The Wood Fire Handbook


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'Sound, well-seasoned advice [on] how to bring wood fires into our lives.' - BBC Countryfile Featured in the Sunday Telegraph, The Wood Fire Handbook shows you that the soothing effect of dancing flames and glowing embers is a simple pleasure to have in our lives. Understanding everything that underpins the perfect wood fire makes it even more enjoyable. Vincent Thurkettle's handbook is the essential companion and manual. Contents include... Understand which trees make the best firewood Learn how to split, season, and store wood Lay the perfect fire Make an ingenious campfire Choose wood for its scent ...and much much more!







The Art of Fire


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Fire can fascinate, inspire, capture the imagination and bring families and communities together. It has the ability to amaze, energise and touch something deep inside all of us. For thousands of years, at every corner of the globe, humans have been huddling around fires: from the basic and primitive essentials of light, heat, energy and cooking, through to modern living, fire plays a central role in all of our lives. The ability to accurately and quickly light a fire is one of the most important skills anyone setting off on a wilderness adventure could possess, yet very little has been written about it. Through his narrative Hume also meditates on the wider topics surrounding fire and how it shapes the world around us.




The Wood Burn Book


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The Wood Burn Book teaches you everything you need to know to master the art of pyrography.




The Log Book


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"Using woodburning stove effectively is both an art and a science...Will Rolls, talks you through the theory and practice of getting the best results from your stove. From finding the fuel and seasoning it, to lighting the stove and operating it cleanly, this book describes the...techniques for looking after your log stove. The log book covers log suppliers, avoiding too much smoke and ash, checking fuel quality and picking the best wood for your fire"-- Back cover.




The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees


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Robert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. After all, ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. Journeying from Wales across Europe and Ireland to the USA, Robert finds that the ancient skills and knowledge of the properties of ash, developed over millennia making wheels and arrows, furniture and baseball bats, are far from dead. The book chronicles how the urge to understand and appreciate trees still runs through us all like grain through wood.




A Guide to Residential Wood Heating


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This publication is intended to help plan a successful installation of a wood-burning heating system and to use the system in the most safe and effective way. Topics covered include: low-emission wood burning technology; wood heating options, including space heaters, wood stoves, conventional and high-efficiency fireplaces, pellet stoves, high thermal mass masonry heaters, and central heating; planning a space heater installation; installation safety; installation of wood stoves and flue pipes; chimneys; avoiding wood smoke spillage; efficient wood combustion; purchasing and preparing the wood supply; calculating costs of heating; and heating system maintenance.




The Wood Burning Stove. Everything You Need to Know.


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This is a guide to buying, sizing, installation, operating your multi-fuel or wood burning stove. Written by a fully qualified HETAS registered engineer ( stove fitting qualifications ). Chapters - What is a wood burning stove, why have one installed and does it really save you money. The surrounding building works, chimney and flue systems. Costings of the installation and finding the right stove for you. A complete installation job from start to finish, from the smashing out of the opening and lining the opening, all the regulations to follow, and the installation of the stove, with 26 real life pictures of the works clearly explaining everything.Then Getting the most out of your stove and the best efficiency. A look at 11 different installations and different stoves. Maintenance and the best operation of you stove, including cleaning and fuels. Problem solving with issues you may come across with your stove. With 62 real life pictures throughout this book. This is a must for any one thinking about purchasing and installing a stove in their home. Really clearly explained. A stove must be installed by a qualified person, but all the surrounding building works can be done by you, or a competent person saving you £100s even £1,000s. This guide show you 100% what to expect and how the installation works are undertaken, with every step of an installation undertaken by me (as a HETAS engineer) clearly explained (soot, hammers, nuts and bolts and all). As well as everything else you need to know about owning and running your stove to the best.







Willa of the Wood


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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty comes a spooky, thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young nightspirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk in the cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous work—the day-folk kill whatever they do not understand. But when Willa's curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in a day-folk man's home, everything she thought she knew about her people—and their greatest enemy—is forever changed.