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Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:

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> sophiesofa Wrote:

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> > i just don't know what to believe anymore.

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> > HB and Ted Max I wish I didn't find your jokes

> > funny but i did!

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> The're a bunch of jokers Sophie!

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> The only genuine thing about this thread is Dick

> Van Dyke's Cockney Accent in Mary Poppins....


Chimchiminee chimchiminee chim chim cheroo, we are those B*stards in Claret & Blue

I wouldn't worry too much about burning a bit of wood in a fireplace if you want to.


Currently offenders 'making a mockery of the law' include one in ten of the houses on your street, shops on the high street, half the pubs in the area etc etc. Plod is yet to visit them and hand out injunctions.

Is your house Victorian? The problem with wood, especially soft wood, when the fire is not burning well creosote is created in the exhaust gases which deposits on the inside of the flue. When these deposits get wet sulphuric acid is created which attacks the lime mortar that bonds the bricks together in old houses. This is why wood stoves should have a metal flue pulled down the chimney. If the fire hasn?t been used for a while get it swept and get them to put a smoke bomb up it to check for leaks especially in the loft and between floors.

I'm not really goig to convert it to a stove, it's far too small (yes Victorian), I could just about cook one marshmallow at a time on it, I think i'd either get that extra flu thing that Ted Max suggested or just use smokeless coal which is probably the most cost effective option.


Skidmarks you are a font of knowledge on the affects of different types of smoke and it's good to know that for breaking the law by using wood that justice would prevail in the form of deteriorated lime mortar. Thank you for your advice.

There is one small caveat,if burning wood is your principle source of heat then there are allowances,50% of the new Rayburns sold are now the "Wood burning" option but be aware a busy wood burning fireplace needs sweeping up to 4 times a year


Unlike gas wood did not go up 30% odd either


Also seasoned hardwood is the least smoke producing option and it has a high calorific burn value and depoists less soot in the chimney. Ash & Silver Birch are the better burners, or if you have a closed burner "sweet chestnut" is very good but spits badly. Oak smells great but is tough to burn( without coal as support)If you are a gardener the ash from the log fire can be saved and used beneficially.


There is also smokeless coal substitutes such as "coalite" these do also produce a lot of useless ash. Lastly there is Anthracite a natural & mined product suitable for burning in smokeless zones (unlike real coal which is bituminous...however coal is king for heat though .)


Lastly.......Burning wood is carbon neutral, buy british woodland logs with a 35 mile radius and support the rural economy , it is a central part of the ancient coppicing system still in use today


Well really & finally, you have to be reported by a neighbor ,then caught by the council officer actually burning or possessing non smokeless fuel...........


In Southwark they are fairly relaxed about it..........Merton however is run by the "fire gestapo"


Enjoy a good log fire....Ahh



You know you want to ....



W**F


*now light his own "log "fire.....ahhh*

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