You really need to have a good bed of glowing embers before you shut the vents. But once you have you just chuck a log in every now and again and it'll keep going all night.
I don't understand the obsession with keeping stoves in overnight, but it really is a bad idea IMHO.
Unless your wood is super dry - unlikely in the UK, then the lower temperatures mean that you get more condensation inside the flu, which can lead to the liner dying quicker and the risk of chimney fires increasing. Not worth the hassle to me.
YMMV
Rarely turn stove down rather get naked although this is not available when daughters staying. Rather put wood on with bark down or better still bark all round slows the burn down. That's why I prefer coppiced wood.
http://m.clasohlson.com/uk/Flexit-100X-Heat-Transfer-System/36-4560
Heat mover
Ref rarely turn heat down doing so now cooking!
. I like it warm in the morning also have an option of free wood or LPG. Use LPG if short of wood (hate paying) also have my doubts that bought wood is actually cheaper than the very expensive LPG, at least where I live. Nice to have 2 kettles of water hot in morning. Like most people I fill when maybe it would be better to put less wood on. Everything I read says closing down the burner is in efficient..I don't understand the obsession with keeping stoves in overnight, but it really is a bad idea IMHO.
Unless your wood is super dry - unlikely in the UK, then the lower temperatures mean that you get more condensation inside the flu, which can lead to the liner dying quicker and the risk of chimney fires increasing. Not worth the hassle to me.
Why you shouldn't burn overnight
http://www.guildofmasterchimneysweeps.co.uk/safety_info.php
http://www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/keeping-safe/open-fire-stove-and-chimney-safety
http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/pdfs/guide_to_wood_and_multifuel.pdf (page 7)
Geoff I only clicked on Norfolk fire and I think you will find they are referring to open fires not burners.
About halfway down the Norfolk link
Preventing chimney firesThe most common causes of chimney fires are:
Infrequent sweeping and cleaning
Burning unseasoned wet wood
Improper appliance sizing
Overnight burning or smouldering wood for long periods in [b]wood stoves[/b]
The guild of sweeps
Overnight burning / slumbering fire - please don't do this, it can be dangerous and costly and is highly polluting.
Why? they do not say. More importantly this is clear statement that you should not close your fire down ever. As you cannot close down an open fire they must be talking about burners? Saying you should never close down wood burners ever is ludicrous as there wouldn't be air controls/baffles on them in first place?
Saying should never close down wood burner ever is ludicrous as there wouldn't be air controls baffles?
Mine are a bit more sophisticated than open or closed. I'd tend to listen to what the Fire Service has to say though.
Closing down the fire does course a greater build up of tar/soot so increases the likely of fire easily dealt with by extra cleaning. My fire is closed down at moment they are saying I and every other person with a wood burner should not do this? is in my view bollocks!!
In what way?.Mine are a bit more sophisticated than open or closed.
We have a Charnwood which is dead simple to use, has a rotating grate for wood or multifuel use, a 4 stage choke on the front and can clean the chimney through the stove. Cost an arm and a leg though.
Nothing better than a roaring fire on a cold evening!
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Sorry for the slight hijack but does anyone know of a good supplier/installer in the North Kent (Dartford/Bexley) area?
Had a couple of fitters in who gave very different advice - not sure who, if either, to believe.
In what way?
Well for a start there are both top and bottom vents which gives you 4 variations.
The bottom vent on my latest one has knob with a scale from 0-10 which you adjust depending on how much air you want to allow.
BUT all this is irrelevant, do what works for you. 🙂
. So has mine. Sorry mate but if it was dangerous to do so I would have thought the manufactures would say so. Let's agree to disagree 🙂.Well for a start there are both top and bottom vents which gives you 4 variations.
The bottom vent on my latest one has knob with a scale from 0-10 which you adjust depending on how much air you want to allow.BUT all this is irrelevant, do what works for you.
just bought a house and inherited a Sunrain JA006 chinese thing, anyone got similar?
is this the correct position for the baffle?
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Looks like to should be higher (i.e. near the top of the door) - that's were they are on my stoves.
Looks like to should be higher (i.e. near the top of the door) - that's were they are on my stoves.
+1
Looks a bit odd though. Is there another baffle over the flue exit? Top or rear exiting flue?
top exit, nothing over the flue exit, ill have a look again inside for any brackets, but the description states its to sit on top of the firebrick, i agree, looks like it needs to be higher
Wrong firebrick?
