What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[NickW]

Burning down the second shoulder season load of the day after a hardwood load this morning. Will be a full hardwood load tonight with some premiums mixed in.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Running some cherry limb wood hard to set coals for the overnight oak load.

Stay warm y'all.

 

[MRD1985]

Cold is starting to set in as of tomorrow night. Will be down to low 30s tonight, but in the 14 day forecast temps are right at freezing or below for highs and low teens for lows. Tonight loaded up with red oak, black cherry and birch.

Nice burn in this load. Hot and steady.

 

[Wildflush]

Nice to be burning again for almost a week without a fire. Warm weather and lots of rain. Windchill is the 20’s this morning with gusts expected all day. House was 64 when I got up so fired things up. Mixed load of cherry oak, maple and elm.

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

Full load of silver this morning. Getting close to being done with that and my stacks and can't say I'm upset. Not my favorite one but it works okay.

 

[Dieselhead]

Stuffed her full of red oak early this am. Cold weather arrived overnight. I’ll be out of town until tomorrow so that should hold it over.

 

[MRD1985]

Cold and windy today. House was still 70-71 when I woke up, so waited until about 9 and put a half load of red oak, birch and cherry in. Should maintain this temp for a while I think. Though, the wind may pull the heat out of the house pretty quick.

 

[NickW]

20 degrees and wind. Monster pile of coals from beech and ironwood mixed in with ash last night but the house temperatures are down. Looks like daytime shoulder season loads to burn down coals for the next few weeks. Todays high of 27 is the best for two weeks according to the forecast.

 

[all night moe]

Full load of silver this morning. Getting close to being done with that and my stacks and can't say I'm upset. Not my favorite one but it works okay.
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I feel the same way. It's almost not worth the work to process. I will continue with it though. Probably more for camp wood sales instead of heating here. It will maintain temps but requires consistent loading of furnace. A big load about every 2-2.5hrs.

Edit/add on: Dries quick.

 

[ctreitzell]

RealFeel sez 2C/ 36F for outside…my mercury reads 3.5C
But it’s 14C/ 57F in the lounge and electricity is an avoid utility

So, my normal elm/oak/chestnut base kindled with hazel/ poplar/ oak/ elm/ and apple twigs

Currently warming up around din din time

I know this is considered overloaded from Panadero manufacture’s instructions; but this method is working awesome for cold starts as I’m cold starting every day…I got it down now…it’s no longer a stress fest, it’s a pleasure

Been keeping an eye on the deflector…seems to be stable, which is good…now that I’m no longer overfiring

 

[thewoodlands]

I didn't have a wood stove fire last night, I set the furnace at 60 so the temps up here when we woke up were both 67. The hot peppers from the Utica Greens kicked in last night.

We had 25.5 this morning with five inches of new snow on the ground. The stomach was feeling much better so the first load in the wood stove was ash, cherry and some soft maple.

 

[stoveliker]

It's 40 outside with some flurries.
69 inside.
Reload with 2 very pitchy pine splits and a bunch of <1" maple and oak branches.... What was I thinking 4+ years ago...

Window is getting dirty from the slow burn of that 18 hr 2/3 load of pine and oak. Colder weather on the way so it'll clean up sometime next week

 

[ctreitzell]

hmmm, dog gone it!

I was burning some pieces of the poplar from my barn roof demo, but this lumber must have been treated with some fire-retardant or similar chemical and looks like I won't be able to burn that roof framing after all. There is toxic chemical odor and those pieces burning very slowly...and that roof is old...goodness knows when the the wood was treated...60s or 70s? I don't know, but it ain't worth risking...and that likely goes for all the oak as well

 

[NickW]

Aiming for some serious BTU's tonight as a practice run for the next few nights. 4 big ash splits on the bottom, beech half round top middle, ironwood left and right top.

 

[weee123]

Full load of red oak for tonight. Supposed to get an inch of snow tomorrow, followed by potentially 5-8” of snow monday with conflicting reports. Might be looking at a 3 day weekend

 

[mpaul]

Running a mix load of ash and red oak. Only dropping to 27 tonight but the winds and cold is heading this way.

 

[stoveliker]

The two pine splits and some branches from 2 pm are done.
35 outside, going down to 29. Upstairs is 71.
Reload with 40% pine splits and 45% red oak shorties for a 85% full load.

 

[Todd]

11 degrees this evening. Filling the Jotul 602 with three good sized red oak splits to keep the workshop warm for the morning. Any bets on if I’ll have any coals at 6am?

 

[thewoodlands]

The outside temp tonight is 24.2, the basement is starting out at 77 with both temps up here at 70. The wood stove has four splits of beech on the bottom row, two splits of ironwood and two splits of ash on the top row.

 

[MRD1985]

A mix of ash, red oak, maple and cherry with some pine kindling tonight. Big chunks are oak on the right and maple on the left on the bottom. Curious to see how much will be left in the morning. Cold with lots of wind tonight.

 

[ctreitzell]

hmmm, dog gone it!

I was burning some pieces of the poplar from my barn roof demo, but this lumber must have been treated with some fire-retardant or similar chemical and looks like I won't be able to burn that roof framing after all. There is toxic chemical odor and those pieces burning very slowly...and that roof is old...goodness knows when the the wood was treated...60s or 70s? I don't know, but it ain't worth risking...and that likely goes for all the oak as well

well, the oak can be used for many building projects and the poplar that is still stable has nice rigidity when dry...so, I best get busy and build some out buildings...milling that oak is typically a bad idea as machines may well not survive

 

[Todd]

Nine hours later I have just enough coals for a relight. The stove is just warm to the touch, no heat coming off it. Loaded 2 splits of oak and one split of Aspen and it took right off. 9 degrees outside 60 inside the workshop. Temp dropped about 15 degrees in there last night.

 

[30WCF]

When burning a mixed load of hard and soft woods, is there any sound reasoning about what type should be in top vs bottom?
Will hardwoods on top of soft woods burn hotter later in the cycle once the hardwood is supported above the ash bed by the crumbling softwood coals like logs sitting up on a grate?
Will softwoods on top give more heat earlier as it burns more rapidly and air can get to it as the hardwood gets charred enough to join in?

 

[Wisco Shepherd]

When burning a mixed load of hard and soft woods, is there any sound reasoning about what type should be in top vs bottom?
Will hardwoods on top of soft woods burn hotter later in the cycle once the hardwood is supported above the ash bed by the crumbling softwood coals like logs sitting up on a grate?
Will softwoods on top give more heat earlier as it burns more rapidly and air can get to it as the hardwood gets charred enough to join in?

I think both of those ideas have good logic for cold starts I definitely like having softwood on top.

Crammed full of maple this morning.

 

[Pinesmoke]

25 last night so she got a bed of oak and beech limbs too finish up. 30 this morning and just tossed some more beech in 'cause it was right next to the stove. Need to grab a bag of wood outside........ after this coffee.