How could this have happened to my log burner?
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Cheap Chinese metal.
It doesn’t matter if the grate is from the manufacturer, a decent uk supplier or the cheapest place on the net, chances are it will be coming out of the same factory.
My parents house had an open fire, as a kid I can remember my dad swapping the grate maybe every 3 or 4 years, if not longer. Before the fire was removed late last year a grate wouldn’t even last 12 months.
On a different note, have you tried the top down method for lighting your fire? Much, much better!
It doesn’t matter if the grate is from the manufacturer, a decent uk supplier or the cheapest place on the net, chances are it will be coming out of the same factory.
My parents house had an open fire, as a kid I can remember my dad swapping the grate maybe every 3 or 4 years, if not longer. Before the fire was removed late last year a grate wouldn’t even last 12 months.
On a different note, have you tried the top down method for lighting your fire? Much, much better!
Desiderata said:
What are you burning? Coal or logs?
If burning wood, you should allow a layer of ash to build up on the grate and don't clear it daily. The wood burns more efficiently and cleanly when fed with oxygen from above rather than up through the grate.
Cheers, I didn’t know that. I’m burning ash logs, but I’ll take the tip about leaving ash on the grate in future.If burning wood, you should allow a layer of ash to build up on the grate and don't clear it daily. The wood burns more efficiently and cleanly when fed with oxygen from above rather than up through the grate.
Mick Dastardly said:
Desiderata said:
What are you burning? Coal or logs?
If burning wood, you should allow a layer of ash to build up on the grate and don't clear it daily. The wood burns more efficiently and cleanly when fed with oxygen from above rather than up through the grate.
Cheers, I didn’t know that. I’m burning ash logs, but I’ll take the tip about leaving ash on the grate in future.If burning wood, you should allow a layer of ash to build up on the grate and don't clear it daily. The wood burns more efficiently and cleanly when fed with oxygen from above rather than up through the grate.
I recall being told a while ago that if the ash pan isn’t emptied when full such that the ash is in contact with the grate, then the ash can generate lots of heat onto the grate above. Apparently the grate deteriorates and fractures quicker when it gets heat from the ash tray below it as well as the fuel on top of it
romft123 said:
No ash pan, no grate
Mine is a Morso with a grate and ash pan, so Im kind of stuck with that but its 10 years old, looks brand new and I have not had any hassle with it. the guy who fitted it came last year to sweep the chimney and said it was almost totally clean so keep doing what I m doing !I only burn dry wood.
No matter how thick your grates are eventually they'll burn through.
Mine are c40mm thick when new
But 18months later;
But that is from burning MDF dust in a 350Kw/1.2m Btu burner for 10 hours a day.
Even so, there's nothing to be done to stop it other than replace when they break, same as domestic burners.
Mine are c40mm thick when new
But 18months later;
But that is from burning MDF dust in a 350Kw/1.2m Btu burner for 10 hours a day.
Even so, there's nothing to be done to stop it other than replace when they break, same as domestic burners.
Edited by Marcellus on Saturday 1st February 17:51
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