Small gear & consumables
The consumables a winter goes through
34 categories of things that wear out, get burned and are bought again, judged the same way as the appliances: by what they change, and whether the cheaper option already does the job. A part only helps if it matches what you own exactly — a flue pipe is 130 mm or 150 mm and never both, a door cord is 6, 8, 10 or 12 mm, and a pane of stove glass is cut to one outline rather than ordered from a photograph.
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- Stove pipes Diameter decides what fits, wall gauge decides how long it lasts 5
- Flue elbows Every bend is draught you no longer have 7
- Wall sleeves The part that makes a hole in a wall legal 7
- Chimney cowls What sits on top, and what it is actually for 7
- Rain caps A roof for the flue, and the gap that has to stay open 7
- Flue dampers A plate in the pipe, and the hole that must stay in it 7
- Pipe heat shields An air gap, held at a published distance 6
- Spark plates Glass or steel, and the overhang in front of the door 7
- Floor plates What goes under the whole appliance, not only in front of it 7
- Wall heat shields A plate, a gap behind it, and the clearance it buys back 6
- Wood pellets One certification, four figures, and a delivery that decides the price 7
- Wood briquettes Compressed sawdust, and the shape that decides the burn 7
- Firewood Species, length, moisture — and a volume unit that is not a volume 7
- Kindling Dry, thin, and sold by a weight that hides the count 7
- Firelighters Burn time is the figure; what it is made of is the choice 7
- Stove glass cleaners Alkaline paste against ash on a damp cloth 7
- Soot removers A catalytic powder or log — and what it does not replace 7
- Door seals Three diameters, two densities, and a glue that has to be the right one 7
- Stove glass Ceramic, not toughened — and cut to a measurement you take yourself 7
- Firebricks Vermiculite or chamotte — and the cracks that are allowed 7
- Fire grates Cast iron, a bar spacing, and a direction of burn 7
- Ash pans A drawer measured in three dimensions and a handle 4
- Stove paint A temperature rating, and a cure that happens on the first fire 7
- Pellet igniters Three measurements and a wattage, and nothing else fits 7
- Pellet stove seals Four gaskets, and a stove that cannot run with one missing 5
- Chimney brushes Diameter, bristle and a thread that must match the rods 7
- Log baskets An internal width, a load, and handles that have to be riveted 7
- Log racks A stack that has to stand up, and air that has to get through 7
- Firewood covers Waterproof on top, open at the sides, and tied down 7
- Log bags Carried loaded, so the seams are the product 7
- Fireplace tools Four pieces, a stand, and a length that has to reach 7
- Bellows Leather, a nozzle, and a volume you cannot see 7
- Spark guards Mesh aperture, panel width, and whether it stands on its own 7
- Ash buckets A lid, a base that does not touch, and a capacity in litres 7