Legality of pinching firewood (Read 78423 times)

tomtom · March 02, 2009, 10:46:56 am

Quote from: Bubba on February 28, 2009, 05:45:49 pm

Got the chainsaw I bought from ebay running properly now and have found a large dead tree in some woods that I can slowly bring home

The log pile is about 7ft x 3ft x 3ft now so it's getting there.

I made a saw-horse out of old 2x4 and bought a splitting maul too.

Good job Bubba...

You have a log pile to envy!

I dont know where you get to stack them, but I noticed they're tucked away in a corner.. If you can stack them freestanding (in a row) they get air on both sides - and if are in the sun even better - will season superquick. I found I didnt need to cover mine (stacked them up against a wire fence) as the wind dried them as quick as they got wet...

Bubba · March 02, 2009, 10:50:31 am

Thanks

It's going to get a *lot* bigger before I'm done. This is only 2 van loads worth and I've found a venue with several hundred yards of felled silver birch just waiting to be taken away

You're right about the stacking. This is really a winter measure - as we get into summer I'll stack them in rows to season properly. I am a little constrained for space to do this as Ms Bubbs doesn't want the garden full of stacks of logs. I'll probably adopt some sort of rotation system or something.

Bubba · March 05, 2009, 07:09:36 pm

sorry, more log pr0n

Another couple of hours at my fallen tree - getting a bit more confident with the saw now - there's some 12" stuff to be tackled now i've taken off most of the smaller bits. The van didn't like going up hills very well with this lot on board.

Jim · March 05, 2009, 08:52:14 pm

nice, I really wish I had a van at times

Bubba · March 05, 2009, 08:55:55 pm

How about a small trailer?

nik at work · March 05, 2009, 09:12:23 pm

Nice Bubbs, very nice.

fatboySlimfast · March 06, 2009, 09:18:28 am

I did have a nice log pile until a very pissed fatdoc decided to turn my chimnea in my yard into woodseats very own blast furnace last weekend. I rekon about a months worth of wood went up in 3 hours, flames were coming about four foot out of the top of it and the offshot was being doused in sparks

Bubba · March 06, 2009, 09:31:01 am

We were all nice and warm outside though...

stom · February 11, 2011, 06:56:54 pm

We installed a log burner just before Christmas. I have to admit its been one of the best additions to the house we've made. Anyway inspired by this thread i set about collecting wood for next year. Below are the fruits of my labour. I reckon i've a lot of splitting to do now, along with building another log store at the top of the garden....

log pile 1 by tomjslater, on Flickr

Log Pile 2 by tomjslater, on Flickr

peewee · February 11, 2011, 07:12:54 pm

I run the entire house on this stove, both heating and hot water. We only use a bit of oil in winter.

Awesome piece of kit paid for itself in a year.

stom · February 11, 2011, 07:24:09 pm

Nice, I kind of wish we'd got one with a back boiler...
How much wood do you get through each year Peewee?

tomtom · February 11, 2011, 07:27:48 pm

Quote from: stom on February 11, 2011, 07:24:09 pm

Nice, I kind of wish we'd got one with a back boiler...
How much wood do you get through each year Peewee?

When I had a wood burner (only heat source in house) I recon I would get through c.2 of what you have stacked up there in a winter... +-50% depending on conditions.. etc..

peewee · February 11, 2011, 07:29:56 pm

We go through 6-8 Tonne a year, its not just a back boiler, its a proper boiler it has a 1inch skin of water all around the fire.

http://www.whatstove.co.uk/aarrow-stoves/aarrow-tf-50-stove.html

mrjonathanr · February 11, 2011, 07:32:49 pm

Quote from: tomtom on February 11, 2011, 07:27:48 pm

When I had a wood burner (only heat source in house) I recon I would get through c.2 of what you have stacked up there in a winter... +-50% depending on conditions.. etc..

c.2 = 0.2?
c.2 = 2.0?
c.2 = ? thanks

Bubba · February 11, 2011, 07:33:38 pm

Quality log pile Stom.

Long term plan for a burner like that peewee but expense of install and persuading Ms Bubbs the limiting factors.

peewee · February 11, 2011, 07:36:28 pm

Main reason we went to wood was the price of oil, plus there's always wood to be had.

stom · February 11, 2011, 07:39:21 pm

6-8 tonnes is an awful lot of cutting & splitting! Unless you buy processed wood in?

peewee · February 11, 2011, 07:42:59 pm

We have a Logsplitter and 2 chainsaws, 1 days a month to keep enough wood in the store, we have about 4 tonnes seasoning aswell.

tomtom · February 11, 2011, 08:09:46 pm

Quote from: mrjonathanr on February 11, 2011, 07:32:49 pm

Quote from: tomtom on February 11, 2011, 07:27:48 pm
When I had a wood burner (only heat source in house) I recon I would get through c.2 of what you have stacked up there in a winter... +-50% depending on conditions.. etc..

c.2 = 0.2?
c.2 = 2.0?
c.2 = ? thanks

2... Lazy typing - on phone

stom · February 11, 2011, 08:58:43 pm

Quote from: Bubba on February 11, 2011, 07:33:38 pm

Quality log pile Stom.

Long term plan for a burner like that peewee but expense of install and persuading Ms Bubbs the limiting factors.

Thanks Bubba,

Hows yours coming on this year?

Bubba · February 11, 2011, 09:10:35 pm

Still chewing through the remnants of the stuff I collected last spring/summer and before, but I really need to have a re-organisation as it's all just in a big pile. This is ok but some of the oldest wood is at the back so consequently I often mistakenly grab wood that's too new to burn. Need to build a proper stacking system like yours really. Also, being in a big pile it doesn't get enough airflow around the back.

This year I've been quite lazy on the collection front as our new neighbours chopped down three trees in the garden. Although this was a shame aesthetically they let me have all the wood so I've got about 50% of my needs for next winter already sorted - i've got this stuff in a proper seasoning stack too so should be good

Jim · February 11, 2011, 10:35:40 pm

always stack your wood bark side down and it should dry just fine.
I have been looking at getting a log burning back boiler but every bit of advice I see is that it is just too inefficient compared to gas CH.
Just going to stick with an open fire and gas CH in the new house

underground · February 11, 2011, 10:41:04 pm

Quote from: Jim on February 11, 2011, 10:35:40 pm

always stack your wood bark side down and it should dry just fine.
I have been looking at getting a log burning back boiler but every bit of advice I see is that it is just too inefficient compared to gas CH.
Just going to stick with an open fire and gas CH in the new house

And it's going to dry shitloads quicker once split.

Just interested Jim - what's the definition of 'efficient' in that statement? Are you talking based on the effort to collect, process and season the wood, or are you talking cost wise if you buy wood? Or cost of stove vs. savings on gas/coal/oil?

Jim · February 11, 2011, 10:48:01 pm

I'm talking about the effort to collect, process and season and burn that wood ( not to mention cleaning out the ash etc...). that stove must be going for at least 6 hours a day or you live in a tiny 2 room house.
Cost wise, I suppose it depends on what you charge yourself out at per hour? I recon at £10/ hour then gas CH will be way cheaper

Bubba · February 11, 2011, 10:53:18 pm

I actually quite enjoy the whole process of collecting/sawing/splitting so the cost is less of an issue. But that said I'm not getting through anywhere the amount that Peewee is - I'd be buying some in for sure at those amounts. But if you know some friendly tree-surgeons then that's not such an issue anyway.