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Tippy ash buckets are pretty good. Available in various sizes to fit your ash tray. http://www.tippyash.co.uk/ash-carriers.php
Someone elses idea? It's physics, low temps and creosote condenses in the flue. At the other end, you are just wasting logs sending heat up the flue to warm the pigeons sat on the pot.
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I quoted the last line of the funny article.
A cheap rug for your pets, hob coffee pot, a favourite stick as a poker, container to keep the ash for your garden, set of sweep brushes and fire cement.
The main one will be whatever log store you have at the moment, plan to double it, then double it again 😉
"It's only emptied when cold." - is good advice.
I dropped the bottom out of my Henry hoover with still warm compacted brick things the morning after. Bodged up with wood and no-nails and now relegated to garage hoover.
2 pages and no one has suggested Audi?
Anybody got any suggestions of where to buy nice but cheap fireproof rugs?
I like the one in the pic above^
If you mean my one at the top, it was from Ikea! Not sure on fireproof, but I've managed not to set it on fire yet!
After reading this I spunked up some money on an Ecofan ...
Boy, does it make a difference. I am actually stunned about how much heat it distributes - in the large kitchen it is in it puck heat up by 2-3 degrees ... and also pumps heat into the hallway
Very happy
Having had smoke back out into the lounge due to poor draw on the flue, on the advice of someone on here, I use a chefs blowtorch to heat the flue before lighting and then to go at the firefighters.
Works like a charm and good for creme brûlée too.
I use a chefs blowtorch... to go at the firefighters.
That's harsh, man. Just cos they wear fireproof clothing it doesn't mean they can't sense your hate.
They do a fine job - let them be...
Fans do seem to work to even heat up and get a room warm faster. Using my IR thermometer i found the stove top just infront of my fan is around 30-40C cooler than the same place on the stove top but the other side of the flue. Checked several times so not due to a hot spot in the firebox. I'm amazed at that. That fan is the cheapest I could find at about £28. Can't from warrior stoves i think. A month later i got a 1 year old valiant fan on eBay which looks identical but it doesn't shift as much air. The valiant is £75 new i think, it seems to spin faster so I'm happy the teg is in good order, but the blades have slightly less twist to them so it doesn't shift quite as much air as the cheap fan.
Getting heat into the flue early is important to get a good draw going and hence a good clean fire. The 2 then combine to ensure you aren't smoking and cresoting the flue. I use plenty of newspaper and a good stack of kindling to get things roaring.