Low around 10 tonight, more pine goin in.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
I put a small load of post oak and hickory in this morning. We had a low of 42 last night and it's supposed to be fairly warm for most of the day with a cold front moving through this evening.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Stove cranking with a load of elm. Storm moving in, got sleet/freezing rain right now. Bitter cold starting tomorrow for the next week. The Tundra II is all cleaned out and ready. Will start it up tonight.
MEngineer24
Burning Hunk
Filled ours full this morning with a load of red oak and cherry. Was a brutal 15F this morning with wind chill at close to 0F. Cruising at about 450 STT right now as it's mostly coals.
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13 our, more pine for Dorothy to eat
Caw
Minister of Fire
Just had the chimney swept. All is well so I'm firing up a load of cherry and ash as we speak. We've had the heat pump/resistance on 62 since yesterday to keep the stove cold and nobody is happy about it. Time to get it toasty!
It was 15.3 when we were having our first cup of coffee and dropped to 12.3 by the time we had our second cup.
We switched over to firewood this morning from pellets, a few ash splits and a bunch of limb wood went in the Liberty.
We switched over to firewood this morning from pellets, a few ash splits and a bunch of limb wood went in the Liberty.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
It was a great day up here in northern N.Y., the sun was very strong but that will change soon enough.The moral of the story: two cups is too much
My stove is cold, I let the furnace take over yesterday afternoon & it will run until tomorrow evening. With this cold blast coming in tomorrow night I thought it best to try the furnace out & let a bit of heat radiate off the duct work into the crawl space before this cold spell. Then I’m all ready to go with a big pile of Osage.
At least that’s my plan, assuming I can tolerate listening to the furnace run that long... I find it rather irritating every time I hear it kick on.
At least that’s my plan, assuming I can tolerate listening to the furnace run that long... I find it rather irritating every time I hear it kick on.
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stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Same here. Even the sunroom (singe pane, not insulated etc) was 74 today.
Just went out with the kids to a nearby slope for some sledding. Nice bright sunset.
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heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
I didn't load either stove up last night before I went to sleep. I figured it's 28 out so the house should be good it was 76+ at 1130. I get up at 330 so I figured I'll be fine. At about 230 the furnace kicked on and I thought that was odd but no big deal. After getting up and taking the dogs out I realized it wasn't as warm as I thought. I saw 11 and realized it dropped more than I thought. I loaded both stoves up with ash to get the house warm again. We had temps in the upper 30's today.
MEngineer24
Burning Hunk
There's not much better, maybe hickory in my opinion that beats the smells of burning cherry.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Like JimBear I let the heat pump run today. It was in the mid 40s. Good to know it works every now and then.....but it drives me nuts runnin it still lol. When I got home I tossed a small load of various odds and ends uglies in to take the place of the furnace. I have a load of hickory and black jack for the overnight. Its 33 now with 25 for a low tonight.
Still burning down today’s load, currently 25 out with the feels like at 15, another load of pine for tonight.
AccuWeather is calling for a low of 18 and we're at 14.2 tonight, I have a load of the maples going in the Liberty.
Caw
Minister of Fire
Does NOAA know you're cheating on it?
Low of 21 here tonight. Just some cherry and ash for tonight. Saving the remainder of the red oak for colder nights.
NOAA's low for us is 11 but that reading is coming from Massena International - Richards Field Airport that is over 40 miles north of here.Does NOAA know you're cheating on it?
Low of 21 here tonight. Just some cherry and ash for tonight. Saving the remainder of the red oak for colder nights.
Ash & beech again. Looking at what's left in the garage, I may have been optimistic about how much I'd use this year. Wasn't quite full, but I was mostly out of well seasoned stuff. Probably be hitting the outside softwood stacks come March. Nice tetris though...
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
We have 26 out as of now with 48 for the high today. I have a load of post oak in now. Today looks like the last warm day for quite a spell.
We had our first cup of coffee and the temp was 26 this morning, by the time we were done with the second cup it was 32.
Some maple and limb wood went in the Lopi, we're still burning down coals.
Some maple and limb wood went in the Lopi, we're still burning down coals.
Did the same yesterday afternoon. Came to the realization that I’ll run out of my dry stuff if I keep burning 24/7 so I’m gonna start letting the furnace run after the morning load dies down when it’s above freezing in the afternoon.I let the stove go out tonight; conserving dry wood. Only 29 or so tonight. Likely sassafras during the day tomorrow.
Nice load of ash this evening has all the secondaries lit up. I split this wood in November or December but it was dead for a long time before that and measuring in the mid teens on moisture. Ready for this cold snap that’ll last at least the next 10 days.
Let the stove go cold this morning so I could clean her out, been using propane all day, which is like nails on a chalk board. Got about 2-2.5 cups +\- of powder out of the pipe, right on par with usual. Good to go; another load of pine going in to warm the stove back up and another load of pine for tonight.
WoodBurnerInWI
Feeling the Heat
We're about to hit single digit highs for 10 plus days and well below zero at night every night for awhile. Wish I had some coal lol but huge oak pieces will have to suffice. I'll also likely be running an afternoon load every day just to keep temps in the house up. We're cycling our furnace to come on a few times a day to heat the basement since the stove heat can't get down there.
