We all completely (almost) ignore the pollution we force on others. Now I'm off to a bike park in the car for a ride.
It's right that government looks at wood burners. Some people find them hateful, others like them, possible benefits... It's a complex issue and I'm glad the government area to look into them.
I could go without, I'm one of those that lots here lambast, zone 3 London, 2 stoves, wow i must be killing baby robins. I have insulated the house where practical, including pulling down loads of plasterboard to insulate ceiling they was inaccessible from above. What my house needs it's external wall insulation, but the pay back time is 20 years as the cost is so considerable, and I doubt I'll be in the house that long.
I've read what I can about wood burners and do my very best to keep it clean. No neighbours have ever complained, some stop and chat if I'm splitting out in the front garden and they clearly have no issues.
I get wood, for free, from a very local tree surgeon. With car fuel and 2 stroke fuel for the saw I use 2-3 gallons of petrol to process ~10m3. If I didn't do that I suspect at least, if not far more, energy would be used in shipping of and processing for DRAX. The result for all this is a very very small gas bill indeed, and a payback for 2 stoves and the chainsaws etc of about 5 years. While I love the stoves, saws and axes if it made financial sense to do the insulation I'd do it. So I hope the government study sees the bigger picture.
I also feel there is a balance between local impact (pollution) and global impact (carbon reduction) and don't really know how to weigh these up. I try to read what I can, burn clean and maximise the carbon neutral element of stove use.
why is the government stating they will look at wet wood and smokey coal emissions anyway .
only a complete idiot burns that anyway.
are they going to outlaw idiocy ? please do , that should remove about 70% of drivers from the roads :d
Trail rat, only complete idiots don't give a moneys what they are doing to the planet with there polluting vehicles, holidays where they fly anywhere, excessive meat consumption, consumer throw away goods, fashion conscious lifestyles and phoney regard for others. Is those people who burn damp wood? I think 70% of drivers will be massive underestimate.
Must go need another log ont fire. Happy Christmas one and all
PS will Ule Logs be band as being damp? I like me chocolate log moist (oh er misses).
We have no need for a stove whatsoever other than we wanted one.
We have bought one though that meets the forthcoming 2022 Defra regs so that's our get out:).
Awesome stove - wouldn't be without it now and barely have the heating on in a big 4 bed house.
Back to an earlier point about drying times of species, you can add time of year and fungi to your list of variables. Ringing trees for standing deadwood is a favoured method.
Oddly, some of the wettest woods are some of the quicker to dry. Alder doesn't take too long to dry out and will be like polystyrene if left too long. Lawson Cypress and Grandis Fir dry fast too, a wet load of Grandis maxes out the timber wagon 2/3 of the way up the bolsters, 6 months in the open and it will be to the top of the pins. Drivers mention losing 1-2t in weight on longer (250m+) hauls from some species.
timber - MemberRinging trees for standing deadwood is a favoured method.
Reading through this thread and speaking of standing deadwood.....yesterday I started burning some ash from a big limb which had partially broken off in a storm and hung for at least two years till I pulled it down and processed it. Bone dry, burns brilliantly, great heat off it and since it has traveled well under a mile from tree to stove it's green credentials are pretty good but.....outside there's a strange smell. Not horrible or acrid but certainly noticeable and surprising considering the quality of the wood.
are they going to outlaw idiocy ? please do , that should remove about 70% of drivers from the roads :d
It could also help with the overcrowding issue, by removing 98% of the population as well!
I removed an Aga Rembrandt fireplace from my house a few months ago. I’ve turned the hearth and nook in to a den for Funk Jr. Proper environmentalist me 😉
