Garden dustbin incinerators
I just wanted to ask a couple of basic questions about the dustbin garden incinerators. How do you
actually use them? And what advantages do they have? Thanks! Paul |
Garden dustbin incinerators
In article , Paul
writes I just wanted to ask a couple of basic questions about the dustbin garden incinerators. How do you actually use them? And what advantages do they have? Thanks! Paul Dry paper and sticks in the bottom, then dry wood. Light. Put lid on until a fine fire is there. Remove lit WITH CARE.... HOT. Shove drier stuff in first lid on, burn, lid off, load, lid on. Pain in the neck :-(( Make sure the feet are pointing OUT. The first one we had the feet pointed in for stacking, riveted on so useless. When finished with put it away in the dry. All the nice galvanise would have burnt off and the first drop of rain.... rust. Ours lasted about a year :-(( Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more |
Garden dustbin incinerators
When finished with put it away in the dry. All the nice galvanise would
have burnt off and the first drop of rain.... rust. Ours lasted about a year :-(( Mike Ditto. Ours rusted after first use + rain. It looked an eyesore and was thrown out after a year. I don't think the neighbours were too keen on it either - the wind had a habit of changing direction and sometime smoke reached their houses. If you do get one, check that your neighbours don't have any washing out on a line before using it - or you can become very unpopular very quickly! Now anything I can't compost or recycle goes with the household refuse. -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
Garden dustbin incinerators
"Mike" wrote in message ... Shove drier stuff in first lid on, burn, lid off, load, lid on. (Very basic question!:) What do you put in, anything? Weeds, dead flowers, twigs, grass (?), anything like that - is that the idea? |
Garden dustbin incinerators
"Drakanthus" wrote in message ... When finished with put it away in the dry. All the nice galvanise would have burnt off and the first drop of rain.... rust. Ours lasted about a year :-(( Mike Ditto. Ours rusted after first use + rain. It looked an eyesore and was thrown out after a year. I don't think the neighbours were too keen on it either - the wind had a habit of changing direction and sometime smoke reached their houses. If you do get one, check that your neighbours don't have any washing out on a line before using it - or you can become very unpopular very quickly! Now anything I can't compost or recycle goes with the household refuse. -- Drakanthus. MIne works like a dream,must be 5 years old at least. Looks like a rocket when its fired up, the flames roar out of the funnel. I only use it about twice a year but its out in all weathers. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
Garden dustbin incinerators
"Paul" wrote in message
... "Mike" wrote in message ... Shove drier stuff in first lid on, burn, lid off, load, lid on. (Very basic question!:) What do you put in, anything? Weeds, dead flowers, twigs, grass (?), anything like that - is that the idea? Are you mad? Stuff that is dry and will burn. Twigs, branches etc. No point putting weeds or grass in it, put them on the compost. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
Garden dustbin incinerators
In article , Tumbleweed fromnews@mys
ockstumbleweed.freeserve.co.uk writes "Paul" wrote in message .. . "Mike" wrote in message ... Shove drier stuff in first lid on, burn, lid off, load, lid on. (Very basic question!:) What do you put in, anything? Weeds, dead flowers, twigs, grass (?), anything like that - is that the idea? Are you mad? Stuff that is dry and will burn. Twigs, branches etc. No point putting weeds or grass in it, put them on the compost. -- Tumbleweed That is basically the answer. Dry stuff. Old twigs. Wood, Dried grasses etc. (We cut all the old kitchen units up with a Jigsaw and fed them in a few bits at a time) Now ours has had it, we either compost or take it all, in big green bags, to the recycling compost place. I still consider they are an expensive waste of time if you can compost and take other stuff to the dump. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more |
Garden dustbin incinerators
Dont get the dustbin type they are both dangerous and as others have said
they rust through in about a year Try and get one of the square open mesh ones instead I have had 2 in 20 years and have no problem burning up the bits i can not otherwise shred for compost "Paul" wrote in message ... I just wanted to ask a couple of basic questions about the dustbin garden incinerators. How do you actually use them? And what advantages do they have? Thanks! Paul |
Garden dustbin incinerators
I stand mine on bricks to ensure enough O2 gets in the botom holes and I can
stoke it up/liberate the ashes when I am burning a lot of stuff. Neil "Paul" wrote in message ... I just wanted to ask a couple of basic questions about the dustbin garden incinerators. How do you actually use them? And what advantages do they have? Thanks! Paul |
Garden dustbin incinerators
bnd777 wrote: Dont get the dustbin type they are both dangerous and as others have said they rust through in about a year Try and get one of the square open mesh ones instead I have had 2 in 20 years and have no problem burning up the bits i can not otherwise shred for compost "Paul" wrote in message ... I just wanted to ask a couple of basic questions about the dustbin garden incinerators. How do you actually use them? And what advantages do they have? Thanks! Paul The drums from old washing machines make very good incinerators (they also double up as a patio firecage, the sort of thing that you could easily pay more than £100 for in the garden catalogues). Anita |
Garden dustbin incinerators
In article , geoff
writes to annoy others by lighting a bonfire at any time of day. better emphasise the key point here, "To annoy others" not "To light a bonfire" Bit of a difference which certainly 'applies to my area'. I can light a Bonfire on a Monday Morning. .. .. .. .. .. However, if it 'annoys others' as it most certainly would, "that" is the important bit :-)) Get the point? Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. R.N. Trafalgar Weekend Leamington Spa. Oct 10th - 13th. Plus many more |
Garden dustbin incinerators
Could be a moral in that policy !!!
If folk cant burn or compost hedge clippings then maybe they will think twice about growing the hedge "Mike" wrote in message ... geoff wrote: Paul, DO NOT let anybody tell you that lighting a bonfire is OK after a certain time of day. That's bunkum. It is an offence against most local authorities' rules to annoy others by lighting a bonfire at any time of day. Compost, green stuff, shred and compost most other stuff and take the tree trunks to the local disposal amenity! Geoff My council is stopping green waste e.g.; hedge clippings from being placed in normal wheelie bins. They are introducing a charge of £30 a year for a special green waste bin. they suggested composting hedge clippings and then they realized that they would take sometime to rot down. they then came up with taking the stuff to the tip, but when i pointed out I only had a motorbike..... yes you guessed it, have a bonfire was their reply. Although i will probably get a bin at £30 i can see some residents as being too mean, one lit a bonfire last week with 10 ft flames, the fire was about 5 ft from a mature tree and could easily have caught fire. Mike. |
Garden dustbin incinerators
"Tumbleweed" wrote MIne works like a dream,must be 5 years old at least. Looks like a rocket when its fired up, the flames roar out of the funnel. I only use it about twice a year but its out in all weathers. Ditto. I wouldn't be without it. And it can be used as a carbon-neutral patio heater for outdoor parties |
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