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Originally Posted by JennieAtkinson  Snadger - my OH has one of these in his workshop and although the stove was cheap, the flue has cost us a bomb! (four times as much as the stove) and its still not working properly. He burns the wood from the woodturning and everything else we put by (cardboard etc.) and he has to keep it fed all the time.
I have just bought a paraffin heater for the greenhouse and am still having to feed that with paraffin every other day. Turning it down is the main problem, I turn it down to a light glow and then it goes out (too far), turn it it up and it burns blooming quickly!
So if you are not able to get to the lottie every day even that might be a problem. |
Most of the lottie holders just use cast iron drainpipe poached from the scrappie for flues!
I have a paraffin heater in my little greenhouse/shed which is one of those cold frame heaters which burns for 14 days on one filling (1/2 Gall)
I've done a few modifications to it and now its got bits of about three different paraffin heaters attached to it. I'm quite pleased with it and the flue I've attached gets so hot you can't touch it (the heat off the small flue heats the air)...massive improvement on the original which was flueless! I have just this evening cadged a spare shower curtain from the OH so I can curtain off the heated area to intensify the heat!
From now on I will be at the lottie most evenings and all weekend as I have just taken on another lottie and greenhouse which is derelict! Starting with a big bonfire after work tomorrow!