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Post by fergyguy on Aug 10, 2019 18:16:18 GMT
Well I may not have got my boat yet but I’m preparing for winter and so far have 17 bags of well seasoned logs and now started on cutting kindling ready to bag up into sensible bag sizes. The way the house sale is going I reckon definitely be winter before I get onto the water.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 10, 2019 18:42:07 GMT
Perhaps you should also bid on one of those 'silly tiller pins' on Ebay? You know, building up the kit bit by bit.
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Post by fergyguy on Aug 10, 2019 19:16:02 GMT
Lol as I have a pile of seasoned dry wood I thought best get the ball rolling... I have 3 boats on my wish list so just comes down to which sells first my house or the boats. I have spent two years researching and planning so thought it’s best to be prepared
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 19:18:33 GMT
Try and enjoy the process ... life has a habit of flying by at an alarming rate.
It'll be worth the wait I'm sure.
Rog
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Post by patty on Aug 10, 2019 22:10:22 GMT
Lol as I have a pile of seasoned dry wood I thought best get the ball rolling... I have 3 boats on my wish list so just comes down to which sells first my house or the boats. I have spent two years researching and planning so thought it’s best to be prepared hope your house sells soon and the new life quickly becomes a reality
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Post by JohnV on Aug 11, 2019 7:18:03 GMT
... life has a habit of flying by at an alarming rate. Rog Oh boy ..... in spades ..... in spades
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 11, 2019 7:29:55 GMT
Not wanting to dampen your spirits but my money is on you giving up on burning wood after the first winter and moving on to coal. There are good reasons why the majority major on coal, only using wood during the day perhaps.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 9:47:26 GMT
I've always been a wood and solid fuels person until last winter when I fitted a Refleks diesel heater and replaced the multifuel stove, which always made the boat too hot, with a little french wood burner which can be run with door open and no glass to break. Fast warmup fast cool down so you don't end up opening the doors to dispose of excess heat. Efficient.
Diesel going 24/7, no coal and burn wood when available. Works well for my requirements.
Usual advice is smokeless solid fuels that's the most cost effective for a single heating appliance as it will also burn wood of course.
The rolls Royce solution is a Multi fuel Rayburn (216M or an MF). I fitted one in a narrow boat years ago and ran radiators off it and calorofier that was very very pleasant but shed loads of wood shed loads of coal and shed loads of dust in boat .
Great comfort levels though.
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2019 9:52:23 GMT
I've always been a wood and solid fuels person until last winter when I fitted a Refleks diesel heater and replaced the multifuel stove, which always made the boat too hot, with a little french wood burner which can be run with door open and no glass to break. Diesel going 24/7, no coal and burn wood when available. Works well for my requirements. Usual advice is smokeless solid fuels that's the most cost effective for a single heating appliance as it will also burn wood of course. Did you find running the diesel stove much more exspensive than sold fuel?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 9:55:06 GMT
Its about £2.50 a day running it full time just above tickover so yes a bit more expensive than the equivalent smokeless like Brazier for example. Refleks 66M the little one about 10hr per litre.
Pretty sure smokeless solid fuel is cheapest unless you can bunker large volumes of heating oil and pull the price down.
Thats ignoring the house coal option which is probably even cheaper but very dirty.
One thing I like with the diesel is the continuous regular burn and even heat output.
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2019 9:58:28 GMT
Its about £2.50 a day so yes a bit more expensive than the equivalent smokeless like Brazier for example. Pretty sure smokeless solid fuel is cheapest unless you can bunker large volumes of heating oil and pull the price down. Thats ignoring the house coal option which is probably even cheaper but very dirty. I keep thinking of doing something similar, but the cost of running a diesel stove is the issue. But £2.50 a day isn't too bad, but that is in London which is a couple of degrees warmer than outside of the m25.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 10:00:46 GMT
Its about £2.50 a day so yes a bit more expensive than the equivalent smokeless like Brazier for example. Pretty sure smokeless solid fuel is cheapest unless you can bunker large volumes of heating oil and pull the price down. Thats ignoring the house coal option which is probably even cheaper but very dirty. I keep thinking of doing something similar, but the cost of running a diesel stove is the issue. But £2.50 a day isn't too bad, but that is in London which is a couple of degrees warmer than outside of the m25. Plus that is my small boat 40x9ft not the barge. I think it would add up if you could for example have 3 x 200 litre barrels on board and get someone to bunker, them from a tanker that would bring the oil price down significantly. Retail canal side diesel is quite costly as heating oil.
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2019 10:03:53 GMT
I keep thinking of doing something similar, but the cost of running a diesel stove is the issue. But £2.50 a day isn't too bad, but that is in London which is a couple of degrees warmer than outside of the m25. Plus that is my small boat 40x9ft not the barge. I think it would add up if you could for example have 3 x 200 litre barrels on board and get someone to bunker, them from a tanker that would bring the oil price down significantly. Retail canal side diesel is quite costly as heating oil. Yes it would have to be heating oil bought in bulk. I believe the minimum order is 500l so a bundled tank would be the way to go I reckon .
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Post by samsam on Aug 11, 2019 10:04:52 GMT
Well I may not have got my boat yet but I’m preparing for winter and so far have 17 bags of well seasoned logs and now started on cutting kindling ready to bag up into sensible bag sizes. The way the house sale is going I reckon definitely be winter before I get onto the water. What sort of house are you selling and where please?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 10:33:43 GMT
Plus that is my small boat 40x9ft not the barge. I think it would add up if you could for example have 3 x 200 litre barrels on board and get someone to bunker, them from a tanker that would bring the oil price down significantly. Retail canal side diesel is quite costly as heating oil. Yes it would have to be heating oil bought in bulk. I believe the minimum order is 500l so a bundled tank would be the way to go I reckon . One of the neighbours on the mooring where my barge is has 3 x 200 litre drums on the pontoon and has successfully had deliveries of Kero. I was a bit surprised but they did succeed. This was on a floating pontoon so hose passed across a waterway.
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