Rather worryingly I have just noticed that the gap between the logs and the burner is about two inches. They are not too hot to touch but are definitely more than warm. Oops.
Not currently on fire = not currently too close.
Beyond that, tricky to tell from here!
Ours stack next to the stove, many of them physically touching it. Never had an issue yet. Wood is a great insulator and in the absence of a direct flame will need a lot more heat than the outside of a stove will provide to spontaneously combust. I would be more worried about a stray spark than the heat from the stove.
Welsh farmer is wrong
. My brother is a firefighter and had been to house fires caused by logs stacked around a stove.
Follow the clearance listed in your manual.
Oh God- I'm too young to go....
I'll move it.
451 Degrees F?
I've had them smoulder when they've been close to sides, I don't store them there any more. They do combust immediately though once you stick them in the burner.
Farmer hedge firewood generally still has the sap coming out 😉
Friends with big fireplaces seem to fit about a cubic metre of wood in the opening, generally about a log distance, don't want the stack collapsing and blocking the door.
and in the absence of a direct flame will need a lot more heat than the outside of a stove will provide to spontaneously combust.
Nope, if the wood has a sufficiently low moisture content it can and will spontaneously smoulder and if left unattended will burst into flame.
What they said, we had one catch a few years ago, it was a few inches away as I thought they were a bit damp. Luckily I saw it go!
Ambrose, how did you get on with that stove restoration for a relative?
It's sort of on hold at the moment but definitely needs to be done. The main problem is that I'm near Carmarthen but the stove in question is at the opposite end of the country, near Caernarfon.
I need to drive up, dismantle/ remove the stove, drive back with it to my shed where I have enough 'man things' (angle grinder, hammer etc) to deal with it. More prosaically though, the postie will deliver to my address if I need spare parts.
Ho hum, such is life. I'll get it sorted somehow.
I just jam it in all round. It will go on the fire before it self combusts. Excellent way of drying something a bit green as well.
Must admit I wouldn't go out for the night leaving it like that as it does get too hot to touch and smells like a sauna.