I thought this was interesting, this little Scamp caravan has a log burner!

How did they vent it, burning fuel in a van is surely a no no.

Valid point, when we have our log burner lit in the lounge we end up opening doors and heating the rest of the bungalow, it’s either that or roast 🥵

Here is another video that explains the logburner install. Not for me , I wouldn't fancy an ember falling out and causing havoc..

And yet virtually everyone is happy to cook on naked gas flames which are close to all sorts of combustible surfaces. It's just a matter of what you are used to, solid fuel stoves are used safely all the time in narrowboats for example.

Steve.

Words just about fail me on this one. There are several serious fires each year on narrowboats usually due to solid fuel stoves. Although they can be used safely a lot are not. I wouldn't want one of these anywhere near my Eriba.

Ditto, Neil built a hearth for our logburner out of old quarry tiles. After one winter he extended the quarry tiles up the wall behind the burner as the wall got so hot and the plaster had cracked so badly. Our burner was professionally installed complying with all building regs.

The use of wood for campfires and in this case small burners is insignificant compared with the amount used in domestic buildings. Difficult to enforce and probably left to public awareness and future disdain.

Steve

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #11

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The problem we get as non logburner users is other peoples smoke. Although chimney stacks may comply with existing laws it doesn't cater for wind direction and down drafts into neighbouring properties.
It doesn't help that we have an abundance of fallen timber within yards of our properties so people burn anything they pick up. The new legislations for England next year don't cover Wales and even if they did, how on earth can they be implimented?
Randa

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My next door neighbour couldn’t understand why his dining room filled with smoke when he lit the fire in the back room. This apparently went on for a couple of weeks before he saw me in the garden. He asked if I could help him to find out why, so we moved down his garden looked at the two chimneys and one of them was a foot lower than the other hence the smoke dropping into the other chimney. He had both Chimney pots replaced to the same height and then finish them off by putting some of these Metal roundabouts on the top to draw the smoke up the chimney. It’s good when you’re handy and sensible and logical.

I actually rather like the smell of wood smoke on the breeze :-)

Steve.