What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[Tar12]

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?

I believe that this is one that people here typically get...it is the one I got...$75 shipped...just received mine and have not installed it yet

Thermometer for Stove Pipe,Chimney,Outdoor Wood Boiler,w/ Alarm Thermometer for monitoring temperature on stove, chimney, or outdoor wood boiler [AT200CHIM] - $74.99 : Auber Instruments, Inc., Temperature control solutions for home and industry

Holiday sale ends on 1/1/2025! This thermometer kit can be used for monitoring the temperature in stove pipes, chimneys, and outdoor wood boilers. This thermometer reads a thermocouple probe, shows the temperature on its red LED display, and makes a buzzing sound when temperature rises above the...

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[MMH]

Currently 11F out, today’s load will be pine and juniper

 

[bcarp]

Just warmed up (-15C low/-5C hi) so I'll be switching back to lodgepole pine. Last week we had -30sC over night and -20sC in the day so ran about 70% paper birch which gave off more heat for sure.

Definitely stocking some of both again for next season.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had - 5.4 this morning with more beech seeing some action.

 

[MoDoug]

It's been a consistent 29 degrees for two days. I'm thinking my weather station in the yard is frozen or broke, or both... my weather app says it's 17 out, heading for a low of 7. I'm running a robust combination of oak and locust coals in my stove. Seems like I'm on coals a lot more than wood, maybe the moisture content is too low. I'd complain to management, but I don't want to go without dinner tonight.

 

[Zombie]

Getting ready for the overnight load. Pine, big splits and mediumish rounds.

 

[stoveliker]

Cherry today and sassafras later tonight. I like full loads of cherry (this was my first).

 

[JimBear]

More Osage, Ash & Slippery Elm tonight. Supposed to be around 0* tonight.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's 8.1 tonight, I have five rounds of ironwood with two splits of beech in the Lopi Liberty and a bag of pellets in the old yankee going in the basement.

 

[MMH]

Low going to be 0-5F tonight, all mahogany and couple small juniper rounds for tonight’s load.

 

[Grizzerbear]

It's 10 here with post and red oak in the buck. Expecting a high of 25 today.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had a low 2.6 degrees this morning, more beech went in the liberty.

Overnight we used the pellet stove (one bag) and the wood stove with ironwood and beech, downstairs was 85 this morning with the temp upstairs at 72. I didn't check the floors with the IR gun but they're usually 74 or 75 degrees.

 

[MMH]

Currently 8F out, house is 71.5, STT still cruising around 375-400 with a heap full of coals

 

[Tar12]

Relief is in sight! Forecasting upper 30s all next week! Going to have to remind the wife to throttle back or she will have it 80 plus in here! Till then more oak and locust in the stove...still on track to burn approx. 4 cord..

 

[MMH]

29F out with a 14 MPH wind making the feels like at 19, a load of pine for tonight. The wind gave a boost in draft creating a nice secondary show for a couple hours.

 

[Caw]

Snowing now, expecting about 3-6". Threw a load of whatever was next to the stove in...it was kind of dark and I was tired lol. It's mostly cherry and maple I think. I didn't pack it very well so I'll probably do a proper load in 3-4 hours after shoveling. Not gonna bother with the snow blower for such a small amount.

Wish it would stop snowing on my damn rounds in my driveway!

 

[Grizzerbear]

Its 2 degrees this morning with a load of red and black jack oak. Expecting a heat wave today.....its gunna get to 32.

 

[MMH]

Will be in the 20-30s today, some snow and rain possible. Had an odd cut of juniper and mahogany so I put those in diagonally for today’s load. Dorothy should cruise nice on those for most of today.

 

[stoveliker]

Still snowing (got another 6" yesterday and so far today). 32 F or so today.

Just reloaded with cherry after the sassafras from last night was done. Warming up the flue a bit while charring the load.

Hope this will be done enough at 11 tonight for the sassafras night reload.

 

[thewoodlands]

We ended up burning a bag of pellets overnight. We had 15.6 this morning with the ashes from the wood stove going out to a metal garbage can in the woods, more beech and maple went in the Lopi this morning.

We have a temp of 27.4 at the moment, feels great.

 

[MMH]

Still burning down some coals from today’s load. Tonight will be in the high teens to 20s, pine for tonight and I’ll load up the rest of the odd sized pieces of juniper/mahogany in the morning before work; should last a while then the wifey will likely let the stove burn out til I get off Monday.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's 18.1 tonight with a possible low of 11, I have some beech with some red maple going in the Liberty.

 

[Zombie]

It was a nice day today, sunny with a high right close to 50*F. Cleaned the stove, flue pipe, and chimney with the sooteater (what a great tool! I love it.) I added some more firebricks to the Grandpa, pine on the menu again tonite, lows forcast in the mid 20s.

 

[Grizzerbear]

It's a balmy 38 now and only going down to 32 tonight. I got some post oak and one big red oak split going in for the overnight here shortly. Got some fifty degree days coming.....maybe a 60....after some record cold the last couple weeks. Crazy weather.

 

[stoveliker]

The sassafras from 11 pm last night ran until 3 pm; it was 34 today with much sun. I put 3 maple shorties in at that time and had to push that coals in a large pile now to add sassafras again. The home did not need a lot of heat with this weather and I'm still quite often wrong in how much wood I load or estimating when it'll be done...

Now if only my solar panels would drop the snow; having the yard slope down away from the home, and with the panels on top of the second story, I am not able to take the snow off. It's been a dismal solar month so far due to the snow. Net metering is fantastic for that. This coming week will be heating mostly with the minisplit. And if no cold snap appears, it might be the last run of the stove.