Wood Burners ...

[n brown]

Those look quite handy

I'm still only half-way through burning an old pine futon so will need to look for alternatives after that (but probably wander round the local woods for fallen branches as I'm a tight wad :dance: )
in my house in Devon we had a Eucalyptus tree and that gave off a very nice smell as you would imagine. The Sequoia that I cut down (who the hell plants a Sequoia in the garden of a domestic house!!) was an interesting smell as well.

i know eucalyptus as that was all we burnt at one point. had to clean the flue once a week. when we were travelling with the kids and very little dosh we'd burn anything to keep warm . paperbacks , old shoes, pine cones are nice but quick and hot. good for the kids to have to go out in the cold and wet to find fuel. never worried about fumes as that's what flues are for , once warm all exhaust gases go up the chimney. firing up sometimes produced a metre long jet flame apparently coming out of the roof , which occasionally startled passers-by. i prefer my Propex now though.

 

[wildebus]

Talking about flames, the picture I posted reminded me I need to get a spark arrestor for my stove! (Hence why it was so far from the awning with the high winds that weekend).

 

[Jeff G]

I'd love a wood burner, but if you read the press they are a very bad thing to have due to the size of the particulates they release, children it seems are the worst hit.

Is your wood stove choking you? How indoor fires are suffocating cities | Cities | The Guardian

Just saying

Worse than smoking 20 a day

 

[trevskoda]

Has anyone thought of building a waste drip feed oil burner.

 

[mistericeman]

Yes.....
Though as it turned out the oil burning stove I bought to use was.......
A tad too large for the van.... Oooops

 

[trevskoda]

Yes.....
Though as it turned out the oil burning stove I bought to use was.......
A tad too large for the van.... Oooops

I will have a look into this as for full timers it may be easy to get free oil from garages,a small under slung tank and some sort of pump would be required to extract some oil for each days use to a header tank.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Does anyone remember the old salamander oil burners they used to have in garages in the 80s, a big bowl at the bottom and a stack above, they sounded like a pulse jet engine, but the insurance companies outlawed the because of fires, they were ok when it was just oil, (well okay ish) but some engines are so badly worn petrol would get down the bores and into the oil, then they got interesting.

 

[mistericeman]

This guy knows his onions when it comes to making drip feed stoves....

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Very noisy and highly dangerous, not something you'd want in a small van, I like the idea, but the reality is a no goer.

 

[trevskoda]

Ins may be a problem on oil burners if drip feed.

 

[mistericeman]

Very noisy and highly dangerous, not something you'd want in a small van, I like the idea, but the reality is a no goer.

Only as dangerous as any open flamed appliance...

As with most a small amount of care and common sense goes a long way.

 

[trevskoda]

AS long as the drip feed is ok and dont flow to much.

 

[trevskoda]

If i live long enough i will put it on my list of things to build.