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There's no infomation or comedy value...just wanted to say I,

Took the afternoon off work,

Took delivery of 1m3 of wood,

Stacked it,


Man make fire,


arrrh, bliss

waiting for 5pm to break open the the scotch.

From the title of your post I have to say I was intreagued, and a little apprehensive, to take a look

Why do you have to wait till 5.00pm to break open the Scotch -

You don't want to do it like that;

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Lay a base for the stack. This can be two two-by-four or two-by-six boards or two long poles or branches. Lay them far enough apart to lay an average piece of firewood. Set the base facing east-west so your stack will have more sunlight during the winter.

Step
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Pick out some pieces shaped like half-moons and quarter-moons. At each end of the pile, place a half-moon piece with the flat side up across the base. Place two quarter-moon pieces at right angles across the half-moon shape, with the angles sides facing down. You now have a solid base for your stack.

Step
3
Stack the firewood across your base, mixing sizes and types of wood as much as possible to provide optimum airflow. Continue stacking until the stack reaches the desired height.

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Cover the stack with a plastic tarp, or build a shelter over the top to keep the wood dry.

And then set fire to it and call the fire service (see I didn't use the word brigade!)

I thought this would be about a ride in a Veyron or something eually exotic, but it really was about wood

That is not a real man pile of wood. That is prefab stuff, all chopped to size.

Nah, a real man takes the axe with him and chops all that stuff like I did. Real satisfaction of course.

(after a week I managed to get my arms back to keyboard level without it hurting too much ... )

pvr wrote:That is not a real man pile of wood. That is prefab stuff, all chopped to size.

A little off topic, but talking of prefabs.... how's the garage building going pvr?

On the subject of wood........ we're looking at replacing the gas fire in the living room for a wood burner. The fireplace is up to the job but we will need a chimney building as the existing flue isn't up to the job (its just a simple gas fire effort). This is looking like the next job once the extension is finished!

Does anyone have any experience of doing this?

Cheers,

Pete.

Yes, you need a lining in the chimney as well so the stack will need to be big enough.

I built an inglenook fireplace in the lounge, but fortunately that was an outside wall so I could get all the dirty work done outside first (i.e. the lining) before breaking the wall open to do the rest of the fireplace.

Fireplace work mean lots of nice dust everywhere