Fireplace advice

Chingha said:
Good, warm long weekend everyone
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Jeez how many pieces is that
 
Chingha said:
About 12, I use the upside down fire technique. Get about 4/4.5 hour burn depending on the quality of the wood.
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Interesting. Will read up. Have never had more than 3 in mine and that is just at the start. Then I burn 1 every 30 minutes or so
 
Should have just put in a closed fireplace when I redid the fireplace a few years ago.

Still gives some decent heat in the lounge but I do like the look of a closed fireplace stove. 20220414_220409.jpg
 
Saba'a said:
Check out Dove Distributors for firewood firelighters and briquettes etc.


Unfortunately only on FB unless you drive out to their store in Waltloo.

WA +27 65 903 4607

319 Waltloo Rd, Waltloo, Pretoria, 0184
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Have you used them before?

Quality and prices on their wood?

Will reach out to them tomorrow. Thanks again
 
Snyper564 said:
Have you used them before?

Quality and prices on their wood?

Will reach out to them tomorrow. Thanks again
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I used them specifically only for the Shonnah charcoal. Namibian hardwood. Its my preferred brand and I usually struggle to get it.

Wood is not their speciality (main product is firelighters; charcoal and briquettes) and is thus seasonal. So the type also varies.

Last year they had Black Wattle and Rooibos. Prices were average of R30 a bag. But used to offer bulk discount.
 
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I got hold of Firewood farm , branches around gauteng I believe.
This particular branch in jhb south had hardwood per cubic inch for r970, seasoned dry big bale they fill it up, and soft wood for r650..
.They dnt sell per bulk pieces e.g 1000 pieces which is a bummer
...is this the norm everywhere wood sellers they only do bags 20kg for r90 bucks I think....i see it's the norm most places Down south cape town they sell 1000 pieces for around r900 including delivery..
 
Thanks for the advice all

Fireplace has been installed and gave it a spin this evening. Please note we went with a "small" closed unit of 5-7Kw this is Gauteng after all not aiming to heat whole house just the TV room/library and have nice cozy heat and great ambiance.

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Almost 4 years later :)

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shadow_man said:
I run a cast iron 8kw Charnwood Country 8 - very happy with it and occasionally I use the flat potjie pot on the top to cook, or the teapot to make tea.
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Allo again, so fireplace is in. I like your tile work and might want to do something similar on the back wall. Any special tiles/cement/grout you used?
 
Snyper564 said:
Allo again, so fireplace is in. I like your tile work and might want to do something similar on the back wall. Any special tiles/cement/grout you used?
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I slapped my plain old ceramic tiles on to a plasterboard wall with normal flexible tile adhesive 20 years ago. The big Morso in front of them gets pretty hot, and not a single tile has wanted to fall off in all those years. No grout though - the're just butted up against each other.

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Snyper564 said:
Allo again, so fireplace is in. I like your tile work and might want to do something similar on the back wall. Any special tiles/cement/grout you used?
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Nope - as far as I'm aware all stock standard.

I just went and bought tiles / tile cement / grout and had the tiler whack it up.

My only advice is keep some spare tiles for "when / if" things go wrong (e.g. dropping a fire poker can crack tiles).
 
shadow_man said:
Nope - as far as I'm aware all stock standard.

I just went and bought tiles / tile cement / grout and had the tiler whack it up.

My only advice is keep some spare tiles for "when / if" things go wrong (e.g. dropping a fire poker can crack tiles).
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Ah great advice on the extras have almost been burnt before. Thanks!
 
I am 100% new (2 days old to be exact) to owning a fireplace and have yet to buy my bulk batch of wood for winter and am testing out a few places wood.


I got home this evening after tossing a few logs on and noticed a few black drops of liquid on the floor just below the fireplace door and on the door on the inside.

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Only the bottom door

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I have burnt almost one places wood being bluegum, the flame flickers green on occasion which I believe is copper.


I also believe this creosote. Am a correct in saying that I should rather not buy from this place or could this have been a bad batch kinda situation as they sell firewood by the ton and have been doing so for years? Or am I not running it hot enough? I run on minimum it has min 1 2 3 and max.


Im Pretoria's side, look I believe I can burn harder woods as the fireplace is mulifuel including anthracite but I want to do my part and burn aliens like bluegum and blackwattle

TLDR I think I have creosote - a need help in finding a solution :) The wood feels super dry but Im also getting soot on the glass, I have a slight feeling that I should not run it on minimum but on 1 or 2 setting instead.
 
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Creosote is a by-product of combustion at too low a temperature. Changing fuel won't help.
Try keeping your fire toward the back of the firebox, away from the glass. I have the luxury of a rather larger stove than you seem to have so it's easy.
Going for a "long burn" at bed time (putting lots of fuel on the stove, then cutting air supply to the minimum so it burns for a long time) will also cause creosote build-up.
 
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