Recent content by Karanight

I hope so

One man's meat is another man's poison. When I had the fire fitted it cost me in the region of £2500 and I know that it'll never pay for itself, but it's what I wanted, when you compare switching on the central heating to lighting the fire you could say that's a lot of bother but I enjoy it...

I've looked at lots of designs for this and I've come up with my own design taking the best bits that suit me, my first enquiry to this forum is about the glass I've got. From the amount I've read on the internet the drying time can be reduced from 3 years down to 5 months, as for the wood...

Most of the wood I want to dry is for burning and if what I build doesn't suit wood for wood turning then I'll find another way to dry that Normally this would be correct but for wood burning it doesn't matter if the wood is mistreated whilst drying, plus I intend to put "Heat bricks" from old...

You are correct that modern (double) glazing keeps the heat in, and therefor it also keeps the heat out, but (maybe I'm wrong) I think the suns rays can't be just heat! (there's radiation as well) My conservatory is roasting in the summer (hotter than outside), we open the doors to let the heat...

The glass looks completely transparent. I was just a little concerned that it's heat resistant. The way I understand it, is the suns rays are different from heat, and the heat resistant element of the glass should keep the heat in, but, if I double glaze it, will the suns rays turn into heat...

I'm building a solar powered wood drying kiln and would appreciate some input from members. I have a wood burner to heat the downstairs of my house and also my wife does a bit of woodturning, so I'm always looking for free wood for both. Both requires the wood to be dry hence the kiln I...

Photos of the solar powered wood drying kiln as it happens