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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2022, 08:22:59 AM »
I might have a really bad memory…chemical induced….but did Jules use an axe, or was that actually a Fiskars ??

If i was a betting man, that is a fiskars

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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #26 on: June 23, 2022, 06:12:35 PM »
If i was a betting man, that is a fiskars

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Again, with a foggy memory, I think that was the 1st time I had seen a Fiskars…..in the flesh and in action.

I eventually bought one, but I wasn’t convinced they were any good….mainly because Jules swung at 110 MPH, and I was a 50 MPH swinger…..lol
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #27 on: June 23, 2022, 08:19:52 PM »
Yep, we had a backyard fire last night ;D (No photos, sorry :-[)

Realised (remembered!) while we were away just how enjoyable they are, & thought that there's no reason we can't still do them at home!

We often have them at home - especially through Winter.  It feels like you've had a little "getaway" if you get to stare into a fire for a while  ;D
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2022, 08:35:33 PM »
We often have them at home - especially through Winter.  It feels like you've had a little "getaway" if you get to stare into a fire for a while  ;D

Not long bought a spa…..the wife lies in it and stares at the stars….reminds her of camping around a fire and staring at the stars !!
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #29 on: June 24, 2022, 04:11:44 AM »
I get my wife to help with the firewood production. I think it helps her appreciate the fire more.

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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #30 on: June 24, 2022, 10:20:38 AM »
Hi,
    Unfortunately our wood burning stove had a fatal haemorrhage from the heat exchange. We have had to change to gas cooking and electric heating and hot water.
With the wood fired hot water radiators in every room most doors were left open and the whole house was cosy.
Not any more!
I don't  miss the splitting and carrying wood though.
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2022, 06:12:23 PM »
Hi,
    Unfortunately our wood burning stove had a fatal haemorrhage from the heat exchange. We have had to change to gas cooking and electric heating and hot water.
With the wood fired hot water radiators in every room most doors were left open and the whole house was cosy.
Not any more!
I don't  miss the splitting and carrying wood though.
Cheers

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I have a friend who I got to know when he worked for my Dad.  He and his Mum live about 40km away on a small cattle property that's been in their family for 3 generations. He's 43 but acts like he's about 93. He informed me the other day that his Mum's wood stove (which they use for cooking not just heating) had died but that he was super stoked as he was able to buy a new one for her. I asked if he'd elected to go gas or electric.  He looked at me like I was crazy and said "Oh stuff that..bloody new fan-dangled technology! I sourced her another wood stove but it's about 15 years younger than her other one was and has hardly been used." He was happy as a pig in mud. Bless his cotton socks.

I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though  ;D
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #32 on: June 25, 2022, 03:36:57 AM »
I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though  ;D


Here, for example.

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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #33 on: June 25, 2022, 07:56:47 AM »
I would love a house with a wood heater...would need to move somewhere where I could use it more than 2 nights a year though  ;D

Yep! :'(

We had one in our previous place, but it only got used ~10 times a year :'(

Neighbours also put one in a couple of years ago & same, same - but there's a gentle stream of smoke drifting across from the chimney as we speak! :cup:
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #34 on: June 25, 2022, 11:49:40 AM »
Have friends who build homes in Victoria….there are approx 13 councils trying to ban gas on all new properties, for cooking or heating !!

The new age push to ban fossil fuels……but with electricity going up, what’s the bet a wood fire would be out of the question as well !
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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #35 on: June 25, 2022, 02:39:57 PM »
I tried then the wind changed direction and fumigated me,  >:( so I stuck the fan there and blew the smoke away.  ;D




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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #36 on: June 25, 2022, 03:57:29 PM »
I tried then the wind changed direction and fumigated me,  >:( so I stuck the fan there and blew the smoke away.  ;D




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Re: Who is else is having a fire tonight?
« Reply #37 on: June 25, 2022, 04:03:35 PM »
Are you also getting the smoke from the Beerwah burn off?


There is a distinct smoke smell in the air today, so that may explain it.  ;)

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