I got wood

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Harry Flashman

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Tuesday 20th July 2021
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Cherry smells lovely when burned. Also great for smoking on the barbecue...

Harry Flashman

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Sunday 19th September 2021
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This is here for this winter to help me get through the various piles of timber seasoning everywhere.

Corten steel, blued after its first fire but now rusting on the surface after a rain shower, which is what it should be doing.


Harry Flashman

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Sunday 19th September 2021
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PushedDover said:
Gift shop here in fiskarhdos, Gr

Took time to find the right fit


Am I doing this right ??
That is some niche choice in garden decor.

Harry Flashman

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Monday 8th November 2021
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All the wood I cut and stacked a year ago is bloody soaking after our washout of a summer. Even the kiln dried stuff I stored in the log stores is now more moist than it was (and significantly) than when I bought it.

More dried wood shall be ordered and stuck in the house. Sod this.

Harry Flashman

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Monday 8th November 2021
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beambeam1 said:
Would it not be worth checking the kiln stuff with a moisture content tester first? That's if they can be trusted as a reliable reading.
I did!

Harry Flashman

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Monday 8th November 2021
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Evoluzione said:
Wood wants to be at equilibrium moisture content with it's surroundings. If you're buying dry wood then storing it in a damp atmosphere then you're pretty much wasting the time and money it cost to dry it.
I have somewhat expensively worked this one out!!

Harry Flashman

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Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Sebastian Tombs said:
What do you chaps do for kindling?

I know you can buy bags of it, but it will get expensive if I keep doing that.

I'm getting sick of taking the axe to larger logs, or taking the saw to smaller bits of tree every evening just to get some smaller stuff for lighting the fire.

Is there a reasonably priced machine that will split my logs into 4 or 6 segments without a) making a racket, and b) endangering me.
Small hatchet and a club hammer. Easy and fun!

Harry Flashman

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Thursday 31st March 2022
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Cold today. I sense a warming fire in my immediate future as I work from home...

Harry Flashman

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Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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A couple of summers of drying, and I reckon this lot is ready for the winter, especially given a dry summer this year...


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Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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DonkeyApple said:
True but you won't have the emotional trauma that Harry is going to have in November when he has to first break into that very elegant pile and second select which friends get burnt first. biggrin
So true DA. Going to break my heart!

Harry Flashman

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Sunday 7th August 2022
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DonkeyApple said:
You're going to have to have a plan. Either a long Sunday lunch, with plenty of red and then step outside the.some good white while watching Scarface, to assuage the guilt.
hehe



Harry Flashman

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Saturday 12th November 2022
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Latest round of chopping up trees has resulted in several cubic metres of wood, and the need for makeshift log stores to be built, and wood stacked in them, in between all of the rain.

Pallets have been the material of choice.

An spare fence panel as a makeshift roof? Fall achieved by screwing it to the top of a sloping fence. Bodged!



More construction tomorrow.



And existing stores reorganised to make some good, dry wood easily accessible.





Cherry. Sad we don't have an open fire.




Random ash hiding in the garage.



Child labour was used for stacking, but the serf became bored and wandered off to find her mother. It's just not like the good old days of feudalism. frown




Harry Flashman

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Sunday 13th November 2022
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bobski1 said:
Has anybody got fire guard recommendations? Need to protect it from little hands
I got one from safetots. Works well, fixes to the wall, easily removed without tools for summers when not usi g the stove.

Harry Flashman

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Sunday 13th November 2022
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Pheo said:
We have lots of pallets due to building work, I hadn’t thought about using them for this (was going to go for compost heaps), might do this.

Need to find a supplier for small logs for the hobbit stove we just had installed too.
I'm trying to work out if I can be bothered to spray the next one with black cuprinol to make it look nicer...

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Monday 14th November 2022
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Pheo said:
Harry Flashman said:
I'm trying to work out if I can be bothered to spray the next one with black cuprinol to make it look nicer...
Tbh Harry as it’s you I was significantly disappointed they were not already painted in an obscure archive farrow and ball colour
Good point!

I shall procure some in Elephant Foreskin #3, immediately. smile

Harry Flashman

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Monday 14th November 2022
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smile at both of you

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Friday 16th December 2022
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Top down method is brilliant for heating quickly with little hassle.

If smouldering I'd keep the door open a crack to get more air through, and also use more kindling in a jenga stack to get that heat increased early.

Harry Flashman

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Sunday 26th March 2023
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That A frame is begging for a rambling rose to be trained up it and into the tree.

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Sunday 26th March 2023
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Harry Flashman said:
That A frame is begging for a rambling rose to be trained up it and into the tree.
This one is an absolute beauty. I have one scrambling up a tree, and it's awesome.

https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/alexan...

Harry Flashman

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Sunday 26th March 2023
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Hereward said:
Harry Flashman said:
Harry Flashman said:
That A frame is begging for a rambling rose to be trained up it and into the tree.
This one is an absolute beauty. I have one scrambling up a tree, and it's awesome.

https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/alexan...
Now that is an excellent idea. Thank you.
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