Chainsaws - Cutting Edge

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Created on 05 April 2008 11:05 | Add a comment
Lidl's (a discount supermarket) recently had in a batch of electric chainsaws, £45 each plus £10 for a spare chain. I went halves with a friend, and we spent a merry couple of hours chopping up various bits of knotty log and tree trunk that were either too large or tough to saw by hand.

The chainsaw (2200W I think) made light work of anything we attacked. The only thing we ran out of was oil; the saw came with a 200mL bottle, which filled its 135mL tank okay, but this supply was quickly drained. The manual says to use Parkside Bio Oil. A Google search for this gave no relevant results, but chainsaw bio oil got us these:

A vegetable diesel oil forum discusses the use of vegetable oil for chainsaw lubrication, and the general consensus is that it 'will work in a pinch', but that it's better to use the real thing because of the adhesive additives which bind the oil to the chain.

Logs Ready To Burn

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Created on 02 February 2008 09:21 | Add a comment
Here is a record of logs we buy, seasoned logs ready to burn:
  • From North Walsham (01692 403512), 2 Feb 2008. £70 for 'almost a tonne'.


Our New Stove

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Created on 22 September 2007 11:12 | Add a comment
We now have a small stove in our front room. Originally there was a tiny open fireplace (with an opening barely more than 300mm across). Chopping back the brick fascia and removing the fireback, gave us a roughly 600mm cube which was plenty of room for a stove.

We rendered the insides of the opening with plasticised mortar, painted it liberally with masonry paint, and had the specialists (Anglia Woodburner Centre) in to install the stove. Having specialists in was important for two reasons:

  1. The chimney pot was uncapped, and we would periodically get birds (pigeons, even) coming all the way down the chimney. Someone therefore would have to cap it.
  2. Building Regulations (UK) cover stove installations, and a HETAS certificate is the only simple way for a homeowner to be 'legal'. Always check that your stove installer is HETAS registered before signing them up!
The stove in the picture is a Suffolk Larch (the ST-0311), cast iron, 410mm high and rated at 5kW. The installers spent around four hours installing it, and finished the job very nicely. It was definitely the right move having them install it!

Stove Installation by Solid Fuel Heating Services (N. Walsham)

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Created on 04 April 2007 20:05 | Add a comment
A couple of models here:
  • Fireview Slender 6kW 17" logs, £534, 505mm W x 605mm H x 302mm D, 5kW
  • Vermont Aspen II £625, 375mm W x 590mm H x 486mm D, 5kW
Installation cost: £538 inc. stove attachment and labour

Stove Installation by Norwich Fireplace Centre

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Created on 04 April 2007 19:59 | Add a comment
The Norwich Fireplace Centre features three models that would suit a small fireplace like ours:
  • The Hawthorn from The Evergreen Collection: 440mm W x 560mm H x 440mm D, 7kW, 88kg, boiler option
  • Fire Fox from The Gallery Collection, Cast Iron, £308: 390mm W x 535mm H x 350mm D, 2kW
  • Stockton 3 from Stovax Steel, multifuel (200mm logs): 390mm W x 510mm H x 338mm D, 3.75kW
  • Brunel 1A from Stovax Cast Iron, multifuel (250mm logs): 385mm W x 524mm H x 290mm D, 62kg

Chimney Engineers

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Created on 22 February 2007 18:41 | Add a comment
According to the National Association of Chimney Engineers (NACE), there's only one chimney engineer in North Walsham: 
Eastern Flue Lining Systems Ltd
Mike Sidebotham
Unit 2F
The Folly
Gaymers Way
North Walsham
NR26 0AN
Tel: 01692 404167
They can do: installation of cast in situ pumped perlite chimney lining; installation of stainless steel linings suitable for gas, oil, and solid fuel; lining and construction of chimneys using rigid sectional liners; construction of prefabricated chimney systems.

Another chimney engineer/ HETAS stove installer in Norfolk is: 

Great Eastern Chimney Lining Service Ltd.
155 Norwich Road
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 0SJ

Tel: 01953 602379
Fax: 01953 602379
Email: heathermartin.gecls@talktalk.net
They can install flexible stainless steel and rigid sectional liners.

HETAS Approved Stove Installers in Norfolk: 

M H Scargill
59 New Road
Blakeney
NR25 7PA
Tel/Fax: 01263 741353
Mobile: 07887 906627
Full Systems, Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (Twin wall flexible only), 
Mechanically Fed (wood, chip, pellet) Burning Appliance, 
Prefabricated Chimney Systems (metal)

Solid Fuel Heating Services
16 Bradfield Road
North Walsham
NR28 0HG
Tel/Fax: 01692 404010
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only)

Heatcraft (Anglia) Ltd
Burgh Road
Aylsham
NR11 6AR
Tel: 01263 738650
Fax: 01263 738653
Full Systems, Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining, Technical Consultant

David Knowles
Refurbished Woodburners
Knoll Crescent
14 Cromer Road
Gresham
Norwich
NR11 8RF
Tel/Fax: 01263 577371
Full Systems, Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only)

Acle Stove Centre
Beaconsfield Barn
The Street
Acle
NR13 3DX
Tel: 01493 751575
Fax: 01493 751575
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only)

Anglia Woodburner Centre Ltd
Unit 9 Church Farm
Main Road
North Burlingham
Norwich
NR13 4TA
Tel/Fax: 01603 716200
Web: www.angliawoodburnercentre.co.uk
Dry Systems, Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only), 
Prefabricated Chimney Systems (metal)

KDW Fires and Fireplaces
183A King Street
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1LS
Tel:01493 330400
Fax: 01493 859396
Web: www.kdwfireplaces.co.uk
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only), 
Prefabricated Chimney Systems (metal)

Linton Fireplaces and Stove Supplies
8 Barn Terrace
Brundall
Norwich
NR13 5LN
Tel/Fax: 01603 712555
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only)

Norflame
Notcutts Garden Centre
Daniels Road
Norwich
NR4 6QP
Tel: 01603 505575
Fax: 01603 811507
Web: www.priory1604.freeserve.co.uk/norflame/about_us.html
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only)

Norwich Fireplace Centre Ltd
121 Woodside Road
Thorpe
Norwich
NR7 9HA
Tel: 01603 436944
Fax: 01603 700447
Dry Systems

Parcan Builders
9 Maygrove Road
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1DG
Tel/Fax: 01493 859422
Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin wall flexible only), Prefabricated

Cliffords Heating Plumbing & Electrical Engineering
Old Sibley
School Road
Terrington St John
Wisbech
PE14 7SJ
Tel: 01945 881234
Fax: 01945 880169
Mobile: 07932 747008
Web: www.centralheatingnorfolk.co.uk
Full Systems, Dry Systems, Service and Maintenance, 
Chimney Relining (twin Wall flexible only)

Stove Suppliers and their Stoves

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Created on 22 February 2007 18:40 | Add a comment