains for the rest of the week,
What should I be burning in it that's a bit less smokey? I found those fire-log things which appear to be compressed saw dust, although they are pretty pricey.
So far, this looks to be the best bet..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150kg-Heat-Logs-Chimenea...
They do a couple of differnet sizes, and you can buy a tonne of the stuff for £330!
Should keep me going for a couple of months.
Edited by davido140 on Tuesday 20th September 10:42
Defcon5 said:
What?
Why does the interior of your house smell if you are having a fire in your garden?
Smoke, it's this funny stuff, kind of like a gas, goes fWhy does the interior of your house smell if you are having a fire in your garden?
king everywhere! 
It was REALLY smokey wood, f'ing homebase s
te.Even our best efforts of keeping all the doors and windows closed, you go in to grab a drink from the kitchen and sods law would dictate a massive cloud of smog would leave the fire and head straight indoors the moment you open the door!
ETA I'm also not a typical PHer, and only have a small garden not several acres.
There are several places online you can buy good quality seasoned wood for burning although they all tend to have a minimum order of several big bags. Those compressed pellets burn OK, but personally I prefer the way wood burns and different varieties of wood burn in different ways and with different scents if you really want to get serious about it.
Most of the wood you can buy from petrol stations and DIY stores is invariably too wet to burn immediately as they don't store it properly. This will invariably lead to too much smoke and not enough heat when you try and burn it.
This spring, I ordered a few big bags of seasoned hardwood logs from this place: http://www.logs2u.co.uk/
It's piled up outside in a sheltered area so it doesn't get wet and is ready for burning whenever we need it, although with the rubbish summers we keep getting, it looks like it'll take a few years to get through it all...
Most of the wood you can buy from petrol stations and DIY stores is invariably too wet to burn immediately as they don't store it properly. This will invariably lead to too much smoke and not enough heat when you try and burn it.
This spring, I ordered a few big bags of seasoned hardwood logs from this place: http://www.logs2u.co.uk/
It's piled up outside in a sheltered area so it doesn't get wet and is ready for burning whenever we need it, although with the rubbish summers we keep getting, it looks like it'll take a few years to get through it all...
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