Mon, 25 May 2026 12:05:11 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20732#Comment_20732 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20732#Comment_20732 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:14:26 +0100 dickster
Just thought that you might like to know that you can make a 1 cu metre log bin as follows:

Cut a sheet of concrete reinforcing mesh in half lengthways, bend the half rectangularly to fit on a pallet, leaving a 700 mm access gap in the middle of one side. Drill the pallet to suit the nasty spiky bits, hammer home, trim off other nasty spiky bits...Voila! £10.00 each, reasonably eco, don't forget to buy an old Massey to move them around!.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20734#Comment_20734 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20734#Comment_20734 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:28:20 +0100 fostertom https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20735#Comment_20735 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20735#Comment_20735 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:58 +0100 richardt https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20792#Comment_20792 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20792#Comment_20792 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:53:06 +0100 tony ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20805#Comment_20805 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20805#Comment_20805 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:50:32 +0100 joe.e Posted By: tonyI like to leave the logs growing on trees.
I just don't like waste. I'm thinning out small trees to allow the best ones to grow into big standards; I'm pruning back bigger ones to let the light in to the house and garden; I'm keeping down the coppices in the hedgerows. Big piles of timber result. I live in a small stone cottage, and it's cold in the winter. I can't help putting two and two together...]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20817#Comment_20817 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20817#Comment_20817 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:42 +0100 richardt
You get a sub-optimal burn that way.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20831#Comment_20831 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20831#Comment_20831 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:49:26 +0100 Johnh
So do I. We have 4 woodstoves and a woodfired cooker and not a single piece of firewood we have used over the years has come from a standing, living tree. It's all been sawmill and forestry waste, construction site scrap wood or windfall stuff.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20847#Comment_20847 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20847#Comment_20847 Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:37 +0100 richardt https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20848#Comment_20848 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20848#Comment_20848 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:46:00 +0100 tony https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20850#Comment_20850 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20850#Comment_20850 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:20:58 +0100 Johnh
Mmmmm....

The point I'm making is that they were cut down for other purposes - not specifically for firewood. The firewood is a 'waste' by-product of some other process.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20852#Comment_20852 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20852#Comment_20852 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:29:51 +0100 richardt https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20919#Comment_20919 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20919#Comment_20919 Sat, 17 May 2008 23:44:26 +0100 rogerwhit
Regarding logs - cut and split a year's supply ahead of time - develop a rotation schedule. Stack them off the earth with a rain shelter over, and stack in a way that maximises airflow. A sunny aspect as well will be ideal.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20938#Comment_20938 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=20938#Comment_20938 Sun, 18 May 2008 12:20:05 +0100 ludite https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21074#Comment_21074 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21074#Comment_21074 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:38:10 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21078#Comment_21078 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21078#Comment_21078 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:53:18 +0100 joe.e https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21089#Comment_21089 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21089#Comment_21089 Mon, 19 May 2008 19:56:36 +0100 ludite https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21092#Comment_21092 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21092#Comment_21092 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:04:27 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21117#Comment_21117 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21117#Comment_21117 Mon, 19 May 2008 23:05:59 +0100 ludite https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21206#Comment_21206 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21206#Comment_21206 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:13:37 +0100 mrswhitecat https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21218#Comment_21218 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21218#Comment_21218 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:10:39 +0100 richardt https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21220#Comment_21220 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1728&Focus=21220#Comment_21220 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:20:49 +0100 joe.e