Firewood.

[MrMarkyMark]

You can fit downed trees in your coal shed? **** me I might need to upgrade the house.

He actually said part of his coal shed

[LucidDementia]

He actually said part of his coal shed

Not even half, just like up a corner or something.

[Scrag Meister]

My gardener / tree surgeon provides logs, somewhere in the region of £70 for a large pick-up truck full .

He has been felling in our garden recently so don't think I will be needing to buy firewood any time soon.

[LucidDementia]

I suppose there are differences in what we all get through too. We go through the stuff like it's on fire.

[scooterscot]

For our pied-à-terre in Edinburgh we have a wood burner, which I stock up every year with a 1-2 tons of hard wood only. Burns for longer. All of which is kilned dried. I get 2-tons for £120 or thereabouts.

[WTFH]

He actually said part of his coal shed

I don't have a coal shed, but I do have a wood shed (recently re-organised to get the seasoned stuff to the front) and then a wood store at the back of the house. The coal stays in the Wife(tm)'s shed, which is also where I keep the recycled logs (compressed mdf dust/woodchip and paper logs).

[MrMarkyMark]

The Wife(tm) has her own shed?

Man, what on earth were you thinking

[LucidDementia]

Personally just keep a biggish store out back and a boatload in the inglenook. Holds about a month's worth at full winter pace but it'll get emptied over Christmas with the outlaws lighting the fire at 8am every day.

For kindling I split wine cases.

[MrMarkyMark]

but it'll get emptied over Christmas with the outlaws lighting the fire at 8am every day.

You should put all family parasites away in a hotel (at their own expense).

This saves, the chance of, them from raiding any of the really nice things you have in for Christmas.

[LucidDementia]

You should put all family parasites away in a hotel (at their own expense).

This saves, the chance of, them from raiding any of the really nice things you have in for Christmas.

Wise words. It would suck the Christmas out of Christmas a bit though.