Best kiln dried logs.

[magnetman]

Oh right yes that is quite a large firebox. I did manage to keep a Villager Heron in overnight on a previous if I could get dry oak. 

 

 

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, magnetman said:

Oh right yes that is quite a large firebox. I did manage to keep a Villager Heron in overnight on a previous if I could get dry oak. 

 

 

Our squirrel would run 24/7 on oak. Luverly it was. Sadly now just a distant memory. All we have now is newspeak dust coal. 

[ditchcrawler]

On 06/12/2023 at 21:02, magnetman said:

 

More seriously. 

 

 

If you have dry storage available it can be worth looking around for wood briquettes.

 

Some wood product companies (doors, windows etc) have fallen for the marketing and bought briquetting machines in the vain hope the saving of the landfill cost v the cost of the machine v the profit from selling high pressure pieces of sawdust in nicely shaped pieces to people with wood burners can work. 

 

They can be absolutely brilliant but will turn into porridge when damp. 

 

Someone last summer was more or less giving them away on eBay.

 

Wood Briquettes. Good fuel if you can store it. 

 

 

 

 

Following this post I have poked around locally and just bought 20Kg for £10 but have now found a cheaper source at £6 for 20Kg 

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On 06/12/2023 at 21:59, GUMPY said:

By not burning fossil fuel you will struggle to keep a stove alight 24/7.

The result will be a damp boat as it constantly heats and cools.

 

Ecoal works and contains 40% olive stones.

Wickes will deliver order in multiples of 3 for best discount.

 

 

Wood might be better for CO2 but produces a lot of PM2.5 which is not good for local pollution  

'Doing the right thing' gets harder day by day and sustainable living will always be something of a compromise as the observations above bear testament!

 

In my view the best boat heating compromise comes down to Ecoal or HVO in some form of 'diesel' stove. At 90% carbon neutral. with low NoX and PMs (including the insidious PM 2.5s) HVO takes a lot of beating. It gets rid of all the dust associated with burning any form of solid fuel and is totally 'self-stoking'. It burns much, much cleaner than mineral diesel and, once the hydrogen used in the manufacturing process is green, it will become pretty much a 100% carbon neutral fuel.

 

Now that the joint IWA/RYA/CA HVO working group has succeeded in persuading DfT that all HVO consumed on inland waterways boats (regardless of whether used for propulsion or domestic purposes) attracts the same subsidy, it's going to become much more attractive (and less complex) for marinas to stock.

 

The Group is now working on making it more affordable and available across the entire recreational boating sector to embrace lumpy water boats, and commercial vessels operating in Class C tidal waters, as well as inland waterways craft. The current RTFC 'subsidy' arrangements are no longer working to make pricing competitive against mineral diesel, so a new mechanism is clearly required. This may well be built on the back of the George Eustice amendment to the recent Environment Act (October 2023) which allows for a 12 month consultation period to find ways of making HVO affordable to rural house dwellers looking to fire their oil boilers with the fuel rather than having to invest in what (very often) is unviable heat pump technology. 

 

 

[Bobbybass]

I've noticed a fair few newish CRT fences cut off near the bottom  🤨😐