It's 27 out, the basement started out at 75, both of the living area temps 71 and the sleeper temp at 69.
The Liberty received eight splits, 1 beech, 3 yellow birch & 4 ash.
The Liberty received eight splits, 1 beech, 3 yellow birch & 4 ash.
Sanded and got the first coat on the island. It was 70 today and cold open the windows so eyes are only burning a little LOL. I'll drop a pic in a cold of days when it's done.I agree Ozark. For mid temp cruising I keep a 3-4 split fire going centered on the air. Small but hot.
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I let it burn out last night. Gonna rain and be warm for the next days and I an going to tung oil the top on the island in the kitchen. Figured less dust is better than holding a low burn.
Glad you dodged a bullet. Happen to my buddy with his Jotul also. Easy to forget. When I bought my stove I had the dealer remove the ash dump. The PE has a small opening of 3” and for one it would take forever to sweep ashes in that hole versus shoveling in my ash bucket. Also could see that could be a potential problem area for me down the road.Had a bit of a scare last night. Was smoldering what i thought was not well seasoned oak by mistake. I opened the door and threw in a good smallish oak split to help get a burn going. Next thing i know it's burning great. Then it keeps ripping.
I was pretty surprised that this 1 piece fired up the flames so much. I turned down the draft to 1/2. This almost always slows the burn in minutes, it did nothing. WTF i'm thinking, so i closed the draft a bit more. This always slows the burn down. Nope not this time. I looked at the ash door handle and it didn't look fully locked so i "locked it". Fire still ripping. I'm thinking there's a big air leak somewhere. So 5 minutes later i discover the ash door is not closed. Temp gauge on the single wall was about 250-300F more than i usually run at. Somehow after dumping ash i didn't close it all the way. It looked closed but was not seated. So i did close it all the way and then all was normal.
I just checked for cracks in the base but think i dodged a bullet there.
First time that happened to me.