What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[all night moe]

Up at 6 this morning. Just enough coals to glow again with some air feed. 17* out and house warmed up with one load of mixed hardwoods. Ash, sugar, cherry, apple, and possibly one split of beech. The bark was off it and the grain looked similar. Exterior wood surface looked a bit more like sugar though. Heat none the less. The Dragon enjoys.

 

[Dieselhead]

Last night was mostly chunky oak maple and cherry. I had a couple load worth of those species come to the wood racks from the pile. Large and odd shaped they don’t pack the best but still no problem with an overnight burn with plenty left to get going in the am. Outdoors was upper 20s last night and today cloudy low 30s. We have a fresh inch of snow on the ground. The king will have a spruce load for brunch, with the house at 71 I don’t think it will be a full load. Have a great day all, stay warm I’m getting up for another cup-o-joe. ☕️👍🏼

 

[Pinesmoke]

Big pile of coals this morning. 26 out and fine snow falling. Running some pine limbs to get the stove back to hot and then need to dig out some of the ashes before I start pushing hard for the day. It's not gonna break freezing today and into the teens tonight.

Time for another coffee.

Start warm y'all.

 

[all night moe]

Tossed more splits in the dragon's throat. Just 4 but 2 are bigger sized. All Sugar and ash. I'm gonna say that questionable split was beech. It was coaling but still in split form. The others were mostly broken down to coals.

 

[NickW]

25 and sunny, house temps are good, big pile of coals. Stirred things up and just going to let them simmer for now. Will get some ash out later. Big temperature drop coming Sunday night.

 

[stoveliker]

At Rock climbing now. Had an slightly less than an inch of snow on the ground.
30 outside at home, cloudy with some tiny flakes falling .
Based on what I saw this morning I am gambling that the stove will make it until I'm back at 2.15 or so. Told the wife to either supplement with two shorties of oak or to use the minisplit if it got too cold upstairs. 40 for the high today.

 

[ctreitzell]

The 20s F are here…felines not interested in being outside…they are interested in the poêle!
Typical Chestnut (or Ash)/ Oak/ Elm
Kindled with Poplar/hazel/oak/elm/apple

Still a fair amount of apple twigs on hand for cold starts

 

[MRD1985]

Never had a chance to post this this am, but reloaded about 8am this morning. Had a great coal bed after 10 hours. Loaded up with good size piece of cherry, a piece of maple, and the rest oak, one being a large split. I’ll be reloading in a little while. Right below freezing today with snow flurries. Went for a nice walk in the woods this morning with the family and dogs.

 

[Pinesmoke]

The 20s F are here…felines not interested in being outside…they are interested in the poêle!
Typical Chestnut (or Ash)/ Oak/ Elm
Kindled with Poplar/hazel/oak/elm/apple

Still a fair amount of apple twigs on hand for cold starts
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You melted your cats!

 

[thewoodlands]

Never had a chance to post this this am, but reloaded about 8am this morning. Had a great coal bed after 10 hours. Loaded up with good size piece of cherry, a piece of maple, and the rest oak, one being a large split. I’ll be reloading in a little while. Right below freezing today with snow flurries. Went for a nice walk in the woods this morning with the family and dogs.

Any heat coming off that fire!

 

[MRD1985]

Any heat coming off that fire!

Just a wee bit haha

 

[MRD1985]

Reloaded with 2 chunks of cherry and some oak around 315

 

[NickW]

19 hours after last night's load... Ash removed, coals firing up, full shoulder season load going in. Not bad for a tube stove, although it was pretty nice today. 28 outside now but it was 31 and sunny. House temps are down to 66 now.

 

[thewoodlands]

19 hours after last night's load... Ash removed, coals firing up, full shoulder season load going in. Not bad for a tube stove, although it was pretty nice today. 28 outside now but it was 31 and sunny. House temps are down to 66 now.


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I didn't get any ashes out today, it looks like it might be a furnace night.

 

[mpaul]

6 splits of three year old ash keeping us warm this afternoon.

 

[MRD1985]

Load of red oak for the night. Currently 26 feels like 17. Forecast low of 22 tonight.

 

[MRD1985]

Already cruising at 700+STT

 

[burning VC]

in the nwNC foothills...
the first snow to land in years remains frosted just covering the dormant grass...

From 17F in the morning, temps climbed to a high of 37F...
tonights low forecast of 13F is the coldest of the season.
*edit* (8F actual at 1:30a)

Grandpa Bear had Red Oak(Spanish Swamp Oak), White Oak and Pin Oak loaded for overnight...

STT 530F, cruising moderately as called for..

a low warning growl, easily recognized as Bruin broke the cold silence....
nothing else made a sound in the trees by the river....

 

[bigealta]

Not sure what i threw in the f400 but i did just load it up. at about 12:30A. Midnight insomniac.

 

[MRD1985]

Loaded up with mostly red oak, a piece of maple and ash before work today. There will be no stove tonight since I won’t be home.

 

[MRD1985]

Cursing at 675 with the air about 85% closed before I left.

 

[thewoodlands]

The furnace was shutoff this morning and the ashes went outside in the fireplace with lots of snow on top. The first fire has some maple and ash.

The low this morning was 16.2.

 

[Dieselhead]

I took our dog out around 1am. He’s on meds that are making him pee a lot more often. I noticed a bright glow reflecting off the wood floor and the cat was really glowing. I get it from time to time, super active cat. Pic does not do it justice. Must be just the right stat setting combined with perfect wood.

 

[stoveliker]

This is what's left of last night's 10 pm load of mostly pine and three 8" long red oak shorties.
Adding a pine split on top now.

38 outside and sunny. 71 upstairs.

 

[bigealta]

It's cold, already out from this morning.
Love it, now i can actually start a top down. Been quite a while as it's been mostly 24/7 burn for a long time even here in NJ.
Last year this time was top down starts every morning.