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Jeßus[_50_]

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:03:51 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:12:23 -0300, wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 10:30:54 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:14:26 -0300, wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:54:03 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>> >>>>On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:37:35 -0300, wrote:
>> >>>>>On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:25:32 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Time for another supplier. He's probably throwing in a bit of
>> >>>>>>unseasoned wood as well.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>I was okay with this years wood as I didn't intend to use it this
>> >>>>>year
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Good to plan ahead
>> >>>
>> >>>I had one of those small Jotul stoves and no way I wanted to use green
>> >>>wood in it.
>> >>
>> >>Very bad for their longevity.
>> >
>> >It was an excellent stove, you could put two logs in at night and
>> >there was enough go left in them to add two more in the morning.
>>
>> Clearly an older model then I assume it is the same where you are -
>> here wood stoves and fires have to be designed by law to not be able
>> to be fully shut down, if you know what I mean (the air vents)?
>>
>> The reason for it is to reduce smoke pollution... but it does mean
>> it's nigh on impossible to get a new fire to burn overnight and well
>> into the morning. Most are easy to modify, however.
>
> When we heated the whole house from a French EFEL woodstove, in winter
>a couple of logs at bedtime kept it in all night, ready to roar up in
>the morning. (No emission restrictions where we lived) I kept it burning
>for seven days and nights then the eighth day let it go out to clear ash
>and relight. We were burning (very) seasoned hardwood. An average of 20
>tons a year, delivered as treetrunks on a forestry low-loader with a
>crane grab, and all cut into logs by us.

Do you miss not having the wood stove, or was the wood chopping too
much of a chore for you? Then again, re-reading your post, you might
still have it...