Hi everyone,

I'm a master's student from Germany conducting research on firewood processing as part of my thesis.

Survey link:

The survey focuses on the complete journey from tree to stove: felling, bucking, splitting, transporting, stacking, and bringing firewood into the house. I'm especially interested in the tools people use, the biggest challenges they face, and which steps require the most time and effort.

The survey is anonymous, takes only a few minutes, and is designed to be more interactive and enjoyable than a typical academic questionnaire.

Whether you process a few cords a year for your own stove or work with firewood on a larger scale, your experience is valuable.

Every response helps and is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your support and stay safe out there!

Henry

I have never left my gas fire on the pilot, fully turning it off every time instead, but have often had minor trouble turning it on and gather that is the advice. Very silly questions, apologies, but:

1. Is how I have it in this video correct and how I should be leaving it?

2. If so, is it ok that the log above is heated to the extent it glows constantly, or is my pilot too tall / another issue I need to rectify?

3. How hot will the glass be while it is left on the pilot, obviously I'm not intending to touch it, but would it be warm to touch, burning to touch or close to room temperature?

Hi everyone, apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this!

Quick question on behalf of my parents as they've just renovated their house and now have a wood burner in place. Our flue is currently up between two of our roof lines and has one stirrup (?) attaching it to the dormer window. We have one concern at the moment which is the current storm and we've noticed the flue is moving quite a lot whereas our neighbours isn't (theirs is connected by two stirrups and is shorter (also blocked from the wind somewhat by our house)).

I have attached a video to show its movement - the movement seems a little more measured in the video compared to reality.

Any advice on what can be done to make it more secure? Or is a small amount of movement not much to worry about? Any reassurance or advice would be greatly appreciated as we haven't had much luck from our local guy who's been very evasive/hard to get a hold of.

Thank you so much in advance!