Wood burning stove

[Solitude]

Never really thought about it before, but saw a fella doing one at his house yesterday....and i think i fancy it !!

I am in the building trade (electrician) and watch skips depart with shed (no pun) loads of old stuff and new "off-cuts".

I'd be mad not to....right ?

Your'e thoughts, experiences please.

[JFReturns]

Everything you could possibly want to know, in this thread.

You might be surprised at the costs involved!

[Munter]

Of course if you just want to play with fire of an evening using said free wood....



Is a cheaper option.

[fatboy b]

The instructions for ours recomends not burning kiln-dried wood i.e. shaped wood from builders merchants or anything that has paint on. We love ours, and it's helped halve our oil consumption.

[theironduke]

fatboy b said:

The instructions for ours recomends not burning kiln-dried wood i.e. shaped wood from builders merchants or anything that has paint on. We love ours, and it's helped halve our oil consumption.

Nah!! I'm in the building trade and our Villager eats anything that burns! The smoke coming out of the chimney may be a bit pongy but i can't smell it in my living room

Recently ripped out a flood damaged solid oak floor, spent a weekend at the sawbench....bam...a few weeks free fuel! In the ten years we've had our stove we haven't paid a penny for wood, granted being in the building trade helps!

[Gingerbread Man]

I'd love a wood burner as well, but being in the ground floor flat of two makes this not much of an option.

I'm also in the building trade - Plumber and you're right on how much wood gets chucked away. I've recently got an exterior wood burner and take home bags of wood quite often to feed that. Amazing how much wood comes out from a bathroom project.

[Blakeatron]

Having a workshop I get loads of wood - from 'shock horror' mdf, hardwoods, old kitchens, pallets and then all the offcuts from the furniture!

Heats downstairs very nicely, and keeps your brew warm for ages - has been known to reboil the odd cup of tea depending on what is being burnt...

[theironduke]

Blakeatron said:

Having a workshop I get loads of wood - from 'shock horror' mdf, hardwoods, old kitchens, pallets and then all the offcuts from the furniture!

Heats downstairs very nicely, and keeps your brew warm for ages - has been known to reboil the odd cup of tea depending on what is being burnt...

I find old kitchen worktop chopped into 6" square pieces make excellent "logs" will tick over for hours and throw out lots of heat!

[saleen836]

theironduke said:

I find old kitchen worktop chopped into 6" square pieces make excellent "logs" will tick over for hours and throw out lots of heat!

Another construction worker here, collected a shed load of 18"x18"x2" chipboard floor tiles from a job, cut them into 'logs' and they burned fantastically on my open fire!