Home from the Northwoods. 1 1/2 gallons of charcoal separated from 2 gallons of ash, which was removed... No hot coals, so cold start with aspen and silver maple. House is 62 upstairs, 58 downstairs. 34 degrees outside, dead calm and foggy; draft is being stubborn...
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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mpaul
Feeling the Heat
Always the worst when the house is cold so you frantically get a fire started only to have draft issues. I had some dense fog earlier this week that gave me some draft issues as well.
That pine split and most branch coals are gone.
Reload with ... red oak shorties.
Tomorrow it'll be 50; the stove will go cold until Wednesday or Thursday evening. Minisplit time again.
Reload with ... red oak shorties.
Tomorrow it'll be 50; the stove will go cold until Wednesday or Thursday evening. Minisplit time again.
It's 26.1 out tonight, the basement temp started out at 75 with the temps up here 68 & 69. The Liberty is loaded up with maple for our overnight heat.
The rack that had some pine left is finally empty, I'll fill that with hardwood tomorrow morning.
The rack that had some pine left is finally empty, I'll fill that with hardwood tomorrow morning.
A partial load of shoulder season wood during halftime to get to the end of the game and keep the heat blasting until then.
Up at my normal 2am cycle. Fed the dragon ash, sugar and cherry. 31* with a feels like 26. It's been warming up a bit out since I dozed off around 9:30 last night. Yawwwnnn....xcuse me. LOL
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
Dajolu
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I’m up at my normal 2 am cycle as well but my 9 mo. Old is to blame for it. 9 months in and this baby still doesn’t want to sleep through the night. 😴. Its a good opportunity to reload the stove but I dont see any hot coals and im to tired/lazy to get it back going.
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Hour later....I'm going back to sleep. It's warmer out..... When it's bitter out, I stay up for 2 hours after running the furnace a little heavy with more air, and a reload. Then choke down the air for more more shuteye. I'm skipping this after this early morning's reload with a straight decrease of air. Yawwnnnn.....LOL
See yas in a few hours for coffee.
Wisco Shepherd
Minister of Fire
I was home yesterday so I ended up having an afternoon fire which kept the house warm enough that we didn't need anything in the evening. Woke up to a chilly house and did a reasonably full load of good oak and 2 not so good pieces (wet from my failed solar kiln venture). This load will be ran a bit hotter.
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32 this morning. Small hot load 700 STT. Mixed hardwood and smaller uglies. Will let it die out later this morning. Getting warmer so switching to mini splits.
Enjoying it. They get to be teenagers fast!
We had a low of 30.2 this morning, the basement was 72 with the temps up here at 67. I thought that all the chit wood was burned but the first load isn't that great.
37 and foggy out. 3/4 load of ash, birch and maple last night after the game has a bunch of coals in the stove. Both levels are 68. We have a showing at 11:30 so I think I'll do a 3/4 load of hardwood that should make it most of the day without overheating...?
4 maple splitz stack d around another still coaling hemlock beast, STT at 550 F and cruising. Good coffee and a dark room with Xmas tree. My favorite time.
Needing to do an ash cleanout. Did a big restocking of the indoor racks. Got the metal g can ready on the deck for ash cleanout. Maybe in a couple days when im on a day off.
The kiddos grow up fast indeed
Enjoy it while they are little. It’s hard to enjoy sometimes but it’s so true and cliche, they grow up fast. Have a great day all.
Needing to do an ash cleanout. Did a big restocking of the indoor racks. Got the metal g can ready on the deck for ash cleanout. Maybe in a couple days when im on a day off.
The kiddos grow up fast indeed
Enjoy it while they are little. It’s hard to enjoy sometimes but it’s so true and cliche, they grow up fast. Have a great day all.
Last three days have been hovering in the low 30’s day and night. Easy 12 hour reload schedules with about 25 lbs of Oak. I could get used to this but it doesn’t look like it will last.
odds,ends,shorts and Uglies of hard woods. have 330 gal ibc tote full of that in garage.
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The wife was getting cold so the second fire is going, the load has cherry with maple in it.
Mini split now, cleaning out ash and vacuuming the hearth tomorrow. Will also stage more wood for later in the week.
House temperature is dropping, aspen and silver maple on some weak coals to give a base for later.
Outside temp 33 with a little snow. 27 lbs of Oak in the stove for the night. 76 inside the cabin. Should be sleeping with only with the sheets on tonight.
48.and increasing, raining (all day long), foggy. Tomorrow 58 ...!
Took out the ashes this afternoon while the coals kept a draft going to keep any flying ashes inside the stove.
Weekend is going to be cold with Sunday 25/15.
Going to bring in some white oak and black locust (and properly sized!) splits for that.
Have some pine too for fast heat during the day without adding to the coals.
Took out the ashes this afternoon while the coals kept a draft going to keep any flying ashes inside the stove.
Weekend is going to be cold with Sunday 25/15.
Going to bring in some white oak and black locust (and properly sized!) splits for that.
Have some pine too for fast heat during the day without adding to the coals.
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It's 39 out tonight, not sure what the basement temp is but up here the temps are 70 & 71. No fire tonight so I'll run the furnace for about 7 minutes before I call it a night and then set it at 58.
Just loaded up for the night. Low 40s and rain/damp. Didn’t need a hot reload today, that load this morning did a great job bringing the house to 71-72. Held it most of the day, probably because temps were in low 40s today. Red oak, and a piece of cherry for the night. Probably just mini splits tomorrow but we’ll see. Coal photo of 12+ hours. Warmed the coals with the torch and that was all that was needed.
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Will be a bit colder up this way. My girl said something about some nighttime negative temps.
I'll be doing the same. Bringing in some high BTU dense wood. Have some red oak rounds of dead limb wood. Dry as a bone, about 4-5'' diam. Some white oak splits, and locust. Some of the dense stuff I have in the basement is ready to burn. I drop them on the concrete to check. If the ring and bounce they're GTG.
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