Thanks @jakelesnake4927 The ash just sits in the fire box and you have to shovel it out - I have a little shovel for this. It's best to have a reasonable bed of ash when burning wood so you don't have to empty it too much. I do it every couple of weeks or so, depending on the wood. The main air intake is through a baffle at the front and it can get blocked by ash, but only if it gets to be about 4 inches deep. The newer stoves have air holes in the side firebricks too, which seems like a good improvement.

Thanks @cazzerrella. Absolutely - the wood makes a big difference. I completely agree, these stoves are really efficient!

Thanks! I know what you mean - we agonised about the stove way more than the house! Still, I reckon this stove is pretty much the only thing I've bought that I genuinely think was good value for money. The heat you get from wood is just fantastic.

Glad it helped. I hope it's burning well for you, buddy!

Any time! I'm a big fan

You're absolutely right! I was a bit scared of putting them in a fire as I only had a limited number of poles so didn't want to risk forgetting about them and losing one. But I'd definitely do it that way next time - I got through a lot of gas :)

Thanks for subbing :)

It's definitely cast iron, mate. It's in the stove technical specs on Esse's website and you can tell if you see one in person. It might look odd on mine as it's pretty filthy and gets a bit covered in ash - that's because I use it all the time and am more interested in using it than having a pretty, perfectly blacked show piece :)

Cheers - I hope it was useful. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know about it

I completely agree, @andrewnorgrove6487. I actually really regret that I didn't get the version of this Esse Bakeheart with a back boiler. At the time I didn't think we could fit it in, but I should have just found a way!

I've got an esse columbian, you've got a back boiler (doing rads) 2 ovens and hotplate, it's lit 24/7 atm

It sounds awesome!

@@ukselfreliance8264 yes bud.

@@ukselfreliance8264 I just plumbed mine into rads with an expansion tank to take the heat rise, atm its doing the upstairs rads buy just thermosyphon, I'm going to do a pump for next year. Up stairs rads, 8 get hot. Hot water rises, cool water flows down, on 24 hours

Thanks @rebekahfranks4205! I really appreciate you watching. Do come back - we've got lots more videos planned :)

This is a very fair comment! :)

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The water table is only about 10ft down for us, so we could dig anywhere on the land and hit water!

Why? it is cool.

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No, grime and drill music is terrible.

For us, you can dig anywhere as the water table is about 10ft down everywhere. Our main concern was picking a nice central spot for all the different fields

was just thinkin the same thing!

the water table exists everywhere in the world, just depends on how deep you have to dig to find it. As for if it's legal... Just don't get caught!

@@liamholcroft7212 it quite legal.

@@Nellyontheland Ah right, I didn't know, not that that would stop me anyway if i wanted to do this.

@@liamholcroft7212 I suppose if you don't force anyone down there, you can dig down to Australia 😁 I've dug holes for posts. Over night they have filled with water. So some wells need not be deep. It depends on the surrounding higher elevations.