What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[Wisco Shepherd]

Really liking this oak now that I've gotten to it in my stacks. Lots more coals than my maple. 1/2 load this morning to hopefully get me around 11 or 12 before I leave for work. My wife's dog spur supervising

 

[NickW]

Really liking this oak now that I've gotten to it in my stacks. Lots more coals than my maple. 1/2 load this morning to hopefully get me around 11 or 12 before I leave for work. My wife's dog spur supervising
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Nothing like burning a premium hardwood! I find sugar maple to coal OK, but not the silver maple. That's only a little better than pine and aspen for me. My pile of coal from the beech and ironwood this morning was impressive.

 

[Pinesmoke]

I'm dealing with a big pile of coals from last night's beech and oak. Mid 20s right now but the coals and some pine sticks are doing the trick.

 

[Gearhead660]

Was 0* outside, 67* inside when I got up. Insert chewing on oak, Myra burning down coals with some white pine. Enjoying some burnt bean water, watching the show in the black box.

 

[thewoodlands]

Our low this morning was 27.3, the basement temp started off at 72 with both temps up here at 68. Some chitty pine is burning down in the Liberty, the next load will be some cherry.

 

[Todd]

A lot more coaling with my Oak compared to the Aspen I was burning before but still some good heat off them. I’m finding I need to boost the air a bit a few hours before reloading to help burn them down. The cabin was down to 68 this morning, back up to a toasty 75.

Glad I resupplied my front porch with another weeks worth from the woodshed. Its handy having firewood right near the front door.

 

[MRD1985]

Cleaned the ash out of the stove this morning before a cold start. Loaded up with white oak and cherry with pine kindling. Cold and windy today with very cold through Saturday .

 

[ctreitzell]

RealFeel says -2C…
it’s around 13-14C /56F throughout the home…

Just got back from the Vet and lit off a top-Down which currently looks like:

and it still is 14C where I’m currently sitting…warming slowly

I can only load about a 5th of what I see y’all are loading…Wish I could have a big firebox!

 

[NickW]

A lot more coaling with my Oak compared to the Aspen I was burning before but still some good heat off them. I’m finding I need to boost the air a bit a few hours before reloading to help burn them down. The cabin was down to 68 this morning, back up to a toasty 75.

Glad I resupplied my front porch with another weeks worth from the woodshed. Its handy having firewood right near the front door.

Yep, the good hardwood coals a long time which isn't helpful with cold snaps. Weather like now I burn hardwood overnight, full load of hardwood in the morning, then a load or three of shoulder season wood in the afternoon or evening to keep the temperature up and burn down the coals to make room for the overnight hardwood again.

Longer cold snaps than this one give me a real ash problem. When I have time I'll burn more smaller shoulder season loads with ash & small embers to one side and coals on the other.

My 6 am load of ash is almost done firing, so I also just opened up the air some to keep them firing a little longer and will probably stuff some shoulder season wood in before noon just to get it firing again. I have massive heat requirements here at home trying to keep the electric baseboards off. I can't wait for this place to sell and move to the new cabin in the Northwoods. New tight construction, gas forced air, burn as I wish instead of as a slave to the stove...

 

[MRD1985]

A lot more coaling with my Oak compared to the Aspen I was burning before but still some good heat off them. I’m finding I need to boost the air a bit a few hours before reloading to help burn them down. The cabin was down to 68 this morning, back up to a toasty 75.

Glad I resupplied my front porch with another weeks worth from the woodshed. Its handy having firewood right near the front door.

If I need to burns down coals I open the air all the way it really helps.

 

[stoveliker]

Contractor gone, 35 outside, decreasing to 25 overnight. Started the (emptied out) stove with 4 small splits of pine, and one oak shortie to heat up the basement that was open to the garage (which was open to outside) all day.

 

[Wildflush]

Had a morning fire that brought house up to 72. Only 39-41 today so let it die out. House held heat. House 68 now and temps dropping to 20’s so restarted the stove. Will be burning non stop the next 3 days 20’s and
early 30’s.

Have to have the house warm before the wife comes home!

 

[Wildflush]

Yep, the good hardwood coals a long time which isn't helpful with cold snaps. Weather like now I burn hardwood overnight, full load of hardwood in the morning, then a load or three of shoulder season wood in the afternoon or evening to keep the temperature up and burn down the coals to make room for the overnight hardwood again.

Longer cold snaps than this one give me a real ash problem. When I have time I'll burn more smaller shoulder season loads with ash & small embers to one side and coals on the other.

My 6 am load of ash is almost done firing, so I also just opened up the air some to keep them firing a little longer and will probably stuff some shoulder season wood in before noon just to get it firing again. I have massive heat requirements here at home trying to keep the electric baseboards off. I can't wait for this place to sell and move to the new cabin in the Northwoods. New tight construction, gas forced air, burn as I wish instead of as a slave to the stove...

Is your primary heat at your new place propane or NG? I have NG forced hot water and like it.

 

[NickW]

Is your primary heat at your new place propane or NG? I have NG forced hot water and like it.

NG forced air. I have utility right of way through the front of the property, so the gas company covers the cost of the line to the edge of the right of way. It only cost me $212 to run from the right of way to the house. No torpedo in my yard 😁.

 

[Wildflush]

NG forced air. I have utility right of way through the front of the property, so the gas company covers the cost of the line to the edge of the right of way. It only cost me $212 to run from the right of way to the house. No torpedo in my yard 😁.

That’s awesome! With NG, mini splits and stove I can use each as a supplement depending on the weather etc.

I’m sure you have lots of deer on the new property 👍

 

[thewoodlands]

Today we had some wind gust that if you were looking out the window, it looked like a white train cruising through. I have some chunks of maple (2), 1 chunk of birch with another good size chunk of cherry burning down in the wood stove.

So far I would say we received 4 inches of snow.

 

[Wildflush]

Today we had some wind gust that if you were looking out the window, it looked like a white train cruising through. I have some chunks of maple (2), 1 chunk of birch with another good size chunk of cherry burning down in the wood stove.

So far I would say we received 4 inches of snow.

Wind was insane yesterday here. Lots of trees down. I thought I was going to lose my fence. New chimney cap which is clamp on Ventis stayed in place.

 

[NickW]

That’s awesome! With NG, mini splits and stove I can use each as a supplement depending on the weather etc.

I’m sure you have lots of deer on the new property 👍

Some deer, not tons. Property next to me is municipality owned no hunting, so it's like my own personal game preserve. The wolves and bears keep the population more in check compared to central and southern WI. Going up tomorrow with the Mrs. Statewide doe hunt today through Sunday for anyone with an empty doe tag.

Second shoulder season load of the day going in.

 

[NickW]

You know you had an excellent coal bed when the flue temperature hits 800 as the stt hits 300... Yes, I slowed it down...😂

 

[MRD1985]

Had to break up big chunks of coals to throw a few pieces of cherry on (this 8/ the result after 7 hours). Stove was still about 300 degrees. It would have easily made it to tonight’s overnight fire but cold out so tossed a few pieces on in the meantime

 

[NickW]

Had to break up big chunks of coals to throw a few pieces of cherry on (this 8/ the result after 7 hours). It would have easily made it to tonight’s overnight fire but cold out so tossed a few pieces on in the meantime

I hear you. Back down to 4 degrees with a wind chill of -2, so at least the wind is dying down.

 

[MRD1985]

I hear you. Back down to 4 degrees with a wind chill of -2, so at least the wind is dying out

🥶
Colder where you are than here!

 

[burning VC]

in the nw NC foothills....

the last gasps of daylight slip away taking the warmness with it...

temp 40F for low tonight of 27F...

GrandpaBears belly isn't half full of Red Oak, Pin Oak half punky, a Yule Log of Pine and a maple split....
Stt 440F but he's just waking up after couple days nap...so tonight we'll feed him again, and it's Red and White Oak for the overnight...

There's no wind, no sound, nothing moving in the chill in the trees by the river and it's dark...

 

[NickW]

in the nw NC foothills....

the last gasps of daylight slip away taking the warmness with it...

temp 40F for low tonight of 27F...

GrandpaBears belly isn't half full of Red Oak, Pin Oak half punky, a Yule Log of Pine and a maple split....
Stt 440F but he's just waking up after couple days nap...so tonight we'll feed him again, and it's Red and White Oak for the overnight...

There's no wind, no sound, nothing moving in the chill in the trees by the river and it's dark...

Are you taking a college writing course? Your posts have been giving me a chuckle...

 

[Dieselhead]

Load of red oak with a reference for size of splits/firebox😋

Kindling for a cold start

She’s off

See you guys in a day from now.