chadr
Well-Known Member
There's no such thing as society
And "Brassed Off" - I'm sure there's a link somewhere....
There's no such thing as society
ime running the heating by burning logs doesnt work that well, ok, is does eventually, but as you probable know burning wood the log burner and flue need to be up to temperature to throw out good heat and burn efficiently. all that cold water flowing around the log burner saps the heat and takes a lot of heating up, and keeping to that efficient temp range takes a lot of work and fuel.Even in smoke control areas you can burn wood legally. There's a huge list of exempt stoves.
We burn on ours all winter, but just let the thermostats on the radiators and underfloor heating take care of using less heating oil when the stove is on. I have looked at running some or all radiators off the stove, but it looks a potch when you have a sealed system as I do, or even just adding a small sepeate circuit once you get into heat sink radiators on gravity circuits. I don't find keeping the stove going onerous but I spend longer than I want to cutting, splitting and stacking wood, even having invested in a fairly big electric splitter.