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I live next to an industrial estate and pallets are there for the taking. Or asking. I thought they would be the answer to all my problems until I tried to break them up. A (heavier) friend of mine can stamp on them and get some breakage but I'm useless at that. My electric saw needs a surface to sa...

Thanks. Builders merchants - there's one in Battersea. Skips - yeah, I always look in them. My stove eats wood but does a good job burning coal. But I can't get the coal to light without wood - lighters and cardboard and newspaper don't work on their own or in combination. Stoves all act differently...

Hullo All, I live on a barge in South London. I'm self-sufficient in the sense that I gottadoeverythingmyself (sigh) but I have a mooring so I'm on grid. I knit, so I guess I don't depend on anyone for my hats, scarves, mittens or jumpers. I have a multi-fuel stove and gather cardboard and wood from...