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Post by technoish on Oct 4, 2022 20:29:23 GMT
It was 2.5 guys over a very long day, including using a ladder that was way too short to go up three floors to get onto the roof (it made it to just below the gutters...).
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Post by henroben on Oct 4, 2022 21:10:12 GMT
Everyone seems to have much bigger stoves than me  I went for the very dinky hobbit stove, at a mere 4.1Kw as I only live in a very small terrace, so don't need a huge amount of heat. The only downside is I have to get the logs cut to a specific size which is a bit of a pain. Other than that, all good!  |
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Post by nexus6 on Oct 5, 2022 7:32:41 GMT
Small but perfectly formed - it looks very cosy.
The log size thing has always confused me a bit. I don't have a massive stove but its a reasonable size yet only the small logs just fit in it naturally. Who is burning logs much bigger? Maybe open fire people.
BTW I love that chair - does it have a space for books down the sides by any chance?
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 8:06:30 GMT
Small but perfectly formed - it looks very cosy. The log size thing has always confused me a bit. I don't have a massive stove but its a reasonable size yet only the small logs just fit in it naturally. Who is burning logs much bigger? Maybe open fire people. BTW I love that chair - does it have a space for books down the sides by any chance? I think the average size is 10" for logs? So 25 cm, which is slightly too big to easily stack in mine - they need to be 20 cm. It's all about getting them in through the door once the thing's hot, and of course being able to close the door once they're in. An open fire gives you a lot more room, you can wedge them in at all sorts of angles! Yes! Well spotted - the chair is from the 1920's and has a kind of pocket on one side for magazines and two shelves on the other, even still has it's fold out bakelite ashtray as well, so you can have a relaxing smoke when reading ;-) |
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Post by H-alphaFox on Oct 5, 2022 8:41:37 GMT
Our burner has a 40cm door and the logs we get mostly seem to be cut to fit in, people with a smaller burner would be screwed unless they went to pick the logs they wanted by themselves. 20cm logs would be good to get it going then shove a couple of the 40cm ones in once it is burning hot enough.
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 9:03:48 GMT
Just get an axe or a hatchet! Fun times and I've only injured myself on like 157 separate occasions.
henroben you should get a stove-top fan, they are very effective at distributing the heat
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Post by quadfather on Oct 5, 2022 9:07:01 GMT
That chair certainly is amazing, and the fire does look really cosy.
Second the stove top fans, they're effective and pure black so don't intrude much with the rest of the decor.
Says the guy with 2 inch thick artex everywhere
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Post by quadfather on Oct 5, 2022 9:07:25 GMT
In fact, you're making me feel quite messy. I must tidy my bookshelf.
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 9:11:32 GMT
Our little Morso Squirrel plus mexican tile hearth |
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Post by Dougs on Oct 5, 2022 9:16:28 GMT
Just get an axe or a hatchet! Fun times and I've only injured myself on like 157 separate occasions. henroben you should get a stove-top fan, they are very effective at distributing the heat A log splitter is a must too imo. I miss my fire.  |
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Post by quadfather on Oct 5, 2022 9:19:47 GMT
I like the mexican tiles. I don't think my tiles were in shot. Just got some random coloured ones, also mexican themed.
It's the little things!
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 9:32:30 GMT
Our little Morso Squirrel plus mexican tile hearth That is a very nice hearth! I do have stove top fan, well actually it's one that attaches to the pipe but it does help stop the heat from pooling in the chimney recess and push it out into the room. I've still got all the gear from when I used to have an open fire - felling axe, hatchet, splitting wedges & sledge hammer, plus a bow saw with wet & dry blades. While it's easy enough to split logs, having to saw them to the correct length for the stove is a right ball ache and it's much more convenient to pay an extra tenner to have them cut to size when ordering them... |
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 9:36:32 GMT
Our little Morso Squirrel plus mexican tile hearth Is that an ammonite fossil on the left of the stove?! |
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 9:45:09 GMT
It is. We were in Lyme Regis one day, there was a guy with a little table set up outside his house selling fossils he’d found along the coast. That was the coolest one he had
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Post by Vortex on Oct 5, 2022 14:33:00 GMT
Your cat appears to be having been too close to the fire and melted a bit.
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Post by TheSaint on Oct 5, 2022 14:40:15 GMT
Every time I look into those stovetop fans, I always come away with the feeling they don't actually do anything.
Do they actually work?
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Post by quadfather on Oct 5, 2022 14:58:59 GMT
Difficult to tell, because once the fire is going, it's hot. So....I don't exactly know how to measure if they do anything tbh
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 15:03:02 GMT
Every time I look into those stovetop fans, I always come away with the feeling they don't actually do anything. Do they actually work? As far as I can tell, their main reason for existence is to add some turbulence to the air to minimise layering i.e. to stop all the hot air forming a band below the ceiling. Certainly before I got the fan I could feel a very distinct boundary when I stood up into an area of much hotter air, after getting the fan the warmth seems better distributed vertically and the room certainly feels warmer over all. It also helps a little bit with pushing air out of the recess and thus helps get a bit of air flow round the stove. But they're not going to be blasting heat around like a fan heater. |
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Post by H-alphaFox on Oct 5, 2022 15:03:54 GMT
I'm getting one this year so I should be able to get a fair idea if they do. We have a large room so I should be able to tell if it's sending the warm across to me working at the PC.
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 15:36:44 GMT
Every time I look into those stovetop fans, I always come away with the feeling they don't actually do anything. Do they actually work? We did a little test with and without ours on and the heat from the stove was considerably more noticeable further away from the fire with the fan on.
You've got nothing to lose anyway. They're cheap as chips and the technology is basically witchcraft.
My mate who lives on a narrowboat swears by hers. Without it you get a tangible cold layer where the hull of the boat sits under the water line. The fan just helps circulate the air
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 15:40:39 GMT
You would think there would be youtube test videos using some kind of infrared camera but I can't find any
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Post by Dougs on Oct 5, 2022 15:41:21 GMT
Ah man, I would totally love to live on a narrowboat. Maybe when I retire, I'll fuck it all off and live a simpler life.
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 5, 2022 15:45:20 GMT
It's a pretty hard life tbh. There's so much to consider. Winter is fucking freezing and summer is fucking boiling, and you need to pay someone to pump out your shit. That being said, her last boat was a double width bespoke barge and it was gorgeous. Just felt like being in a nicely appointed apartment rather than what would otherwise feel like camping in a tiny narrow floating shed.
edit - it was a bit like this
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Post by Dougs on Oct 5, 2022 15:57:09 GMT
Very nice indeed. But yeah, my wife would not be up for being cold a lot of the time.
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2022 16:00:44 GMT
The stovetop fans are for moving the air away from the fire, so they're useful if you hope to use the stove to warm other rooms etc. Our one definitely makes a significant difference to the warmth of the rest of the downstairs of the house as the air seems to circulate better. I think it cost £12, so well worth it. I may be a bit of a masochist, but I actually like chopping the logs. It's a jolly good workout and you only very occasionally get smashed in the shins by a massive piece of fast moving log. Our lil stove, last year sometime...  |
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Post by technoish on Oct 5, 2022 16:07:57 GMT
Lovely  Note that I think the fan needs to be further back on top of the stove. That's what my instructions said anyway. |
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Post by 😎 on Oct 5, 2022 16:16:01 GMT
I have a gas fireplace but really considering ripping it out and shoving in a wood burner. Not sure my chimney has a flue though.
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Post by dogbot on Oct 5, 2022 16:19:22 GMT
technoish The instructions for that one said as far from the flue as possible. Unfortunately, that makes it very difficult to put at the back/behind the flue. That pic was probably taken during the experimental phase, it's at the rear left now.
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 16:23:34 GMT
I may be a bit of a masochist, but I actually like chopping the logs. It's a jolly good workout and you only very occasionally get smashed in the shins by a massive piece of fast moving log. Splitting logs is fine, a fun and manly activity that makes you feel like a lumberjack! Sawing logs on the other hand is a hideous pastime if you don't have a chainsaw that just makes me want to cry. |
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Post by henroben on Oct 5, 2022 16:24:37 GMT
I have a gas fireplace but really considering ripping it out and shoving in a wood burner. Not sure my chimney has a flue though. Presumably it must, otherwise your gas fire would be venting out into the room? |
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