woodburners are clearveiw really he way to go?

[RiaParkinson]

Any cheaper good options ?

It wouldn't necessarily be used every day in winter. We don't use the gas fire much at the moment and rely on heat from radiators, but we rented a villa last year which had a wood burner which is what made us want one. I certainly think we'd use it a lot more than the gas fire. Also, when we bought this house I hated the gas fire and surround, and we agreed we'd change it. DH, however, doesn't mind the gas fire so we've been stuck with it for much longer than planned and it's really up to me to sort it out if I want it done.

We have a double garage - which we rarely put our cars in and although it has lots of assorted junk in it we would have at least half of it available for logs.

sounds perfect!

tbh we just store our logs outside under a tarpaulin cover. you dont need a special shed or anything. JUst buy seasoned wood and store it under a cover of some description.

do you all just use a big ring log or mini logs?

good lordy. I have no idea. we just get a load of seasoned wood from the wood man. Either that or dh goes and collects/chainsaws up wood he has been given

We have a Rayburn which heats all the radiators, does all our cooking and heats the hot water too. We use wood which DH collects from the woods or from skips and chops himself.

It's hard work but we have cut our gas use down to zero, the food tastes great, the house is toasty warm and smells of wood all the time. Also I find I cook differently. I bake bread because the oven's on any way so I might as well. I put granola in and make my own biscuits.

We absolutely love the Rayburn.

We're getting a scan one on advice from a guy who's been in the trade forever.

I wanted a firebelly one cos they look luverly but apparently don't perform so well.

you do dont you spidermama and good on you for running everything off it

we live opposite a tiny wood - we are a terrace of 8 houses and just the wood opposite

the council cuts trees down and just leaves them

i look out daily at a huge tree trunk ...yearning

invest in a chain saw and get your dh to go over there 'wooding'
there is nothing like it..lol

i hinted to him but we are too worried about being told off

MrsLeroy do you burn a big ring of wood or logs?

just normal split logs from wood that has been seasoned. Usually a mixture of hard and soft wood as the hard will keep the fire going for longer and the soft will get it going as it were.

You can also burn the special compressed wood logs which are very eco friendly if that helps. I belive they burn for hours and hours from just one log