Since it was installed (early summer), the log burner has become an integral member of the family.
Whenever the temperature has been forecast to drop a little, we’ve looked for every fire-lighting opportunity, and indulged ourselves often.
Thanks to sound advice from a colleague, I switched from buying seasoned softwood to seasoned hardwood some time ago.
In a more recent discussion about fuel with the aforementioned colleague, it was suggested I buy in bulk, instead of buying small bags from B&Q.
Other outlets of small-bagged firewood are available.
I searched extensively (on Google and eBay), and eventually found a supplier local who could delivery 1m3 of seasoned hardwood for a reasonable price, and deliver it for nothing.
Yay!
I did the eBay ‘buy it now’ thing and sat back and waited.
And waited.
And waited some more.
Eventually, bored of waiting, I dropped the vendor an email.
After four days of stony silence being delivered to my inbox, common sense told me I was barking up the wrong tree.
I called the mobile number listed on the vendor’s website and eBay shop.
Voicemail greeted me, so I left a cheery message.
Two days further down the line my voicemail remained, sadly, unanswered.
So I contacted eBay and explained.
A few days later eBay acknowledged the lack of comms with the vendor, and refunded the purchase price.
This means my search for a supplier of bulk seasoned hardwood logs in the Nottingham area must continue.
The trouble is, that same vendor is still all over eBay and most of the rest of the Internet.
We are just tryng to get to grips with wood burning stoves. We need about 6m3 to get us through winter here with an option of a further 2m3 if necc. The art for us with this house is to try to keep the fire going 24 hours a day. Last year we failed but with a new burner and better wood we seem to lose it overnight just occasionally.
Wow, that’s a lot of wood Dave. We can’t keep a fire in for 24 hours. I don’t think we could keep one going overnight