What heating system?
Jun 5th 2015, 5:39 am
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Re: What heating system?
Jeeeeeze you Kiwis are still using wood fires over there, how positively prehistoric and not exactly carbon friendly!! 
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Over here in Australia I have solar panels and ducted air conditioning. I keep it on all day and the whole house is toasty warm at night, despite it being 5 degrees outside. And being free from the smell of wood smoke is a bonus, with no ashes to clear away in the morning. No hand wringing over buying dry or wet wood, or what burns best. The whole system (solar and air) for a 4 bed, 330sqm home cost me well under 20 grand. Money well spent, and worth its weight in gold during the long summer. In a couple of years from now I'll probably add a Tesla Powerwall to it.
Come on over, the 21st century is wonderful
you don't know what you're missing, lol. It's not just shrimps on the barbie you know.
.Over here in Australia I have solar panels and ducted air conditioning. I keep it on all day and the whole house is toasty warm at night, despite it being 5 degrees outside. And being free from the smell of wood smoke is a bonus, with no ashes to clear away in the morning. No hand wringing over buying dry or wet wood, or what burns best. The whole system (solar and air) for a 4 bed, 330sqm home cost me well under 20 grand. Money well spent, and worth its weight in gold during the long summer. In a couple of years from now I'll probably add a Tesla Powerwall to it.
Come on over, the 21st century is wonderful
you don't know what you're missing, lol. It's not just shrimps on the barbie you know.
Jun 5th 2015, 6:29 am
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Re: What heating system?
Anyone that prefers some electrical appliance over a log burner probably has no soul. The same people prefer listening to MP3's over Vinyl, they like the awful looking new BMW mini over a classic Mini Cooper and such a person probably likes visiting Starbucks for some posh overpriced coffee over a pot of tea from a greasy spoon.
Give me the smell of smoke, the chopping of wood and the ash mess anyway of the week.
Give me the smell of smoke, the chopping of wood and the ash mess anyway of the week.
Jun 5th 2015, 6:34 am
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Eelctrical appliance sounds good to me but couldn't stick being surrounded by ozzies and having to watch a crap rugby team ...
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Jun 5th 2015, 6:51 am
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Strange thought just passed by me.....I have the log burner roaring away inside the house and I am burning gas on the BBQ outside the kitchen to cook the steak.......
Real fire is the modern mans way to heat his cave.......watching the flames is so relaxing.....
Real fire is the modern mans way to heat his cave.......watching the flames is so relaxing.....
Jun 5th 2015, 6:54 am
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Re: What heating system?
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steak in winter ?
Jun 5th 2015, 7:04 am
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Should be some way to cook my steaks on the wood to get the smoke flavour.
What's wrong with steak in the winter I am cooking steak with portobello mushrooms on the BBQ with salad and oven fries.....
After all of the hoo haa that went on about meat on the bone I am relishing in Tee Bone steak..........
What's wrong with steak in the winter
I am cooking steak with portobello mushrooms on the BBQ with salad and oven fries.....After all of the hoo haa that went on about meat on the bone I am relishing in Tee Bone steak..........
Jun 5th 2015, 7:48 am
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Re: What heating system?
Wood burning oven, like what i built this summer. When the wood has all collapsed down to coals, set up a grill inside and shovel the coals underneath it. Slap couple of big T-bones on and done in no time
Jun 5th 2015, 7:51 am
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Many many people in Aus use wood burners, me for one. We also have solar power and water. Many people prefer wood burners, there's nothing prehistoric about them. 
Jun 5th 2015, 8:00 am
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But seriously we're trying as a family to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce reuse recycle etc and solar still gets a subsidy here (just) so......in for a penny. And Tesla when the time comes. My man cave has a beer fridge, lounges, Sonos, a 10 feet wide projector screen and access to the FA Cup on BBC iPlayer. It has the ALL the necessities of life
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Jun 5th 2015, 8:20 am
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Burning wood is carbon neutral, manufacturing solar panels and batteries half the world away certainly isn't.
Jun 6th 2015, 7:11 am
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Jun 9th 2015, 8:15 am
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Can anyone in Auckland recommend somewhere to buy wood? And what kind of wood - is there much difference?
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Jun 9th 2015, 11:06 am
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I am sure some firewoodologist will come along shortly to share all their firewoodly secrets and knowledge. It's a subject that comes up on a regular basis and over the years I have heard much opinion and debate on which is best, in the meantime there's this article I saw recently:
Which firewood is best? | Stuff.co.nz
Jun 9th 2015, 7:07 pm
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