Has anyone used a garden incinerator that's worth using, or
is it best just to have a "bonfire"?

"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
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Has anyone used a garden incinerator that's worth using, or
is it best just to have a "bonfire"?

I have so much to dispose of, an incinerator would be impractical!

Alan

I've used one of those dustbin with holes types - burns well and quite
easy to control. Also gives you the chance to sit around and have a
few beers 'cos it doesn't billow everywhere. Of course, you then have
to decide what to do with all the ash if your plants don't really need
it...

Alan Holmes wrote:
"Chris Bacon" wrote...
Has anyone used a garden incinerator that's worth using, or
is it best just to have a "bonfire"?

I have so much to dispose of, an incinerator would be impractical!

If it's not me having a "whoosh!", then what sir wants is a 45 gallon
oil drum, with one end removed, the other with a 10" diameter hole
cut in the middle, propped up on three or four bricks, small hole end
down. A bit of crumpled up newspaper put in, and some dry stuff, light
it, add a bit more dry-ish stuff, and you'll have a roaring furnace
that will consume further waste you put in (if it's sopping wet, then
don't try and burn it, the nuisance value is off the scale!). Look
out for wind blowing the tongue of flame (that shoots out of the top
of the thing like a blowlamp flame) towards you. Rake ash from under
before it clogs the air supply.

Taz wrote:
I've used one of those dustbin with holes types - burns well and quite
easy to control.

Not all that keen on them, the holes let air in where it's
not wanted, and spoil the draught... not *that* draught,
obviously.


Also gives you the chance to sit around and have a
few beers 'cos it doesn't billow everywhere.

That's it.... sleeping in the veg. garden on a lovely Summer day,
nothing like it!

Of course, you then have
to decide what to do with all the ash if your plants don't really need
it...

Bag it up and sprinkle it on sometime...

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from Chris Bacon contains these words:

Has anyone used a garden incinerator that's worth using, or
is it best just to have a "bonfire"?

Either, they don't burn the rubbish completely, or, they do it so
well eventually the metal burns out.

IMHO incinerators are another of those utterly pointless gadgets
designed to make you spend money for no good reason.

Along with plastic
covers for weatherproof garden furniture.

Janet

I'm not totally up to date with the latest developments but
AFAIAA all garden type plastics are damaged by exposure to UV
light - even weak sunshine on winter days. So that if the garden
furniture is made of plastic, the cover can presumably act as a
shield and prolong its useful life. Although for the more cost
conscious, cut up fertiliser bags or old carpets would presumably
do the job just as well. Or putting just the furniture away in a
shed if one is available.

UV light is also responsible for the fading in wooden furniture left
out of doors. Causing both oak and teak to turn grey. And teak
oil sometimes contains UV filtering agents similar to sunscreen.
That's the claim anyway. Although there might be a suspicion
that they maybe add a fade-proof colorant to the oil in addition.


michael adams

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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:38:11 +0100, Janet Baraclough
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IMHO incinerators are another of those utterly pointless gadgets
designed to make you spend money for no good reason. Along with plastic
covers for weatherproof garden furniture.

They do stop the birds dive-bombing the seats with their little
offerings, though.



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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:12:49 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote this (or the missive included
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from Ron Clark contains these words:

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:38:11 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote this (or the missive included
this):

IMHO incinerators are another of those utterly pointless gadgets
designed to make you spend money for no good reason. Along with plastic
covers for weatherproof garden furniture.

They do stop the birds dive-bombing the seats with their little
offerings, though.

Well, I've never used a cover, have scores of birds in the garden and
have never found the seats covered in bird shit.

Perhaps you've transferred it to yer kecks, then.


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In article , Janet Baraclough
writes

Either, they don't burn the rubbish completely, or, they do it so
well eventually the metal burns out.

IMHO incinerators are another of those utterly pointless gadgets
designed to make you spend money for no good reason. Along with plastic
covers for weatherproof garden furniture.


We don't have anywhere convenient for open fires at the moment - I find
the dustbin incinerator pretty good for what it does - certainly, if
filled and fired properly, it always burns everything I put in it.

The only problem is the size. It involves work cutting stuff down to a
suitable size and a fair bit of time managing it - ie, adding more stuff
when there's room.

But it does do a good job of leaving pretty fine ash and allows you to
have an almost completely controlled fire in a comparatively restricted
area.

It also does a reasonable job of drying out and burning damp stuff - but
as Chris said, you end up with an awful lot of dense smoke (as you would
with an open fire).

One other warning - if yusing one, don't use petrol or similar to light
it. (There's no need to use such accelerants anyway). A little bit of
paper and thin twigs/dried grasses underneath biggr stuff will get it
burning quickly). Petrol in a confined space - particularly with the
gases allowed to fill it - makes a big bang and isn't good for the
person doing the lighting

Eventually, the metal does go - but they aren't particularly expensive
and do a good job in certain situations where other options are limited.

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regards andyw

Sorry only just caught up with this!

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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UV light is also responsible for the fading in wooden furniture left
out of doors. Causing both oak and teak to turn grey.

Some of us want it to turn silvery grey :-)

I'm already silvery grey!

Not all over of course!

Alan


Janet

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:56:47 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:


Sorry only just caught up with this!

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "michael adams" contains these words:


UV light is also responsible for the fading in wooden furniture left
out of doors. Causing both oak and teak to turn grey.

Some of us want it to turn silvery grey :-)

I'm already silvery grey!

Pity you're not crispy black from being burnt in an incinerator, you
****ing ****.

"Mick" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:00:58 +0100, Chris Bacon
.. most of the
incinerators that i've seen have holes in the bottom for air ciculation
etc., would it burn fairly well do you think without these circulaton
holes or am i just better off buying a proper incinerator bin?

They last 5 minutes if you leave them out in the open.

Once you have had your first hearty fire, all the coating comes off and
leaves bare steel. Leave it in the open, drop of rain , ...... rust and it
all collapses :-((

Waste of money unless you can get it under cover ASAP.

45 Gallon Oil drum will last a bit longer.

Mike

why dont you try the Turbo2000 incinerator. cheap, mobile and tested.
see under www.saubatech.com
cheers
a
Mick wrote:
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:00:58 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Alan Holmes wrote:
"Chris Bacon" wrote...
Has anyone used a garden incinerator that's worth using, or
is it best just to have a "bonfire"?

I have so much to dispose of, an incinerator would be impractical!

If it's not me having a "whoosh!", then what sir wants is a 45 gallon
oil drum, with one end removed, the other with a 10" diameter hole
cut in the middle, propped up on three or four bricks, small hole end
down. A bit of crumpled up newspaper put in, and some dry stuff, light
it, add a bit more dry-ish stuff, and you'll have a roaring furnace
that will consume further waste you put in (if it's sopping wet, then
don't try and burn it, the nuisance value is off the scale!). Look
out for wind blowing the tongue of flame (that shoots out of the top
of the thing like a blowlamp flame) towards you. Rake ash from under
before it clogs the air supply.

just been looking for a thread on incinerators and found this one so i
thought i'd better add to this rather than start another.

right, i've got a galvanised dustbin which i dont use since we've now
all got wheelie bins. is there any reason why i shouldnt load this up
full off wood etc. for a bonfire night fairly soon. most of the
incinerators that i've seen have holes in the bottom for air ciculation
etc., would it burn fairly well do you think without these circulaton
holes or am i just better off buying a proper incinerator bin?