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Hi Erik,
Thanks for your reply. I have 3 compost bins and they are about 1.2m X 1.2m X 1m. I usually wait until I have enough ingredients to fill a bin. I keep the green and brown ingredients separate until ready to build. I usually build the heap by simply adding the ingredients gradually and mixing thoroughly as I go. It takes a while, but I think it is worth it and gives me good exercise! I always need to add plenty of water as my brown ingredients are totally dry. I think it is very important to make sure the heap is wet enough. Take a look at Charles’s Youtube videos on composting. Very interesting. Also bear in mind that my compost heap was only started 5 days ago. As your one was started 4-5 weeks ago, I would expect it to have cooled down a bit by now.
Was it hotter when you started it?