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.

Enjoy your burner & free ash wood 🪵 🔥

Bless! Get the thing lit & a treat for the hound to nibble on after waiting so patiently!!

@lightningstrikes another lovely aspect. Might have to move in to test it out properly!!

cheeky cats !

We have one of these, had it installed last year. Absolutely love it! Would have loved a log burner but after taking everything in to consideration we went for the gas burner. Just had ours on and has made it lovely and toasty in the living room.

@AutumnLeaves24 the owner of the bum you spotted likes the fire a little too much. I have to remove her from the hearth when the fire starts to die down.

Why resist?? Sounds perfect!!

Ah pretty cat!! Some of them are a bit daft 😂

Our dog needed tempting away with a treat, had to be high value! Don't blame them though, just so cosy!!

This is mine...

Small particulates from log burners in urban areas IS a really serious problem. Granny lost her life at just 40 in 1962 due to the dirty smoke from a ''temperature inversion' so I do empathise.

She was taken away in an ambulance from East Sheen,SW14, London and knew she'd never see her baby grow up.

She paused by the toddler's cot and said ''I'll never see her grow up''. {Died next day} 7th December 1962.

She too never smoked.

Bronchopneumonia /cor pulmonale {?}was on her death certificate.

The thick smog was choking, lots of people died.

I do empathise.

Depends where you live.

Our log burner is lit, lovely and toasty here.

Rural living, not on mains gas and only other heat source is electricity and very expensive.

Here's mine. My cottage was built in 1875.

Look up something called "survivorship bias" for why your argument based on your grandmother is flawed.

GARAGES are also at fault- they sell FILTY stinking bituminous coal.
Coal merchants aren't allowed to sell this nasty polluting coal in urban areas {smokeless zones} but garages can and do sell it.

However- anyone with smoke coming out of their chimneys in a smokeless zone can be fined.

We have two. They are not lit yet but I love them. They make the house super cosy. We live rurally and have oil heating which is ridiculously expensive so I rely on them. Only burn well seasoned logs.

@lamblossom snap! 😊

We've never lit the fire though in the 26 years we've lived here. Think I would just be too hot!

Some gorgeous cosy lounges here though, love this thread.

@TwilightAb are there any downsides, I’ve researched and can’t see any. We are moving house next week and can wait for installation.

Three woodburners here, and one in the letting cottage. Ancient draughty rambling house, also in rural Scotland. No gas, frequent power outages. Our own wood, well-seasoned. What's the alternative?

So what should people who live in homes that lack mains gas and are prone to electrical blackouts (and the two tend to go together because a lack of mains gas is often accompanied by overhead power distribution cables) do for warmth, given that oil-fired boilers also emit particulates?

Any home that is in a clean air zone is limited to DEFRA approved stoves to limit particulate emissions. Your mum might be healthier in a more urban area because they tend to be clean air zones.

We’ve just moved to a much bigger home and having one is such a novelty! Haven’t got around to repainting the horrid yellow wall yet, but here’s ours, currently rumbling away! 🔥

Please report to DEFRA and Trading Standards any garage doing this as they are breaking the law.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/selling-coal-for-domestic-use-in-england

Here’s mine!

I wouldn't say we've found any downsides. You obviously don't get the lovely crackle you get from a real burner. Plus of course you need to take the cost of gas in to consideration. We haven't seen a big rise in our gas bill though.
It's way easier to control though and is still lovely and cosy and warms the room up a treat!

I have....because we had heavy snow and the boiler decided to stop working 😑

I went in to a garage selling filthy coal to complain and they said ''People come in from the out-lying country to buy it...{Do they heck!}''.....I will most definitely look at that link, thank you.

Just had to say what an absolutely wonderful picture! They look so cosy..what a lovely life they have