Pagey said:*Quietly sips a Yuengling Black & Tan*
BrowningBAR said:Pagey said:*Quietly sips a Yuengling Black & Tan*
I like Yuengling. In PA it escapes a lot of taxes since it's brewed here. One of the cheaper beers you can buy here.
soupy1957 said:I dunno...........for "me" ...........I like the idea of burying the newspaper UNDER the kindling, and putting mid-size splits over the kindling (along with a Super Cedar in quarters in the 4 corners of the pile), on top of that in a criss-cross pattern. Seems to start up fine, and keeps the newspaper pieces from flying around, and up the flue.
As for "shoulder season," ............the biggest issue I've found, is over-heating the house. Starting a fire on a cool morning is fine, but I let them go out by 9 AM or so, rather than keep feeding it.
-Soupy1957
Swedishchef said:wow. Nice pics Pen. You are a firm believer in top down fires eh? I tried it a couple of times and the fire went out before the splits could catch!
Thanks again!
Andrew
pen said:meanwhile, back at the ranch.......
pen
NATE379 said:Wow that's a ton of wood for a shoulder season fire. I have been burning for a couple weeks. I usually make a fire with 3-4 pieces of spruce and maybe a piece of birch... equal to about 1/2 of the wood you have in that pic when the can of nassty beer.
I put the paper on the bottom, with a few small pieces, then larger pieces on sides and over top, then light. Been doing it like since I started making fires ~20 years ago.
soupy1957 said:I dunno...........for "me" ...........I like the idea of burying the newspaper UNDER the kindling, and putting mid-size splits over the kindling (along with a Super Cedar in quarters in the 4 corners of the pile), on top of that in a criss-cross pattern. Seems to start up fine, and keeps the newspaper pieces from flying around, and up the flue.
As for "shoulder season," ............the biggest issue I've found, is over-heating the house. Starting a fire on a cool morning is fine, but I let them go out by 9 AM or so, rather than keep feeding it.
-Soupy1957
mhrischuk said:I'm surprised the EPA hasn't put a restriction on shoulder season fires since they don't allow the stove to go into high efficiency mode. Next they'll have the stoves automatically shut down after a pre-determined amount of time under temp.
But seriously, I can see this shoulder season fire debate as one that has lots of solutions with lots of variables. The key being to get the top of the stove hot quickly.
pen said:mhrischuk said:I'm surprised the EPA hasn't put a restriction on shoulder season fires since they don't allow the stove to go into high efficiency mode. Next they'll have the stoves automatically shut down after a pre-determined amount of time under temp.
But seriously, I can see this shoulder season fire debate as one that has lots of solutions with lots of variables. The key being to get the top of the stove hot quickly.
That's exactly why the top-down fire is so popular with city dwellers or those w/ close neighbors or smog regulations. Much less smoke on startup than a fire built bottom up.
pen
Heatmiser5 said:I am defiantly going to try the top down method. My wife
Already complains about the light smoke smell in the house
When I open the door (ever so slowly) to add the bigger splits.
By the way, I just added the side heat shields the other day.
Just have not fired her up yet. I am seriously considering
Adding the blower next. This damn wood burning is a bit
Addicting.
firefighterjake said:Heatmiser5 said:I am defiantly going to try the top down method. My wife
Already complains about the light smoke smell in the house
When I open the door (ever so slowly) to add the bigger splits.
By the way, I just added the side heat shields the other day.
Just have not fired her up yet. I am seriously considering
Adding the blower next. This damn wood burning is a bit
Addicting.
You haven't even started to get going yet . . . just wait until you start buying the hydraulic splitter, splitting hand tools (just in case), new chainsaw and other assorted tools that are "necessary."
firefighterjake said:Heatmiser5 said:I am defiantly going to try the top down method. My wife
Already complains about the light smoke smell in the house
When I open the door (ever so slowly) to add the bigger splits.
By the way, I just added the side heat shields the other day.
Just have not fired her up yet. I am seriously considering
Adding the blower next. This damn wood burning is a bit
Addicting.
You haven't even started to get going yet . . . just wait until you start buying the hydraulic splitter, splitting hand tools (just in case), new chainsaw and other assorted tools that are "necessary."
Heatmiser5 said:I am defiantly going to try the top down method. My wife
Already complains about the light smoke smell in the house
When I open the door (ever so slowly) to add the bigger splits.
By the way, I just added the side heat shields the other day.
Just have not fired her up yet. I am seriously considering
Adding the blower next. This damn wood burning is a bit
Addicting.
pen said:NATE379 said:Wow that's a ton of wood for a shoulder season fire. I have been burning for a couple weeks. I usually make a fire with 3-4 pieces of spruce and maybe a piece of birch... equal to about 1/2 of the wood you have in that pic when the can of nassty beer.
I put the paper on the bottom, with a few small pieces, then larger pieces on sides and over top, then light. Been doing it like since I started making fires ~20 years ago.
My apologies. I'll try to do better next time.
pen
BrotherBart said:Anybody that doubts climate change should pay a little attention to monsoons in the Mojave Desert.
Good to see ya back CountryGal. Hope ya have a good burning season.
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