What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[Jay106n]

Lol just got an email from Hearth advertising this thread that I created 7 years ago. I logged in and it was the top thread in the woodshed section, 209 pages long and adding. I think I should get a royalty or something 😂. I just love seeing every ones burning strategies.

Anyway, I got a mix of ash and maple running today after a few inches of snowfall.

 

[stoveliker]

Lol just got an email from Hearth advertising this thread that I created 7 years ago. I logged in and it was the top thread in the woodshed section, 209 pages long and adding. I think should get a royalty or something 😂. I just love seeing every ones burning strategies.

Anyway, I got a mix of ash and maple running today after a few inches of snowfall.

Nice. And you made the fist post on the 210th page.

I enjoy this one. Even if a lot is repetitive, I like reading what others burn, what issues (e.g. coals) they run into, motivation for letting the stove go cold. Just a no-nonsense reading of others' experience in something I enjoy myself.

So, thank you for starting this.

 

[stoveliker]

I just reloaded with pine. 30 outside and still snowing. 3-4" on the ground. 67 inside (and 77 in the basement). Just like I like it. But going to crank it up a bit because tonight will be 19 for a low.

 

[zmender]

Collected about 1/3 cord off ground. Time for a quick meal and I’m gonna hit road again for next week.

 

[rottiman]

Got up to 5 today and headed for -20 tonight. Ole' Betty keepin' us warm as we are watching "who dey" put it to those "left coasters"!

 

[MMH]

Temps headed for 20s tonight, gunna start off with some red elm, then I’ll do another full load of pine for the over night.

 

[stoveliker]

Got 5-ish inch of snow today. 28 now, 18 for a low. Tomorrow a high of 26 and sunny, but I'm not sure that'll be enough to have the snow slide off of the solar panels; it was 31 today so the snow is now well-frozen and icy, stuck to the panels.

Reloaded with (red) oak. Not entirely full because quite some pine coals were left and three pieces were a bit crooked.

 

[thewoodlands]

It was - 2.6 the last I checked, I turned the pellet stove on and started another fire in the wood stove with more Ash and Ironwood. When the basement temp hit 79, I came up here, it's 69 in the living room and 67 in the sleeper.

 

[sweedish]

Currently 7 out, continuing on with another overnight load of mulberry and apple, with some small bits of cherry and locust filling in the gaps.

 

[Grizzerbear]

I had some red oak and post oak for the overnight with a low of 22. Its 23 out now but we are expecting a high of 54 today so I didn't reload this morning. I figured I'd let the heat pump work a little bit.

 

[thewoodlands]

Our low was - 5.9 this morning, the living room temp was 70 this morning, the floor in the living room was 76.6 and the bedroom temp was 68.

The high temp in the basement overnight was 84, I shut the P.S. off and started a fire in the wood stove with some Ash.

 

[rottiman]

Was -16 earlier this a.m.. Sitting at -6 right now. The Red Oak blocks keeping it at 72 here in the nest.

 

[MMH]

Urgently in the 30s out, heading for 40s, maybe 50s today, cloudy out. Small system supposed to be coming in this evening. House is 72, I’ll throw a couple morning pieces in and see what it looks like later this afternoon.

 

[MMH]

Well, got scraps from the source I mentioned earlier, was expecting more dimensional lumber scraps but it’s mostly kindling size pieces. I’ve got a few decent pieces, mixed hickory cherry and maple so I’ll call it mystery load. Also got in touch with another source who takes a tree trimming companies wood and mulches it, sounds like there willing to let me come cut and take some. Hopefully that works out as well.

High was in the 50s again today, cloudy and windy but house stayed warm. Currently in the 40s out with lows headed for low 20s and rain/snow mix tonight into tomorrow morning, likely only a dusting. House is currently 69. Will start up with a couple small pine splits, and I’ll end with a healthy mixed diet, I’ll come back and show that later.

 

[thewoodlands]

We're at - 5 tonight already, the P.S. is on with the overnight load going in the wood stove later on, more Ash and Ironwood.

 

[Marconis]

Maple, with a log that got some snow “drying”; loaded 20 minutes prior to photo. Started this season thinking I’d be a weekend warrior, instead been burning (inefficiently) almost everyday since the new year. End of February may be the last of it. Going to build a woodshed this spring and start hunting around for some quality wood to buy a proper cord for the fall.

Been fun.

 

[zmender]

I’m sitting in a hotel room with air conditioning that is drying out my nose.
Wife at home treating the stove as an open fire place burning assorted New England hardwood. And it’s 8F outside.

 

[stoveliker]

After running on pine and some (garden; 4" dia) fir today, I reloaded with red oak, maple, and two small sticks of what I think was black walnut from a neighbor's yard. Hi today was 25, 22 now, a low of 16 tonight.

Went sledding with the kids down a hill in a nearby park this afternoon. Almost froze my butt off... Wind blowing, drifting powder like groups of snakes wiggling close to the ground, sun setting. But we had fun 😊

 

[thewoodlands]

It's - 8.7 at the moment with the temp up here in the living room at 70 and the bedroom at 67.

 

[MMH]

Tonight’s load is 4 pieces of pine, mahogany split, red elm split, juniper split, 4 slabs of the mystery wood and mystery fillers. The mahogany has a thicker end in the back, but left a gap up front I didn’t notice until to late.

 

[stoveliker]

Yeah, that happens to me too. Starts off too fast to adjust. And if there only was perfectly straight wood....

 

[thewoodlands]

At 5:11 this morning our temp was - 6.7, we had 70 in the living room, 68 in the bedroom and the high in the basement overnight was 87.

I shut the P.S. off just after 6 and we're back to burning Ash in the Lopi.

 

[MMH]

Currently in the 20s out and still snowing. Looks like a couple inches. Dorothy is still cruising, house is 73-74. Let it snow.

 

[shortys7777]

Oak load last night. 5 when I woke up this morning and loaded it with oak before leaving for work. Wont be home till late so the heat will probably turn on. Hopefully my wife starts the fire when she gets home.

 

[stoveliker]

After some pine and more 3" fir today, it is now time for oak and maple. 27 for a high today. 25 now, 21 for a low tonight.

Tomorrow I'll let the stove go cold until Friday afternoon.