Thank you for not being one of those folks who has deemed pine a "bad wood." I run into the old myth "y'all can't burn pine 'cuz it'll gum up the chimney" way the heck too often. In some parts where I live, folks won't even burn softwood for the same reason.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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First fire this morning. Hoped to wait until end of month. 37 this morning decided to fire it up. Could have used the mini splits but was looking forward to the first burn of the season. Mixed bag of smaller splits, uglies, and cutoffs. STT 550 took the downstairs chill off. Little smell from dust burning off that happens every year.
I surprisingly had a little bit of coals this morning but the stove was cold, so a paperless cold start. 1 ash, 1 honey locust and some aspen should leave me some coals for when the sun goes down. I'll probably do a softwood load then and then a hardwood load before bed.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Sampled some of the 4 cord of oak we have for this winter for the overnight burn last night. Nice amount of coals left after 8 hours. I would say its good to go!
Still holding out. Warm enough in the house this morning, sun is out now.
I just started another fire in the wood stove, the basement was 73 with the temps up here 70 & 71.
44 F this morning, inside 66. Braved it (no minisplit used, but working at home, sitting still...) until the sunroom had warmed enough. It's nice in 74 F sun on my legs...
Had to turn my mini splits on Sunday. Was 58 degrees in the house. No fires yet though
We’ll be down in the 20’s by morning so I’ll have another full load burn tonight. Last nights 32 lb oak load still had plenty of coals after 13 hrs at just a bit above low air setting. Cabin temp held most of the day, just dropped below 70 an hour ago. Probably do a full load of Aspen once I hit 67 in here.
Pine is fine, never had to or aquired any pine till last year , had a tree service take down a big pine over my power lines told him to leave the log, it sat there for 6 months or so till I got to it, maybe a pile 8 ft long 4 ft tall , been burning it this week and I’m pleasantly surprised how well it’s doing, I would definitely not pass any up in the future for shoulder season heating.
Come to think of it I’m going to save it for really cold snaps as others have posted to help with the coaling problem in severe cold weather,
First burn of the season is underway. Nice and dry oak and boy am I happy to be burning again.
Low 30's high 20's tonight. So proud I already got my break-in fire done. Going to load up some small oak splits tonight. Supposed to be back in the 70's by Friday.
On board tonight. Bunch of small birch pieces I had to cut off some logs to long to fit the stove.
2 big chunks of honey locust and 3 pieces of ash tonight. Stove is almost full, could hear complaints of it being too warm in an hour...😜
Tonight the outside temp is 36.3, everything up here is 71, the basement temp is starting out at 77. The Liberty is loaded up with pine for the night, I'll shut the fan off before I call it a night.
We had a low of 35.8 this morning, up here the temps started out at 69 & 70 with the basement at 70 before the first fire. The first load of pine had the basement at 77, that's when I left.
MongoMongoson
Feeling the Heat
Juniper, spruce, boxelder, and sycamore this morning. We have enough softwoods in the wood box to last most of the way through November, I will bet.
I had the same type of load last night and had some nice coals this morning on account of the two big boxelder gnarly chunks I put in last night.
After our softwoods are gone we will be back into the hickory and oak. I have more softwoods in the back of the pile for the spring. Last year we did not burn enough to get to the spring shoulder wood and burned hardwood through the spring shoulder season. The softwoods I am burning now were supposed to be for last spring.
The PE Summit burns evergreen very nicely when the temps are not too low out. In the real cold weather, it wants to run away and I have to dial it back with the damper and run the blower full blast with our high draft.
I had the same type of load last night and had some nice coals this morning on account of the two big boxelder gnarly chunks I put in last night.
After our softwoods are gone we will be back into the hickory and oak. I have more softwoods in the back of the pile for the spring. Last year we did not burn enough to get to the spring shoulder wood and burned hardwood through the spring shoulder season. The softwoods I am burning now were supposed to be for last spring.
The PE Summit burns evergreen very nicely when the temps are not too low out. In the real cold weather, it wants to run away and I have to dial it back with the damper and run the blower full blast with our high draft.
20 degrees this morning! Last nights fire kept the cabin at 70 so should be good to go til this evening.
Just lit a fire in the Jotul 602 CB to take the chill out of my work shop. It’s down to 45 in there and I need to fiddle fart around in there today.
Just lit a fire in the Jotul 602 CB to take the chill out of my work shop. It’s down to 45 in there and I need to fiddle fart around in there today.
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
I just loaded up the wood stove with more pine, the basement was 77 when I left, up here is 71. The outside temp is 41.3.
Going down to 36 tonight so fired up the Vista. Mix of small splits of maple, oak, birch and various uglies and cutoffs. Cruising at a comfortable 600 STT. Main floor is 71.
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We have an outside temp tonight of 31.6, the basement temp started out at 75, up here the temps are 71 & 72. The wood stove is loaded with pine for the overnight fire.
We had a low of 28 this morning, the basement temp started out at 70, up here the temps were 68 & 69. The wood stove has another load of pine going.
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
Small load of ash this morning just to warm the toes then we are back in the 70s so stove will be cold for a few days.
