Author Topic: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)  (Read 108482 times)

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #75 on: 19 June, 2014, 06:56:42 pm »
Looks nice but I'd get through that in less than a month!

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #76 on: 19 June, 2014, 07:18:40 pm »
Looks nice but I'd get through that in less than a month!

The fire is mostly ornamental (unless Russia cut off the Gas supply) so I expect that will last until this time next year. 

I've noticed (on Lifestyle property programs) that everyone seems to want a woodburner now.  It was one factor in having one fitted, to hopefully increase the chances of selling the house in a couple of years.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #77 on: 19 June, 2014, 07:45:13 pm »
I've noticed (on Lifestyle property programs) that everyone seems to want a woodburner now.

Yes, and the price of logs has gone up to SILLY in the last year.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #78 on: 24 June, 2014, 07:08:25 am »
That's odd - our last load of logs was the same price as before.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #79 on: 24 June, 2014, 07:33:21 am »
It's possibly an urban thing where there are lots of on-trend people with their newly installed stoves who don't know how much wood costs, so the suppliers are cashing in on their naivety.

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #80 on: 19 September, 2014, 09:30:33 pm »
We seem to have a log store a bit like LEE's:


Winter fuel
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #81 on: 20 September, 2014, 05:12:56 pm »
It's possibly an urban thing where there are lots of on-trend people with their newly installed stoves who don't know how much wood costs, so the suppliers are cashing in on their naivety.

For interest's sake: what do you all pay for your wood? (oo-er Matron)

Locally the going rate for mixed (mostly hardwood) is about £60-70 per cubic metre of logs.

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #82 on: 20 September, 2014, 05:48:30 pm »
About £140/ton, hardwood, cut to specified length and delivered.

A ton being around 2 cubic metres? But might be more, or less?

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #83 on: 21 September, 2014, 04:28:53 pm »
A "ton" could mean, round here anyway, either a ton in weight or a builder's bag full, which I think is a cubic metre and so holds a ton of water?  ???

Besides, how does one weigh the load of wood just dumped on't drive?

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #84 on: 21 September, 2014, 05:13:06 pm »
£70 a pickup full (I'm not convinced that's a proper SI unit but hey ho). That usually fills up my log store which claimed to be be able to hold 2 cubic metres when I bought it.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #85 on: 21 September, 2014, 06:43:10 pm »
Over the last two long weekends, I have sawn, chopped and split well over half a ton, judging by the space it now takes up.  All free and a good start to the ton and a quarter needed.
Unfortunately, that's for winter 15/16.  It won't be ready for this year.
I've had a look at this winter's stock and it seems that I wasn't so energetic last year.  Even with the left over from last year's mild winter I'm about half a ton short.  I'm going to have to call in the man with the pick up or even treat myself with some of that kiln dried hardwood from an on line supplier.  Expensive  but good stuff that can be used immediately.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #86 on: 23 September, 2014, 04:49:32 pm »
I usually get through six to eight tons a year but that's because we have a back boiler on the stove. It takes the load off the oil boiler. I need to get some solar panels as well really.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #87 on: 01 October, 2014, 08:47:00 am »
I don't know how true this is but I found it on the home page of a local firewood supplier:

Quote
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But ash green or ash brown
Is fPoplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But ash wet or ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.it for a queen with golden crown
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Andrew

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #88 on: 01 October, 2014, 02:37:05 pm »
You do realise of course that here in rural France a wood stack is somewhat of a penis extension. So if some old codger in a tabac asks if you want to check out his wood stack then beware.... or not, depending on your preferences.

 Seriously though, there are some seriously large wood stacks around. Maybe I'll take a few photos next time I'm out for a walk and post them. If I have nothing better to do.

Our first few years here, I was well into chainsawing logs, splitting and stacking. Good exercise on a cold autumn day. But fires and logs are a messy old business and cleaning up soon looses its novelty value. We've just installed a pellet burner for our heating and hot water. So I can post a picture of a silo filled with 5 tonne worth of pellets if anyone's interested...

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #89 on: 01 October, 2014, 02:44:24 pm »
So I can post a picture of a silo filled with 5 tonne worth of pellets if anyone's interested...
You dirty old ... :-)
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #90 on: 01 October, 2014, 07:24:29 pm »
You do realise of course that here in rural France a wood stack is somewhat of a penis extension.

Not like here at all then, oh no.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #91 on: 01 October, 2014, 08:19:17 pm »
£70 a pickup full (I'm not convinced that's a proper SI unit but hey ho). That usually fills up my log store which claimed to be be able to hold 2 cubic metres when I bought it.

It's about the same here for properly seasoned hardwood.  I haven't paid for wood for years having said that..

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #92 on: 01 October, 2014, 09:44:47 pm »
Quote from: Andrew link=topic=75153.msg1747257#msg1747257
So I can post a picture of a silo filled with 5 tonne worth of pellets if anyone's interested...

G'wan, gwan give it to us...

Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #93 on: 28 January, 2015, 11:07:13 am »
My woodpile is half empty now. It's not worth photographing as it is constantly changing with use and incoming kindling off-cuts from work and branches lopped.

Edit: OK then - timber under cover is 3 logs deep:


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However, I just spotted the following, which is something for contributors to this thread to aspire to:



 :D
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #94 on: 30 January, 2015, 03:59:41 pm »
Next years wood







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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #95 on: 30 January, 2015, 05:44:53 pm »
Good effort!   :thumbsup:
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #96 on: 31 January, 2015, 09:20:25 pm »
Next years wood




Apple?

I love the scent of apple wood burning.
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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #97 on: 01 February, 2015, 08:00:04 pm »
Yep, there is apple in there, and a few others  ;D

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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #98 on: 02 February, 2015, 05:34:15 pm »
#1 son with my mate's woodpile en France



Three chords' worth.



AND he got to ride in the tractor.



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Re: Show us your wood pile (wood burners)
« Reply #99 on: 21 March, 2015, 10:19:02 am »
Our woodpile for winter 2015-16 is starting to take shape.


220 logs and there will be another 600 to go, plus the odd pallet and scrap scaffold boards.