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Draughty semi : any point in getting a woodburner, gas stove or multi fuel stove fitted at this point?

78 replies

bakalava · 13/12/2022 18:04

I would only have access to expensive wood
Currently, we are ill so we are heating all day at 14 degrees but we really don't need to heat everywhere. There are too many radiators to turn on and off individually.

OP posts:
justasking111 · 17/12/2022 13:42

bellac11 · 17/12/2022 12:47

Wood is not a finite resource. It literally grows on trees

Yebbut some trees grow slowly even pine forests here in Wales need 15 years before harvesting. And pine forests kill everything else under them being so acidic

Usee8789754 · 17/12/2022 14:17

bellac11 · 17/12/2022 08:35

We wouldnt be without our log burner, one of the best things we ever did, wish we had done it years ago

We order wood by builders bag, seasoned wood, I dont buy kiln dried wood. You have to shop around and try to order earlier in the year like August or September, after that the prices start going up a bit.

You have to be careful about how you keep the fire going, Im not sure what people are doing to use a wheelbarrowful of wood an evening, probably not tending to it properly, you dont need it constantly roaring for max heat output

A barrow a day isn’t at all unrealistic if you’re burning from morning through to bedtime

dizzydizzydizzy · 17/12/2022 15:36

It's the thought of thing my 'D'P says. I told my GP about some of his other behaviour and she said he was abusing me. She put me in touch with Women's Aid.

Hope you feel better soon, OP.

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