What is your overnight burn procedure? It just seems that I am not getting what I should out of an overnight burn...
1 - 1 1/2 hours before bed I get the house nice and warm, usually up to 75 or so by using a few smaller splits of a soft wood (currently boxelder). Then, I start with a few pieces and let them get going pretty good. Then I continuosly load the rest of the wood until the firebox is full. I give that a few min to warm up, then reduce the air to minimum (its a newmac furnace and has the draft inducer fan with a control next to it that restricts how much the fan can blow). Then I go upstairs and turn the tstat down to 69 (which just turns the draft fan off until the temp drops a bit).
My success with a solid overnight burn is not that great. Most mornings wake up and the house is 63 (thats when the oil is set to come on) and the oil burner is usually running. There is a bed of coals, but they are minimal.
At night, I burn exclusivly sugar maple.
What does everyone else do?
1 - 1 1/2 hours before bed I get the house nice and warm, usually up to 75 or so by using a few smaller splits of a soft wood (currently boxelder). Then, I start with a few pieces and let them get going pretty good. Then I continuosly load the rest of the wood until the firebox is full. I give that a few min to warm up, then reduce the air to minimum (its a newmac furnace and has the draft inducer fan with a control next to it that restricts how much the fan can blow). Then I go upstairs and turn the tstat down to 69 (which just turns the draft fan off until the temp drops a bit).
My success with a solid overnight burn is not that great. Most mornings wake up and the house is 63 (thats when the oil is set to come on) and the oil burner is usually running. There is a bed of coals, but they are minimal.
At night, I burn exclusivly sugar maple.
What does everyone else do?