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.

Lit ours at lunchtime, but we're out of seasoned wood at the moment (between trees) and it's on smokeless fuel. Which does make it easier to keep in all day and overnight when the temperature really drops.

It's quite clear what wood burning smells like thank you very much! Not plastic at all. Everyone is complaining about it, it's pollution ffs

Well that's obviously different isn't it! If you can’t afford to have central heating installed then fair enough. I never once suggested anyone sit in the cold. It's just so bloody selfish in built up areas when people in their urban/suburban semi have delusions of grandeur and like to pretend they live in a country farmhouse and are choosing to use one instead of their home's ten radiators. That is when it's selfish in my personal opinion

Exactly @doodleygirl

Basically log burners are an acceptable form of pollution cause they look nice.

We don't have one, but our lovely neighbours do - one opposite, and one next door. The smell from them both is lovely! 😍

Do you say the same to car drivers? Plastic manufacturers? There's a lot worse things than log burners that I bet you use at some point in your daily life. Unless you live off grid in a hobbit hole stfu.

So no one can ever be concerned about climate change or pollution unless they live off grid in a hobbit hole? Can the bar not be a tiny bit higher?

@AlmostCutMyHairToday 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@bigvig Grow up! I've explained the effect it is having on my mum (and millions of others) and I can assure you, cars don't have anywhere near the same effect on her, not even diesels! So there's no comparison. Stfu yourself! 🤣

Please contact your local council's environmental health department. You'll be very surprised what they can do about that....

My neighbours certainly all have theirs running, went outside for five minutes and had to use my asthma inhaler. Still wheezing several hours later.

We have pretty much the same cat and dog 😂

I feel your Mum’s pain, all of our neighbours have log burners, and because our chimney ( gas fire not used, but proper chimney) is cold, the smoke comes down into our sitting room.

We live semi rural, no restrictions on burning, and not on mains gas supply.

Ive had to leave the room on an evening. We all have asthma.

I think you can make a complaint, particularly if you can pin point the culprit.
I just don’t know which one to complain about, as we are surrounded by them.

Next door got a second one ! But we had the problem, before they even got theirs.

We only use smoke free coal here. Stays lovely and warm for ages too!

I can never smell our log burner from outside (our house and chimney is very tall, so this may be why). I wonder whether it’s something you simply don’t notice if you are not sensitive to it, but is horrible if you are.

Have you considered blocking off the chimney?

Yes surely blocking the chimney is obvious? Shove some thick plastic bags up there. We used animal feed sacks when we weren't using our chimney.

We have blocked off the one in our bedroom with a black bin bag stuffed with loft insulation.

Current evidence suggests there is no safe level of PM2.5 particulate matter air pollutionn and domestic wood burning contributes 17% of London’s PM2.5 air pollutionn.

Middle of nowhere, no gas in the village!

So things other than wood burners emit 83%, a supermajority, of these particulates?

Managed to keep mine going overnight and have just got another log going. The house is so much warmer with it having burned all night.

This was from Sunday. I didn't get in until 7pm last night so didn't light it but they really do make a difference in older, solid properties. It really doesn't take much wood to get it hot.

Mine will be on today. Temps are -4 here. I ❤️ my log burner…