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GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

Who's turned their heating on yet? We've had our wood burner going again tonight to take the chill out of the air.

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Peter Dolman · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject:

turned on tonight for the 1st time.
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

so far im rufusing and winning .problem is though is my washing is pileing upand now is not the weather for it to be hung outside.i dont have a tuble dryer.

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

Apart from paying to get the chimney swept and the initial cost of the wood burner the rest of its use is relatively free. The wood I burn is 90% scrap wood which is either off cuts from timber we use at work (4 * 2's, etc) or from salvaged timber like pallets or old door frames, fascia boards or trees that we have felled. The other 10% of wood comes from Studley Sawmills. I picked up some wood at the sawmills for a customer today and was very shocked to be told that a bag (the same sized bulk bag that sand and gravel comes in) is now £30.00. This time last year I was being charged £17.00 - how's that for inflation??

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Block67 · Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:38 am Post subject:

both our log burners have been on the go since we moved a couple of weeks ago (we are still burning logs that we cut a couple of years ago).
Got a couple of conifers to cut down this year, should be seasoned by next!

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

I burn any sort of wood on my wood burner, even the odd sleeper! I've burnt quite a bit of conifer/leylandii as well but always made sure it's pretty well seasoned because of the resin content of that wood. Also, a wood burner is much more efficient at getting rid of sensitive documents than any paper shredder.

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