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northernhoard
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Greetingz good people!

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Good Evenin from stormy auld Bolton!
In a bid not to get attached to the stainless steel providor I grow most of my own food on an allotment and in my back garden, also make fuel logs and hunt for old wood froms skips and alleyways to power the woodburner that heats mosta the house.
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Post: # 44990Post Shirley »

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Post: # 44991Post red »

welcome!

dya make paper logs? we do too... and have let it be known we will take any old rubbish wood off people's hands. -recycle it into heat keeps the place warm
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Post: # 44996Post northernhoard »

Yeah its paper logs, managed to get sturdy log maker for twenty quid, bloody bargain

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Post: # 45222Post Chickpea »

Hi Northernhoard. So you'd recommend the paper log makers then? I'm thinking of getting one. How long do the logs last? Can you use them as your only fuel or are they best saved for getting the fire going then heave some wood on afterwards?

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Post: # 45555Post northernhoard »

Chickpea wrote:Hi Northernhoard. So you'd recommend the paper log makers then? I'm thinking of getting one. How long do the logs last? Can you use them as your only fuel or are they best saved for getting the fire going then heave some wood on afterwards?
Yeah the log makers are ok, ,theyve coe down in price too, the logs can last a few hours if you manage to get the paper down to a pulp, as far as drying thay take about two weeks, a lot less in the summer, a couple of days drying outside.

Ive used them on their own with a little kindling to get them going, I usually use them with scrap wood though

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Post: # 45565Post red »

northernhoard wrote:Ive used them on their own with a little kindling to get them going, I usually use them with scrap wood though
yeh me too - we tend to make them in the winter and use spare greenhouse space to dry them out.
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