Woodburners.

At least most of us are likely to have a damp meter. 

Great opportunity here to get the unthinking public really confused about wet and green.   Green wood that's dry as opposed to dry wood that's wet!  And to be green, one can't use green wood either!

I need to instal a wood fired kiln to dry my wood for the stove. 

Comments here just confirms the stupid idea put forward. Who can understand it, Who can realistically tell If wood is dry, damp or wet. Who will police it. A great administration fiasco. In reality how many so called woodburners are there particularly in Urban areas.

Decision time.

Do I light the woodburner, or put another jumper on? On top of the two I'm wearing.

Which is better for the environment, and which is  better for me?

Burning wood wins.

It is very "strange?"that the anouncement about restricting  what can be used in wood burners and domestic coal fires, comes as the UK is this year ,  hosting the world environmental conference?

Could it be, as with the "Blue Sky Thinking"about banning some ICE vehicles being banned, all a bit of "chest thumping"by our out of touch with reality government 

…or switched on thinking by a new Govt? 

However, that’s getting into the realms of politics.

No issue with that Goldie, unless it’s wet wood, it’s a no brainer.

Goldie,  You could just ask, beg, plead, or implore TammyGirl to Knit a Double Thickness cricket sweater on that wonderful machine of hers. It won't help you today but who knows ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,

Just on the subject of wood-burning stoves:

We have a neighbour who just begs fuel for her wood-burner from anyone she sees that might have something she can burn. I don't think she has ever bought any 'proper' fuel for it. Old fence panels (coated in creosote or God knows what) used to be her favourite because she could break them up fairly easily. We cut a tree down in our front garden and she was there like a fly to **** asking to have it and she often returns home with something that will burn.

The lady in question and her daughter are hoarders, not much gets thrown away and nothing ever gets done to the house or garden either. There was ivy growing not just up the side of the house but right up onto the TV aerial on the chimney. This was all charred from the rising heat.

She has  supposedly been banned from using the wood-burner by the fire service. She had an electrical fault in the  house which caused a fire. The fire service found 'junk' piled up everywhere including extremely close to the stove which was likely to cause another fire. Whether she will obey the ban is another matter.