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"If the chimney is on fire call the Fire Service out. We will then put water on it."
your trained too.... difference is bob sees that you stick water on it and he tries to too- the result - most of his livingrooms now on fire as the fires no longer in the fire box.....
Yeah, that's me - giving stove users a bad name.
Not many close enough to get affected by my stove.
But the real issue isn't slumbering, it's the moisture content in the fuel that causes coking issues. Sure, with dry wood you'll get a small amount of soot building up but it'll burn off when you open it up again.
I do wish you'd stop being so evangelical about this particular subject - you're almost matching Northwind's tale of Chris King headsets... 😉
lol.... just providing a service, hopefully stop a few chimney fires and stop giving the government reasons to clamp down on stove users because of the number of respiritory problems in high use areas....
TBH, I think the misunderstanding here is you envisage night burns as a shut down that slumbers but I see it as a slow burn that still has a flame and doesn't smoke too much when compared to a full-on roar.
I'd probably freeze to death in the winter months if I didn't burn overnight - it's my only heating source.
Edit : A good night burn is all about the quality of wood and the way you stack it in the stove.
i dont think your slumbering.... if theres flames its not slumbering its just a low burn.
What i mean is when the stoves shut in and theres just lightly glowing embers all night.... which with most domestic sized (4-5kw) stoves is the only way your going to get an all night burn with the size of firebox they have.
If its your only source of heating you probably also have a back boiler and a fairly decent size of fire box that can take enough fuel to have a propper slow burn with flames.
difference is bob sees that you stick water on it and he tries to too- the result - most of his livingrooms now on fire as the fires no longer in the fire box.....
Then he should read the rest of what I said. 😉
One of the big problems with log burners is that the wood gives off sap that coats the flue. This can then set on fire if not cleaned out every year. Much worse then the products of burning coal. Saying all that, I've been in the job 16 years and have been to loads of chimney fires but very few that have not been dealt with easily. The key is to get us out ASAP.
if theres flames its not slumbering
In which case I definitely don't slumber.
And yeah, mines about a 6 or 7kw IIRC. However, my partner has a little stove, about 4-5kw and I'm quite impressed with it TBH as it will do a good overnight burn without too much trouble - around twelve hours. The glass is cleaner than mine.
Anyway, glad we resolved the terminology issue. 🙂
What teasel and I definitely slumber( I assume that is what i do) it over night so it depends on what the definition is
I tend to do two things
1) Put on wood, get proper flames then cover with ash - is that slumbering?
2) Use those coal briquettes things that burn slowly overnight
For both methods I dont alter the vents
Its the only heat source I use so that it does need to not to have shut down over night
Kerwality posts on here keep it up lads.
I would fit a full domestic sprinkler system to be on the safe side if it concerns you that much.
I work in the engineering industry, and for an automotive sized test cell there would usually be an inert gas "dump" system (used to be, but is no longer halon) - great for putting out fires with no damage. Maybe one of those would work.
The only problem is they suffocate anyone in the room at the time - still at least the fire would be out !
nuke it from orbit.
it wouldnt be out ..... but at least there would be no worrys about the stove burning your house down.