What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[thewoodlands]

With the warmer weather, we've been burning some pellets when needed. We hit 46 yesterday with a low of 36.4 this morning.

Since we have this warmer weather, I did a full clean on the inside of the wood stove this morning, when I finished I started a fire in the wood stove with some Ash.

 

[MMH]

Currently 30 out, house is 73. Will let Dorothy go out again today. Might take advantage and run the soot eater up there today.

 

[woodey]

Let the coals in the Kuuma die out last evening as we were at 40 and got up to 42 this morning. I set the propane furnace at 68 and will wait until late tomorrow before firing up the Kuuma.

 

[stoveliker]

So, yesterday's load of ash and maple is done. 23-ish hrs. Of course it was not cold; 29 for a low early morning, 46 for a high, and sunny. But the stove did its thing; it kept the basement at about 77 and my living room at about 70-72. I didn't need the stove; could have done it with the heat pump during the day, but tonight is going to be a low of 32 again. So I wanted to keep the stove warm for the fire that is starting now. This is what was left.

Tomorrow I'll let it go cold. 48 or so for a high, and 45 for a low. Saturday then 50. But 30 Saturday night, and colder on Sunday. So I'll relight Saturday afternoon.

I'll be taking some ashes out tomorrow or Saturday for the cold snap Sunday night and Monday.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's 28.6 tonight with a load of Ash going in the wood stove.

 

[MMH]

Ran the soot eater up there today, did a quick ash clean out. Lows headed for 20s. Doing a quick warm up with some pine and then I’ll load some more….you guessed it..pine.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had 26.4 this morning with another load of Ash going in the Lopi. It was still 69 up here before the first fire I started later this morning.

 

[MMH]

Hit 50 something again today. Lows headed for upper teens. Started with a couple pieces of pine and small piece of mahogany, will load up tonight with another full load of pine.

 

[TheBigIron]

Low teens this morning loaded with mulberry and a few elm uglies.

 

[thewoodlands]

Since it has been warmer, I haven't been looking at the outside temps. Last night I filled the wood stove up with Ash, up here was 70 and the basement 74.

This morning I loaded the Liberty back up with all Ash, 70 up here and the high temp in the basement hit 77.

 

[Grizzerbear]

Been burning red oak and hickory for the last couple nights and mornings with lows in the 20sand 30s and a low of mid 20s last night. I've got some coals in the stove right now for the overnight reload.

 

[c604]

I've been burning through some 4 year old walnut during the day and reloading with ash and oak at night. Walnut burns well but my gosh it is messy! Luckily I don't have much of it left.

 

[stoveliker]

Restarted the stove. 42 right now (after a 53 f high ...), and decreasing to 30 or so tomorrow morning. 1-2" snow predicted.

Full firebox top down start. (Bedtime stove starting, so no way to start with a bit, and create a coal bed for a night reload.)

Oak on the bottom, ash above that. Pine on top, minus one split that was filled with two cedar sticks, some splitting trash, and a few rolled up papers.

Fire started directly below the car, and when I tried to close the bypass 7 minutes in it already immediately started glowing.

Will run it higher than normal to warm up the basement. So likely a morning reload tomorrow.

 

[sweedish]

A load of apple and mulberry, man that smoke smells good when I step outside, and now I want to smoke ribs or something.

 

[NickW]

Back home for a few days again. Ash & beech just got loaded and working on settling in. Down to 4 tonight.

Heading back to the northwoods Monday. Need to haul more wood up again. The ash & birch up there is down to low 20's mc on a fresh warm split, so I've been mixing it with good stuff from home. Temps below 0 for the overnights up there still.

 

[sweedish]

A load of apple and mulberry, man that smoke smells good when I step outside, and now I want to smoke ribs or something.

As far as heat, I should not be too far off from locust according to the btu chart.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's 5.9 tonight with a forecast low of - 3, we have the pellet stove going in one corner and the wood stove in the other corner with a load of Ash and two rounds of Ironwood.

It's 70 in the living room and 68 in the sleeper.

 

[MMH]

Another day in the 50s, low headed for around 20. A full load of pine for tonight again.

 

[c604]

15 this morning. More walnut and a couple pieces of ash on the coals from last night's load. With this walnut I'm burning I'll have to scoop some ashes out today.

 

[Gearhead660]

In the single digits this monring. Got some maple in Myra. Couple pieces of pine in the Tundra to burn down the pile of coals from the load of hickory last night.

 

[JamesGuido]

running dangerously low of dry oak... burnt more than i expected since Christmas / surgery
however, this house has been toasty every cold day.
last week before i start my final 40 days of work.

 

[zmender]

Just got back to 60F home after a week on road. Snow is coming down heavy. Black locust mixed with mystery wood.

This snow is throwing off my plan to build a new wood rack. Now I have about a cord of seasoned quality locust sitting on the ground gathering snow on top. Not happy at all.

 

[rottiman]

-16 here this morning, currently -9. Ole' Betty humming along on 4 yo Red Oak blocks. A comfortable 72 in the nest. Getting ready to see the Bengals kick LA's arse tonight.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had a low of 0.4 this morning, the basement was 81 (shut the P.S. off) the living room was 69 and the bedroom was 67, the floors up here were 76.4.

I loaded up the wood stove with Ash and a few rounds of Ironwood, the temp up here is still at 70.

 

[MMH]

Currently in the 30s out, heading for near 60 again; house is 70. Dorothy will go out again. Have a small cold snap on the way.. finally.