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RadarTech
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Obed said:
Yep..somewhere there are some butter bars that may still think that is a classified radar status... :laughing:
brandoro
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Instead of hauling the lumber scraps to the dump you could cut them up into appropriate lengths, split the bigger pieces and use them for kindling in the fireplace. Once well dried by inside storage they will light easily and burn fairly hot to light the real firewood.
Nice fireplace, can't beat a real fire. I have a gas fireplace in the house, it's handy to use, lights with a remote and is clean but, if I was installing one I would want it to burn wood.
Nice fireplace, can't beat a real fire. I have a gas fireplace in the house, it's handy to use, lights with a remote and is clean but, if I was installing one I would want it to burn wood.
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Obed
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Rod,
That's something I hadn't considered. I have a pile of lumber scraps I was planning to take to the dump. I didn't want to burn them outside onsite because of nails. If I burn them in the fireplace, I'll still have to remove the nails. But I'd at least get some benefit from the effort to remove the nails. Most of the lumber scraps are pine. I'm not sure I'd want to burn only pine in the FP place but I guess we could burn a combination of oak logs and pine. I just don't know if we will have enough cold weather left to burn the whole scrap pile in the FP. It's been in the 60s all week. I know I don't want to keep the scraps around until next winter.
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CurlyDave
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You can burn then onsite and remove the nails from the ashes with a magnet. Home depot has a magnet with about a 30" handle for under $10. In most places that is less than dump fees, and the magnet is good for a lot of other jobsite cleanup.
The thought of disposing of any quantity of material by wheelbarrowing it through the living room and feeding it into the fireplace sounds like a good chance for some cosmetic damage to the house.
The thought of disposing of any quantity of material by wheelbarrowing it through the living room and feeding it into the fireplace sounds like a good chance for some cosmetic damage to the house.
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Obed
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Yesterday was a milestone for us. We have never owned a house where we could drive a car into the garage.
So we finally cleaned out the garage. It was a mess. We had empty boxes from moving and empty boxes from the house build for electrical fixtures, plumbing fixtures, etc. We also had lots of large pieces of cardboard we had gotten from a furniture store that we used to protect our hardwood floors during building. We also have been using cardboard as walking paths over the red clay around the house. We broke down all the boxes flat and loaded them along with as much other trash as the the truck would hold and took them to the dump.
When I got back from the dump, we finished cleaning and organizing the garage. We have pressure treated lumber in the garage that will be used to complete the back porch.
My wife drove her car into the empty bay in the garage. It seems strange to go into the garage and see a car sitting there. We now want it to frost at night so my wife can drive her car in the morning without having to scrape the windows. I realize some people have had garages so long, they can't relate. But we've scraped windows and warmed up cars for so long in inclement weather that parking in a garage is such a treat. Cold weather when you live in a camper and don't have a garage is rather inconvenient. I'm almost looking forward to next winter. "Oh, it's going to be 15 degrees tonight. Wonderful! Let's build a fire." It used to be, "Oh it's going to be 15 degrees tonight. Make sure we drip the faucets tonight and turn on the heater in the storage area under the camper."
So we finally cleaned out the garage. It was a mess. We had empty boxes from moving and empty boxes from the house build for electrical fixtures, plumbing fixtures, etc. We also had lots of large pieces of cardboard we had gotten from a furniture store that we used to protect our hardwood floors during building. We also have been using cardboard as walking paths over the red clay around the house. We broke down all the boxes flat and loaded them along with as much other trash as the the truck would hold and took them to the dump.
When I got back from the dump, we finished cleaning and organizing the garage. We have pressure treated lumber in the garage that will be used to complete the back porch.
My wife drove her car into the empty bay in the garage. It seems strange to go into the garage and see a car sitting there. We now want it to frost at night so my wife can drive her car in the morning without having to scrape the windows. I realize some people have had garages so long, they can't relate. But we've scraped windows and warmed up cars for so long in inclement weather that parking in a garage is such a treat. Cold weather when you live in a camper and don't have a garage is rather inconvenient. I'm almost looking forward to next winter. "Oh, it's going to be 15 degrees tonight. Wonderful! Let's build a fire." It used to be, "Oh it's going to be 15 degrees tonight. Make sure we drip the faucets tonight and turn on the heater in the storage area under the camper."
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Obed
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Dave,
If we wanted to burn the scraps in the FP, a magnet would be a great idea.
Fortunately, we haven't had to pay any disposal fees for our building project. Our county dump only charges if your load is over something like 2000 pounds. Once every calendar year, you can take a load over 2000 pound without being charged. Thus, we didn't wait for the our trailer to fill up with debris before hauling it to the dump. We did stategically fill up the trailer once when we knew we would have drywall debris. That load was 5500 lbs plus the weight of the trailer.
Overall, we saved about $1000 by disposing the debris ourselves instead of hiring it out. We earned that $1000 though due to our labor involved, the headache, and inconvenience. If I were starting over, I'd probably dispose of the trash ourselves again.
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Ditto that. Use some of the scraps for fire starters this year and burn the rest outside and use a pickup magnet to clean up. I'm surprised you don't have one of those already as they are pretty critical for construction sites to prevent tire damage.
Edit - I would also save a bunch of nice 2x blocks as they come in handy down the road. I'm always finding a need to grab a few more 2x4s or whatever for little projects. Save some of the good stuff, burn the rest.
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Seeing as I am involved with your fireplace, let give you a warning about scraps.....The glass door may break, as the scraps burn quickly and get a lot hotter than a regular fire, so be careful and don`t load the fireplace up with the scraps , and get a roaring fire going Tony
WBWI
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Obed, glad to see a fire going in your FP. I've never had a problem with the glass on my doors and I've had hot, hot fires going (but you never can be too cautious). Keep the ashes cleaned out on a regular basis and you will notice a huge difference in heat output. Do be careful with the ashes though, I've seen hot ember 2-3 days after my fire was "out".
