mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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got the wood burning stove in, been a bit of a twat to fit, changing the chimney pot was by far the most scary job Ive ever done
the heat that comes off it is unbeleivable, and its free heat 
Just got to tile the part where you can see the bricks and havea good hoover up
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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free heat? have you got a forest? 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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no, we work in the building trade though, we have a huuuuuuge pile of old skirting boards and floorboards and shit under a tarpoline in the back yard
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Twiggy
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
no, we work in the building trade though, we have a huuuuuuge pile of old skirting boards and floorboards and shit under a tarpoline in the back yard
Jammy sod! I am on the look out for telegraph poles for the Mrs dad
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
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Looks proper lush that, would love a wood burner
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Cosmo
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Builder guy who is doing the work on our new shop has a wood burner in his house, he has taken enough wood out of that shop to last him a good 25yrs
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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you make as much heat cutting up and fetching the logs imo
mum and dad have a coal fire and yes it is great when there is plenty wood there that has been cut but when you need to cut it and make splinters etc or its rasining and miserable outside its a ball ache imo
great if you are getting the wood free and chopped into 8inch lenghts
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Hammer
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Mate has one, quality in the winter.
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Colin
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I like that
What sort of greif did fitting it cause? I wouldnt mind one in my house eventually.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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dont seem to have a completly finished pic
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Laura
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
Location: Leven, Fife
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Love it, not to sure about green carpet though!
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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the carpet is that much of a dark green it looks black sometimes, looks really light because of the number of flashes I used
to fit it we had to rip the old gas fire out, knock the wall out so it was the full size old chimney opening, tile it all, then I got up on the roof and changed the chimney pot for an open one instead of the pepper pot one we had, did a few tests to check it was pulling ok, then slid the stove in, there is a flue pipe on the stove that goes about 4ft up the chimney, just shoved a shit load of fibre glass wool up there then to seal it
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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no register plate 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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nope, the pull on the chimney was good enough that we didnt put one in, my dad has robbed a full steel liner from work that Il put in if we have any problems with it
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