We had a temp this morning of 10.6, back to burning beech in the wood stove.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Caw
Minister of Fire
Hitting a warm patch here. 34 overnight and a high of 45 tomorrow and it's going to pour all day... hoping it melts some of this snow! I'm just going to throw in a weenie load of whatever is on top of my pile tonight, I think cherry, to keep the chill off. I anticipate letting the stove go out after the morning reload. Been going 24/7 for a while now so it'll be a good time to shovel out some ash and clean the glass.
Weird weather. Back to normal highs of 25-30 and teens overnight on Wednesday and moving forward. Rapidly approaching sugar season!
Weird weather. Back to normal highs of 25-30 and teens overnight on Wednesday and moving forward. Rapidly approaching sugar season!
walhondingnashua
Minister of Fire
Freezing rain/sleet/snow tonight with low of 26. Burning a patch of read oak and hickory sweating everyone out of the basement. Coldest night coming tomorrow night at projection of 1. I'll keep running the oak and hickory until the temperatures rise later this week.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
It's -2 here with a wind chill of -13 as of now. Expecting -10. Today was the coldest day in 130 years here. I got the the stove cranking with white and post oak now.
Small system moved through, little snow not much though. Temps dropped a bit again, 30s today teens tonight. Another load of pine. Another weak system next couple days with cooler temps I’ll likely move some mahogany in.
Wind is ripping and the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip.... damn wind is worse than the temp!got the blower running on the stove tonight! Oak and Locust again..
Guessers are saying -20* here tonight with wind chills around -35*. Loaded up with Osage, Slippery Elm & a split of Ash.
MoDoug
Minister of Fire
Our temps last night were -4 temp and -14 wind chill, tonight they're calling for -11 temp and -25 wind chill. Definitely the coldest we've had in a while. Even this weather is keeping me inside, although I do find myself pacing inside several times. I've been running oak and locust, and some elm just because it's there. I'm trying to stay on top of the coals, by just burning them down a few times a day.. The Talking Heads Burning Down the House keeps running through my head, although I've changed the lyrics to Burning Down The Coals! Puff, my stoves name, is holding his own against these temps!
Currently 10 out, more pine for Dorothy to chew down.
I'm going to start calling my NC "Nancy"... 
. Burning down coals with cottonwood.
. Burning down coals with cottonwood.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Nothing but ashes. 49 today 
Heated up during the night under constant rain - how fast does a foot of compact snow disappear... Good thing the solar panels are active again (I can't reach them to sweep the snow off...)
Cooling down to 25 tonight, and tomorrow 33, so I think I'll light up again tomorrow morning.
Heated up during the night under constant rain - how fast does a foot of compact snow disappear... Good thing the solar panels are active again (I can't reach them to sweep the snow off...)Cooling down to 25 tonight, and tomorrow 33, so I think I'll light up again tomorrow morning.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
We have about 8 inches of snow with temps dropping close to single digits tonight. Locust and some ash and walnut to keep things warm.
Going to hit the low 30s a week out...that will feel nice! Till then the I will carry on with the Oak and Locust while I am waiting on JimBear to bring me a load of Osage..
So WI is just a slight detour north on the way to IN... he could drop half the load by me, then head over by you...
Freshly cleaned stove with a mid size load of ash to prep for the overnight load.
Wasnt planning on any detours...lol
Best laid plans of mice and men...
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Starting up the stove top down for a load of sassafras overnight.
Caw
Minister of Fire
Got up to 45 today...thankfully to melt all that freezing rain. Let the stove go out after the morning reload and it stayed 68 all day. Gave it a good once over this afternoon and fired it back up after dinner to warm it up for the overnight load.
Looks like it'll be 21 tonight so just the usual ash, cherry, and maple mix I think. Might only do a 3/4 load as it's still like 35 out now.
Looks like it'll be 21 tonight so just the usual ash, cherry, and maple mix I think. Might only do a 3/4 load as it's still like 35 out now.
I guess it didn’t occur to me that I should of negotiated with some Osage when I bought that Simington from you.
Just threw in a load of locust with a touch of white oak!
3 degrees right now, just filled a tight load of ash. Going to get up extra early for a reload for the first time this year as it’s supposed to hit -5 in the morning. This is the coldest we’ve had and the heat pump had an error message this morning, hoping it was just the snow/ice buildup on the unit outside but we will see when I take a look at it. Glad I don’t need to worry about it much with the wood stove, in the past I’d be scrambling and paying “emergency service” rates. Backup heat was still working fine when it kicked on briefly this morning too.
Low around 10 tonight, pine for tonight. Highs tomorrow just at freezing, pine and juniper for tomorrow’s load; tomorrow night single digits, mahogany for that.
Guessing all ash... Wife got up and loaded it, I got up 10 minutes later and could smell paint during! RAN downstairs, stovetop was only 600 but the gates of hell were roaring. Guessing she got the flue a bit hotter than I do. Choked it down, all is good, stovetop only hit about 700. No harm, no foul.
Might be the final nudge to get the flue probe. Are there any that are worthwhile that are reasonably priced? I saw the Auber digital online for about $150 and that's a bit more than I'd like to spend... Is a dial one worth buying?
Might be the final nudge to get the flue probe. Are there any that are worthwhile that are reasonably priced? I saw the Auber digital online for about $150 and that's a bit more than I'd like to spend... Is a dial one worth buying?
She was just cleaning out the flue, getting any creosote build up from your poor burning habits taken care of...
I bought this Imperial for like $20 or there about.
Imperial | Flue Gas Probe Thermometer
For installation on double wall stove pipes
www.imperialgroup.ca
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
It was -16 here yesterday morning with some post oak before heading to work. The sun showed its face yesterday and the wind laid down with a high of 16. It waspretty nice really. Today its 13 out with some heavy snow and more post oak going with the wife keepin the home fires burnin for the day.
