Dear Abby,
My relationship with my wood stove is on rocky ground.... and flaming coals!
2nd season into my BK burning. Love the stove, but am struggling this warm(ish) shoulder season. Warm in the day, cold at night. Either seem to have too small a fire for the whole night or too hot. Have to open the door and now the bedroom window to cool things down when doing the initial burn. Can't really use my small livingroom when I'm doing the initial hot burn on the wood, quite the drag. I've cut some vents in walls, got smaller splits, blah blah blah, tried all the variables I can think of. Just not satisfied with this set-up right now. Getting exhausted from waking up freezing cold when I forget to leave the bedroom door open to let in heat. Ended up buying another oil-filled space heater to fill in for now, but still choked at not being able to really enjoy the livingroom for an hour or so, every fire up, from both hot or cold startups. Trying to make the ancient gas furnace in the basement last as long as possible.
I don't remember such issues last year, but I remember winter came on strong and quick by the time I installed this stove. I think the wood I'm using might be drier than last years by a titch as well.
Yours Truly, Hot and Cold in British Columbia
P.S. My house is 900 sq ft, the minimum size for my Sirroco 20 stove and BC can be pretty mild.
My relationship with my wood stove is on rocky ground.... and flaming coals!
2nd season into my BK burning. Love the stove, but am struggling this warm(ish) shoulder season. Warm in the day, cold at night. Either seem to have too small a fire for the whole night or too hot. Have to open the door and now the bedroom window to cool things down when doing the initial burn. Can't really use my small livingroom when I'm doing the initial hot burn on the wood, quite the drag. I've cut some vents in walls, got smaller splits, blah blah blah, tried all the variables I can think of. Just not satisfied with this set-up right now. Getting exhausted from waking up freezing cold when I forget to leave the bedroom door open to let in heat. Ended up buying another oil-filled space heater to fill in for now, but still choked at not being able to really enjoy the livingroom for an hour or so, every fire up, from both hot or cold startups. Trying to make the ancient gas furnace in the basement last as long as possible.
I don't remember such issues last year, but I remember winter came on strong and quick by the time I installed this stove. I think the wood I'm using might be drier than last years by a titch as well.
Yours Truly, Hot and Cold in British Columbia
P.S. My house is 900 sq ft, the minimum size for my Sirroco 20 stove and BC can be pretty mild.
