Wood Burning Pollution - Another Study about Rural Dwellers Health Risks

[trevskoda]

I always use the top down method. The fire establishes much quicker with no smoke.
I also buy top quality kiln dried logs which, although more expensive initially, last longer with more heat, so the overall cost is the same in the end.

Wood stoves work out about 4 times more costly than proper regulated oil fired sys, maybe ok for xmas day etc but not a lot of use for every day use.

 

[trevskoda]

I’m very lucky in that I have access to a forest adjacent to my land. With permission the wood I cut from there is left out in reasonable lengths for at least a year. I then cut them into log lengths and split and store them in the dry for at least another 2 years before burning. This ensures that the wood is fully seasoned. Couple this with using the top down method to light our log burners and it really does reduce emissions. The chimney doesn’t smoke at all once the fire is burning properly.

 

[number14]

Wood stoves work out about 4 times more costly than proper regulated oil fired sys, maybe ok for xmas day etc but not a lot of use for every day use.

Unless you have access to a free supply of woodland logs and the space to store them for seasoning then I agree that log burning is not an economical heating option.

We light our log burner most evenings in the winter and totally enjoy the cozy warmth. No way is it cheaper than the gas CH but it's an extravagance that we allow ourselves in our retirement.

We would save money by relying solely on the gas CH and, In much the same way, we could sell our moho and profit from investing the capital and save on running costs, but where's the fun in that?

You're a long time dead!

 

[Greengrass]

Wood stoves work out about 4 times more costly than proper regulated oil fired sys, maybe ok for xmas day etc but not a lot of use for every day use.

I beg to differ I have a wood burner my leccy is a lot less in the winter than the summer I can get through a dumpy bag or more a week the fire is on 24/7 during the winter three bed room house it heats it from top to bottom and all the hot water I need I must admit the wood is all free lol

 

[trevskoda]

I beg to differ I have a wood burner my leccy is a lot less in the winter than the summer I can get through a dumpy bag or more a week the fire is on 24/7 during the winter three bed room house it heats it from top to bottom and all the hot water I need I must admit the wood is all free lol

That makes a differance but im in and out so no use here unless i hire a butler to feed the beast and clean up ashes, more than 30 years back i cut my parkray out and went to regulated oil sys, now i can come and go as i please and the house is always warm when i return, but to each there own.

 

[nabsim]

Makes you think you don't know what to think don't it. I remember getting thick fog (smog) in cities when I was younger. We nearly all had coal fires and fumes were belching out from virtually every business. And yet we are all still here. hmmm

Ok, I do have slight emphysema but I worked in and extremely dusty environment for a quarter of a century and used to smoke between 40 and 60 fags a day

 

[korky]

Makes you think you don't know what to think don't it. I remember getting thick fog (smog) in cities when I was younger. We nearly all had coal fires and fumes were belching out from virtually every business. And yet we are all still here. hmmm

Ok, I do have slight emphysema but I worked in and extremely dusty environment for a quarter of a century and used to smoke between 40 and 60 fags a day

You say we are all still here,maybe, but those smogs killed thousands some winters.
I'm a wood burner, but live on a fairly exposed hillside in the country. I wouldn't impose it on my neighbours if I lived in a city, although I only burn hardwood that I've seasoned for 2 summers, so little smoke.

 

[Wighttyne]

Interesting read, I wonder how long before they want to ban them or at least tax them?
Personally our stove runs 24hours a day and provides all our heating and hot water from oct-apr with solar taking over for the summer months. Dry wood is the key we currently have five years worth cut and chopped, it will spend two years stacked outside before being stacked inside then burnt.
I am always intrigued by what heat source is used for kiln dried logs? Is that green or efficient?
I get warm:-
When I cut it
Then when I chop it
Moving and stacking
Then when I burn it
We don’t use a stove fan because by design the back boiler/ water jacket distributes the heat evenly throughout the radiators in the house
No doubt the eco warriors think it’s wrong and blame me for global warming but we don’t use any gas, coal or oil the bottom line is there is just too may people on this tiny planet

 

[trevskoda]

Interesting read, I wonder how long before they want to ban them or at least tax them?
Personally our stove runs 24hours a day and provides all our heating and hot water from oct-apr with solar taking over for the summer months. Dry wood is the key we currently have five years worth cut and chopped, it will spend two years stacked outside before being stacked inside then burnt.
I am always intrigued by what heat source is used for kiln dried logs? Is that green or efficient?
I get warm:-
When I cut it
Then when I chop it
Moving and stacking
Then when I burn it
We don’t use a stove fan because by design the back boiler/ water jacket distributes the heat evenly throughout the radiators in the house
No doubt the eco warriors think it’s wrong and blame me for global warming but we don’t use any gas, coal or oil the bottom line is there is just too may people on this tiny planet

A lot of time wasted when you could be out in the van, i just ph a truck with a big tank on the back, 15 mins,sorted, wallet is emptied mind you.

 

[Rumour]

Emissions are not just smoke. Most emissions are invisible, as car exhausts show. So just because you can't see smoke, emissions are still there.

 

[trevskoda]

Emissions are not just smoke. Most emissions are invisible, as car exhausts show. So just because you can't see smoke, emissions are still there.

Thats 100% true, i have just released some emissions and the cat has made a bolt for the door.