Woodburner Glass Cleaner

[camelgas]

Originally Posted by Biggy

What HRV system are you using?
Is it a full system utilising shower room/kitchen & wood burner?

Yes, Its been in 8 yrs now.

[spartacus]

The future's bright. The future's this stuff... Stove Glass Cleaner in speciality cleaners at Lakeland

The dog's danglies.

Morso convert. Used to burn hardwood until I worked out it was costing me a bleed'n fortune!

[A1an]

I go through 110 tonnes of softwood a year in this bad boy.

[tony t]

Originally Posted by A1an

I go through 110 tonnes of softwood a year in this bad boy.

Fek me do you live on the North Pole


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[A1an]

Nope, it supplies DHW and CH to 3 properties.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by A1an

Nope, it supplies DHW and CH to 3 properties.

That's still 30 odd tonnes per property!

I looked into a Biomass log fired. Our local robber wanted £30k for the kit, he estimated 18t of wood per year. That didn't include building a plant room.

Even with the greeny grants, that was never gonna happen.

I looked into and costed most renewable options, I settled on Solar water, MVHR and a shit load of insulation.

Might slap some PV panels about the place at some point.

[willk]

Originally Posted by Mollers

I looked into a Biomass log fired. Our local robber wanted £30k for the kit, he estimated 18t of wood per year. That didn't include building a plant room.

IMO, it's a con-job. Pay now - pay later too. Insulation, Insulation, Insulation and wear a fleece!

I mean, there's supposed to be Global Warming coming?!?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Mollers

That's still 30 odd tonnes per property!

He neglected to mention that one is a castle and the other is a fkkn big huntin' lodge. Them toffs likes their heat. 'Ow would Lady Argyll have managed if it had been nippy in the drawing room??

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by willk

He neglected to mention that one is a castle and the other is a fkkn big huntin' lodge. Them toffs likes their heat. 'Ow would Lady Argyll have managed if it had been nippy in the drawing room??

I'll take the contract to service the saws.

[Biggy]

100% agree with insulation insulation quote.
It makes a substantial difference.
Kingspan/celotex boards between floor joists, dropping ceilings and fitting insulation boards there too.
The difference is unreal !!

[A1an]

Originally Posted by Mollers

That's still 30 odd tonnes per property!

I looked into a Biomass log fired. Our local robber wanted £30k for the kit, he estimated 18t of wood per year. That didn't include building a plant room.

Even with the greeny grants, that was never gonna happen.

I looked into and costed most renewable options, I settled on Solar water, MVHR and a shit load of insulation.

Might slap some PV panels about the place at some point.

They aren't your usual bungalows though. My house is 6 bedrooms, the Lodge is 10 bedrooms and the Cottage is 5. All properties are old stone built houses with walls 3ft thick and no insulation, they use ALOT of heat.

We could trim our useage down but why? The more we burn the more recieve from the RHI.


We harvest 30k tonnes of timber a year here so 100 tonnes is neither here nor there.

The Lodge

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by A1an

We harvest 30k tonnes of timber a year here so 100 tonnes is neither here nor there.

Very true, but crazy for Joe Average householder with his B&Q electric chainsaw.

[A1an]

Originally Posted by willk

IMO, it's a con-job. Pay now - pay later too. Insulation, Insulation, Insulation and wear a fleece!

I mean, there's supposed to be Global Warming coming?!?

It's a con-job for the domestic side, commercial is a different ball game.

With RHI income circa £15k/annum, a saving of £12k in oil and we produce our wood chip for free, it was a no brainer.

Payback is around the 6 years and we have a guaranteed income for 20yrs

[Poly]

Originally Posted by A1an

We could trim our useage down but why? The more we burn the more recieve from the RHI.

I feel good about subsiding your waste ;-)

[Robbie Diesel]

I use baby wipes to clean the glass in our wood burning stove. It works a treat

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by A1an

They aren't your usual bungalows though. My house is 6 bedrooms, the Lodge is 10 bedrooms and the Cottage is 5. All properties are old stone built houses with walls 3ft thick and no insulation, they use ALOT of heat.

We could trim our useage down but why? The more we burn the more recieve from the RHI.


We harvest 30k tonnes of timber a year here so 100 tonnes is neither here nor there.

The Lodge

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Very nice indeed Alan but surely with a property that size and being a self-confessed wearer of the tartan trews you should have TWO black Labradors?

[A1an]

Hahaha

Do you think if I owned a house like that I'd be playing about in old ribs, I'd have a lovely new Redbay and a man do do the repairs.

Unfortunately I'm just the gamekeeper/general dogsbody.

[lakelandterrier]

Scrunched up newspaper clears most stuff off my woodburner _ bit of vinegar if stubborn.
I didn't know they came with "systems"

[Festinghouse]

never ever burn wet wood, you wreck your chimney. you dont need a hetas installer to fit stove - its just a con, nothing at all like gas safe. buy a stove on the smaller side of what you work out you need, much better and easier to have a stove running at its peak which you can then slow down, than it is to have a small fire in a large stove. and when trying to control fire, only do it when the stove and chimney are actually hot and working properly. when burning wood, blank off the grate and always keep a layer of ash in the bottom - wood gets its air from above unlike coal, and an open grate allows the all important embers to drop through remember that the heat is in the embers and not the flames.

[camelgas]

[QUOTE=Festinghouse;657690]. you dont need a hetas installer to fit stove - its just a con, nothing at all like gas safe.


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