Has anybody got a fire or logburner lit at home today?

[TheTecknician]

I haven't as there's no provision for one in my modest home but it's certainly the right weather. Could we please see pictures? Thankyou.

Most excellent!!

Does he have an older brother who needs rehoming??

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you’ve made him blush !

unfortunately single child

@woffley a few years ago, I could have practically written that, I do understand!! But rise tinted glasses soon get you past the effort it takes!!

I had a couple if oil filled radiators that could wheel to any room I wanted instant heat in. Trouble was, once it was cosy you didn't want want to move to light the fire!

i did (mostly) learn to be kind to myself by either keeping them burning or setting them up just to light & didn't have my own trees, so didn't have that issue, just ordering (& paying) for good wood.

I liked it when I was young & my Dad had a forest permit & a trailer and we'd go and stock up & fill the wood store ( for future years)

HATED. Cleaning the bloody brass fireplace though!!

@KimFan

sounds nice!!

could you update the thread when you've done it? It doesn't matter if it's not until next spring/summer!! I do love an update photo!!

Well Jack all you can do about it at 4pm this time of year! So you might as well be in here chatting with us!!🤗

Viola

Cheating or not, it looks lovely!!

if you wanted to, could you get a burner out in there??

I might go & see if my ancient (2man to lift) tv will play this?!

if not will have to sacrifice using the iPad!!

That crackling is gorgeous.

Lit ours last night for the first time this season. We're in Devon with no mains gas (LPG heating) and very rural.

Looks very cosy!!

its 0° here in the softy south! Lounge was 13° when I got home! I usually set the thermostat but it needs replacing, so just manually using the heating at the moment.

Well done that man!! 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

he needs a glass of red & the cat on his lap now!!

<sobs quietly>.

I'll settle for good mate with known upbringing!!

Thank you! Yes, we would need to remove the gas cap and the chimney caps though.

Wow! That’s incredible 🥰

Oh that's a great nook & pretty log burner!!

Oh that's fab, I'd have them removed the day I moved in 😂😂

Fireplace twins 👌🏼🤣

Thankyou for your responses folks, enthusiastic or not! For those of you who dare to burn logs, do you know what kind of wood it is. I believe ash is the most common log from commercial suppliers. I believe birch also burns well, plus it grows everywhere. Yew is poisonous, apparently, and leaves sticky black deposits in your chimney!

We are burning our own wood at the moment as we had a couple of trees come down in a storm a couple years back. Larch and birch.

I’m burning leylandii. Grown in my own garden and chopped down and processed by us with the help of a hired log splitter. Horrible trees but burn really well when they’re properly seasoned (+ two years). Our sweep confirms they aren’t damaging our flue.

We do burn smokeless coal too, usually when we’re off work and the stove will be on all day but there’s usually a couple of logs involved to get it going. Ours is a modern stove so won’t slumber.

Our wood burner is lit and really toasty. Our dog keeps putting his toys in front of it to warm them up.

We’re burning oak that has been seasoned for 2 years. We have a big wood store so can store for this long and it burns clean.

our trees are mainly oak, birch and sycamore so thats what we burn. All the ash have died/are dying so there is some left but not for long.

Of course I can!

I’m too cautious. I was exposed to carbon monoxide as a child, so I’d rather not have a working fireplace. Thankfully, mine can be used for aesthetics

@TheTecknician we use hardwoods which is a mix of beech, sycamore with a bit of birch typically. This year has some oak in but we had severe storms a few years ago which flattened large areas of developed woodland all over North East Scotland.

We also removed a birch which we then seasoned for 2 years. Would say birch burns a bit quicker then beech but it gets hot.

We once had a softwood delivery never again and we won't even get a mixed bag anymore. If our closest supplier has run out then we go to the bigger one for hardwood. A good dried hardwood not only produces way less smoke it also kicks out more heat and you need less logs overall. We typically use 2-3 cubic meters per winter/spring. But we are also in North Scotland and it heats our house.