Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I've put the bar oil in wrong hole too many times to enumerate. Usually I catch it before I try to start the saw. Didn't last month, new saw only one day on it, no start. Mechanic didn't even look at it "oil in the gas". He was right. I crept out of the store hoping the 5 other people there hadn't noticed.
nighthunter
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my neighbour called me the other day saying he couldn't start his saw , so I said bring it over and I'll have a look to see what was wrong. He said it started and stalled so I looked and smelt the fuel in the tank and what I found was diesel. It's easy happen i suppose
My buddy and I were at an auction last spring. There was a brand new looking Homelite in the case with papers, wrench, what ever stuff comes with a new saw. He said he was thinking about getting it for his son, did I think it was worth it? I checked the oil and gas, gas in the oil tank and oil in the gas tank. I whispered "buy it". He got it for $30. I think the owner goofed up the first time he tried to use it. There was no saw dust or dirt on it, looked brand new. Good old Harold Homeowner makes sales interesting, Joe.
Things have been slow on the scrounge front here. I've been busy changing nappies (diapers to you), winding, wiping milky puke up and generally being kept awake etc. LondonDaughter #2 is now 7 weeks old and sleeping quite well all things considered, but plans to do stuff still never survive and if I want to do ANYTHING it's gotta be late evening. So at 22.:40 I ignored the face like thunder my fiancee was wearing as London daughter#2 was having an evening long 'I've got wind, bad wind' cry and shot out to the usual wood pile. I'd been told by the tree guy there was a tiny bit of ash, and some sycamore, by the light of an awful torch (flash light) that lives in the car I sifted through, funding ash, sycamore and a bit of eucalyptus from the heap, enough to fill the car.
Now returned and sat by the stove, roaring away on a bit of leylandii and yew, warming the house very nicely. Today it actually felt cold and autumnal for the first time, so the stove is in full action. I'm experimenting with a newly bought 18" floor fan to blow cold air from the hall into the lounge and force warm air out the other end and round the house. Seems to be working well! London daughter#1's bedroom, the furthest room from the stove, is 2C warmer for a 3.3C rise right by the stove since it was lit at 17:45. I normally get 1C rise in her bedroom for 3C rise by the stove, so a big improvement.
Now returned and sat by the stove, roaring away on a bit of leylandii and yew, warming the house very nicely. Today it actually felt cold and autumnal for the first time, so the stove is in full action. I'm experimenting with a newly bought 18" floor fan to blow cold air from the hall into the lounge and force warm air out the other end and round the house. Seems to be working well! London daughter#1's bedroom, the furthest room from the stove, is 2C warmer for a 3.3C rise right by the stove since it was lit at 17:45. I normally get 1C rise in her bedroom for 3C rise by the stove, so a big improvement.
Did I somehow miss the news of your new arrival? Congrats!
Spent all afternoon putzing around the yard and working on my outdoor kitchen. It doesn't look like much now but it will have a sink on the left with storage underneath and the right will have a gas two burner stove with shelves underneath.
Thinking I'll get a nice piece of plywood and rub it with butcher block oil for the counter. Debating if I want to put a back splash of durock or similar behind where the stove goes.
Thinking I'll get a nice piece of plywood and rub it with butcher block oil for the counter. Debating if I want to put a back splash of durock or similar behind where the stove goes.
London Neil,
Congratulations from me too!
Have you thought about setting up ducting to get the warm air to the ends of the house.
I Set it up a few years ago, our house is a single story ‘L’ shape foot print the fire place is at one end of the L. The ducting sucks the air in above the fire place and dumps it at the other end of the house.
We use to have a big temperature difference from one end to the other end, now its pretty much even.
Jeff
Congratulations from me too!
Have you thought about setting up ducting to get the warm air to the ends of the house.
I Set it up a few years ago, our house is a single story ‘L’ shape foot print the fire place is at one end of the L. The ducting sucks the air in above the fire place and dumps it at the other end of the house.
We use to have a big temperature difference from one end to the other end, now its pretty much even.
Jeff
Looks like a high of 63 with rain coming late afternoon tomorrow around here.
Except for the lady beetles, today was absolutely perfect.
bring on the colder temps !! as of today I have finished all my summer tree work, removals , trimming and such... from here on till the grass greens and the state bird returns to bite us in the ash, it's firewood only! cold temps bring out the wood buyers in full force with 3 cords delivered this evening...."HARDWATER"!
If you do happen to get a downdraft, or a chimney problem, your house will fill with smoke right away. Building code here won’t even allow a cold air return within 10 ft of a stove installation. Small slow moving fan to help push the heat similar to a factory stove blower is all I’d use. Ecofan works well and uses thermal energy rather than electricity. I’ve seen ducting, rangehoods, floor grates, weird heat exchangers on chimney pipes and they all work to some extent. I’m not trying to disrespect, just want everyone to stay safe.
I thought about bringing a pipe for the air intake of my stove to the far end of the house, drawing cool air from the furthest point away from the stove with the hopes that there will be a draw of warmer air moving to that end of the house.
I'm on it
.Back in the day we used to run windshield washer setups to the tires with bleach mix in them, the good ole days lol.
Truth, asks them what kind of fuel mileage their car gets, or how you calculate it and don't for get the camera for when you tell them that "oh 300-325 for a tank is not fuel mileage
.I'd want something like a piece of 5/8" drywall behind it and then a piece of stainless steel or formica. I can't be sure as to the rest of the setup from the picture though.
Thanks gents , you'd not missed anything, I'd not announced it before.
I have an eco fan, and also a cheap eBay copy which seems to shift more air, they help move heat across the stove room but don't do much. My stove is just a 5kW room heater, I have a gas boiler for the main heating, but with it not being super cold I haven't turned that on and was just experimenting. I think blowing cold air towards a stove, either by floor fan or duct, is usually more effective then blowing hot air. (may not be true.....I read it on h e a r t h.com)
, you'd not missed anything, I'd not announced it before.I have an eco fan, and also a cheap eBay copy which seems to shift more air, they help move heat across the stove room but don't do much. My stove is just a 5kW room heater, I have a gas boiler for the main heating, but with it not being super cold I haven't turned that on and was just experimenting. I think blowing cold air towards a stove, either by floor fan or duct, is usually more effective then blowing hot air. (may not be true.....I read it on h e a r t h.com)
Congrats Neil !!!
Yes , it's easier to move the denser cold air .
Yes , it's easier to move the denser cold air .
Geez , the news from "Down there" makes it "Up here" .
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-holden-cars-australia-1.4364359
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-holden-cars-australia-1.4364359
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
I have read about ducting just as you suggest. I think it was on this site. It seems that using a duct and a duct fan to pull the cold air out of the rooms and letting it exhaust at or near the wood stove will pull the warmer air into the cold rooms and keep the house more evenly heated. I plan on doing something similar when I build my next house.
