^^^^^ Both above sound like Atherosclerosis waiting to happen….Sounds great, I'll trade you my chocolate cake for a second rib steak!
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Gone through 2.5 loads today -
~7:30am, full load, oaks
~2pm, partial load, assorted hardwood and 2 biobricks
~8:30pm, full load, (I think ash?) and locust
House basically stabilizing to ~65F. I think it peaked around 4, 5pm at 66F. Only time oil kicks in is to maintain my work area ~65F (I've done the analysis, oil is cheapest option).
~7:30am, full load, oaks
~2pm, partial load, assorted hardwood and 2 biobricks
~8:30pm, full load, (I think ash?) and locust
House basically stabilizing to ~65F. I think it peaked around 4, 5pm at 66F. Only time oil kicks in is to maintain my work area ~65F (I've done the analysis, oil is cheapest option).
Vg3200p
Minister of Fire
I didn't have key dampers installed and this particular stove is new to me and breathes extremely easily
It's 6.6 tonight, the basement temp is 77 and the temp up here is 68, tonight we'll burn the pellet stove for the constant heat overnight.
AT 29 degrees out i got a red oak split and the other is a red maple round log
Thats some scary stuff right there I’m glad you’re ok. I’ve had to take wood out of my last stove because of runaways. Definitely not a fun time. Also turns out the glass gasket was installed wrong leading to all the runaways and short burn times. Had no idea until I saw someone describing how to do a glass gasket
Vg3200p
Minister of Fire
28F overnight, high 30s today. Packed 5, 6in hardwood splits onto a bed of tired coal... took almost 10min with door open before I got a reasonable fire. Top layer was biobricks, so once those caught on at ~20min mark, I got consistent secondary flames. Smoke completely clear by ~30min mark.
We had 22.7 this morning, I ran a bag of pellets overnight on manual mode so the basement hit a high of 81 during the night and up here is between 70-72.
After I shut off the pellet stove and had coffee, the basement started off at 77 with the same temps up here, our first fire in the wood stove is all pine.
We have close to an inch of rain starting this afternoon so we'll get a few more loads of ash in today.
After I shut off the pellet stove and had coffee, the basement started off at 77 with the same temps up here, our first fire in the wood stove is all pine.
We have close to an inch of rain starting this afternoon so we'll get a few more loads of ash in today.
Vg3200p
Minister of Fire
Finally got stove modified to where it runs right. Lows to 30 tonight. Stove room at 75. Stovetop at 600f or so. External flue surface at 230f. Good secondaries rolling
mpaul
Feeling the Heat
Back to the warm up here. 45 outside now and warming up to the 50s overnight. 74 inside. Going to let the stove go cold overnight.
Outside temps have continued to rise through the evening. Currently 50F and supposed to warm a few degrees yet overnight....could have probably let the stove go out for the night but just loaded a half load of ash to simmer until morning. Temps are supposed to fall throughout the day tomorrow and I don't feel like lighting a cold stove before work.
75% reload on top of super hot coal. Tomorrow should be in high 40s / low 50s, going to burn down coals some point tomorrow to clean out ashes.
Something strange going on, this morning woke up to a 70F living room... I'm looking around to see if I had a rogue heater turned on somewhere but all were off. Have pretty thick coal left so letting it burn off for ash cleaning later this morning.
This is a guess but the temps this morning was around 27, up here was between 67 to 69. The first load was five splits of ash and the wife burned some cookies while I was plowing today.
I just put on two splits of ash so we have some coals for the overnight load. The basement is 79, up here is 73 and the sleeper is 70. The outside temp is around 21.
I just put on two splits of ash so we have some coals for the overnight load. The basement is 79, up here is 73 and the sleeper is 70. The outside temp is around 21.
Just did the weekend pre-bedtime stoke up load. Should make a nice bed of coals for the overnight. Being the weekend, I may sleep till 8AM instead of 5 so I need this pre-bed before the overnight burn. Amazing how woodburning really makes you a steward of time.
Down to about 20 tonight, nice big load of ash, maple and birch just went in.
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kept guests entertain with small splits of ash and oak tonight. Full load went in around 10:30p of locust, red oak, and bricks.
It's 19.2 out tonight with the basement temp starting out at 77, up here is 71 and the sleeper is 70.
The wood stove has seven splits of ash in it for the overnight load.
The wood stove has seven splits of ash in it for the overnight load.
Load of white oak with a red oak round. Should leave plenty of coals by the time I get out of the deer stand for dinner.
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Mid-30s all day and overcast... no other sources of heat. Full reload with bricks and locust.
