How big an area are you heating and what kind of wood are you using, it usually happens only for me when there is a south wind and below 0 wind chills.
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Charles1981
Minister of Fire
I burn with ash. Its a encore I have in the basement and im heating 1800 sq feet. No problems keeping the house warm at all. Even with the stove turned down to completely closed and it being 11 degrees outside last week and -15 degree windchills the upstairs stayed at 69-70 which I was ecstatic about (its a small ranch with good insulation apparently). I load the stove at 11pm. Wake up at 6-7 with a nice coal bed and 250-300 degree stove top almost every day and get her started again.
When it is warmer ~30+ I mix half ash and half cottonwood and then I am usually left with a crappy coal bed but that is because the cottonwood is terrible for coals and burn time.
I've never really noticed a significant difference in my coal bed from day to day or based on temperature. If its really windy out though ... 30+ mph I get back-puffing
When it is warmer ~30+ I mix half ash and half cottonwood and then I am usually left with a crappy coal bed but that is because the cottonwood is terrible for coals and burn time.
I've never really noticed a significant difference in my coal bed from day to day or based on temperature. If its really windy out though ... 30+ mph I get back-puffing
Well I am heating a bigger area then you and using Oak (are you burning white ash or green ash) and have a lot of south glass, normally I don't have the problem except for the south wind days and below zero temps.
The problem comes from wanting to reload before the coals burn down to keep the temp up, insulated curtains in the works.
The problem comes from wanting to reload before the coals burn down to keep the temp up, insulated curtains in the works.
Charles1981
Minister of Fire
I am unclear of what species of ash. It is local harvest but i think we have all species of ash in Michigan so I will have to ask the forester that delivers my wood next time (log length).
charles i think the reason i get the big coal loads in the morning is due to burn ing low and slow thru the night....im gonna start cracking my air before i go to bed and see where the sweet spot is...as far as havind some coals left for in the morning instead of having half of my firebox full of coals
burning...locust/ash/sycamore....heating 1600 sq feet......temps in teens lately...
im still learning my new stove..had my old stove down to a science...how hard do u all get ur stove burning before u shut her down for the night?
im still learning my new stove..had my old stove down to a science...how hard do u all get ur stove burning before u shut her down for the night?
Got a big load of coals and don't want to put a small split on top in the morning to burn'em down? Drag'em all to the front and just crack the door a touch and then go s/s/s. They will go thermonuclear and burn down keeping the stove hot.
If the house is cooling off (south wind low temps) that wont do it for me as the house would be too cool.
I dont have the excess coals in the morning, its during the day when I am trying to get the temp back up.
I think this is a case of where bigger is better, for 10 to 15% of the heating season I could use a bigger stove.
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