What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[all night moe]

Is this "What's in your stove", or "What is your stove"?

I provoked it.

 

[Todd]

How many splits a day are you WI people going through when these extreme temps roll around for a few days.

15-18 splits per day for cold weather when it’s in the teens and below. 10-12 for average winter days in the 20-30’s.

 

[Todd]

But that is a pretty cool retro unit! I bet there's going to be a serious volume of wood burned with the weather coming. There is nothing further north in WI than Bayfield County. Right on lake Superior. He's got to be further north than @Todd, and we know what his temperatures get down to. And lake effect snow I bet is a regular thing...

@jacksnipe - does it heat effectively and how much does it eat? Can you get decent heat with the prevalent pine and aspen that's in northern WI?

Yeah Bayfield county is right next to me in Douglas Co. I have lots of Aspen and Jack Pine on my land and the last two years that’s all I burned to keep warm. Then I found it easier to just buy 10 loggers cord of logs to process.

 

[Dieselhead]

A load of spruce this am, lit with the coals from 5am yesterday am oak load. Barely in the active but she did it. At 13 degrees overnight the Furnace was assisting.

Time for cup #2. ☕️☕️

 

[Pinesmoke]

If I ever get to the point I have my property cleaned up and the wood burned I will start getting log trucks in. I understand a load of smaller diameter stuff I'd pretty cheap around here.

With that being said I have a HUGE amount of trees to clean up.

I went light on the load last night and took a bit to get a fist full of coal to light up pine sticks this morning. 22 now going to 55 today and 40s tonight. I'll warm the stove up and probably just let it did and go to HP.

 

[Dieselhead]

Size (both length and width) matters ..

Sir, this is a family site.




🤣

 

[Dieselhead]

That's an impressive insert.

Even has some subwoofers built in.

 

[all night moe]

Got up a bit before 7. Never made the overnight load. Fell asleep before the "hour or so" even got close. Furnace went the duration on the sugar maple and cherry splits. I slept on the bed, on top of the covers, wearing PJs and a sweatshirt. That's wear I found la la land while watching TV. It never got cold enough to wake me up. Yup, @stoveliker that sugar maple can be worth it. It was about 7 decent sized splits of it with the 2 black cherry. I had intended to burn it down some then add the oak load on top.

GF got up before me and did well getting the dragon breakfast. Said there was just a few coals and used the copper pipe with lung assist. I woke up 20-30mins after to see her splits were going good. Added another 6 of mixed hardwoods and house is warm. No serious drafts. That will be next week with highs forecasted in the teens. Mid 20s today.

 

[MRD1985]

When I got home from work and After the kids went off the school I cleaned out some ash and cleaned up the stove area and gave the glass a quick wipe. Loaded up with all oak minis a split of cherry and some kindling for cold start. Was 25 felt like 12 when I got home this morning.

 

[jacksnipe]

But that is a pretty cool retro unit! I bet there's going to be a serious volume of wood burned with the weather coming. There is nothing further north in WI than Bayfield County. Right on lake Superior. He's got to be further north than @Todd, and we know what his temperatures get down to. And lake effect snow I bet is a regular thing...

@jacksnipe - does it heat effectively and how much does it eat? Can you get decent heat with the prevalent pine and aspen that's in northern WI?

Yes , it heats pretty well while we are up in NW WI. We live in the Twin Cities & spend quite a bit of time up at this cabin. We bought the insert years ago & went through it pretty good, I re-painted it with Stove Brite Honey Glo Brown so it would blend in with the fireplace brick. The brass trim came from Englander Stove Works that fit great. The reason I asked some of the others that live in the area how much wood they use a day, for comparison we go through about 25 -30 splits a day (24 hour period) during these colder temps. This insert has a 28” deep firebox with a full firebrick baffle ..

 

[jacksnipe]

Ok here’s the deal folks, We have a new old stock NC-30 wood stove with the side shields & the AC-30 siting in the garage for several years. It has been on my mind for a few years to yank out the fisher & replace it with the englander unit, the insulated liner is already in place & all clearances are well met. I would not use any type of surround to fill up the remaining fireplace opening. The thought was we would not be using as much wood while being at the cabin but, upon reading the posts & seing how much others are going through this might be a moot point. Note: we don’t burn more than 1 1/2 face cord during the winter, & upon cleaning the chimney with the soot eater the debrie that come out amounts to about one cup. Should we leave well enough alone..

 

[thewoodlands]

We had 19 for an outside temp this morning, the basement temp started out at 73 with the two temps up here 66 & 67. The first load was a smaller load of beech.

 

[NickW]

Ok here’s the deal folks, We have a new old stock NC-30 wood stove with the side shields & the AC-30 siting in the garage for several years. It has been on my mind for a few years to yank out the fisher & replace it with the englander unit, the insulated liner is already in place & all clearances are well met. I would not use any type of surround to fill up the remaining fireplace opening. The thought was we would not be using as much wood while being at the cabin but, upon reading the posts & seing how much others are going through this might be a moot point. Note: we don’t burn more than 1 1/2 face cord during the winter, & upon cleaning the chimney with the soot eater the debrie that come out amounts to about one cup. Should we leave well enough alone..

I have an NC30. It can produce a lot of heat but also really chew through wood. It can raise the temperature in the 19x27 (513sf) room it's in by 10 degrees in an hour while slowly raising temperatures in the rest of the 2500sf house.

I almost always run the blower on high. Typical SE WI winter weather (15-20 overnight, 25-30 daytime) I run a full hardwood load overnight (7-9 chunks), a 3/4 load in the morning (5-6 chunks), then a 1/2-3/4 shoulder season load in the late afternoon. Morning load could be hardwood, shoulder season wood, or a combination of the 2 depending on weather. As it gets colder I might add another 3/4 shoulder season load during the day. I like 3/4 loads so I can separate ash & small embers to one side and let the heat & flames from the next load burn it down to scoop out at the next reload. Super cold weather like what's coming I could reload every 4 hours with hardwood but coal buildup restricts room so I typically would use shoulder season wood every 3-4 hours.

Feel free to pm me with any questions.

 

[all night moe]

upon reading the posts & seing how much others are going through this might be a moot point. Note: we don’t burn more than 1 1/2 face cord during the winter, & upon cleaning the chimney with the soot eater the debrie that come out amounts to about one cup. Should we leave well enough alone.

Yes. I'd leave well enough alone. Besides, that Fisher is a classic and looks great. Half cord of wood isn't nothing.... If it heats adequately, why change it?

 

[jacksnipe]

A final thought here, through the years of reading many posts about fireplace inserts & wood stoves in masonary fireplaces. Most of the experts here recommend a full block off plate at the lintel area to keep the heat from going up the chimney. What I did before installing the fisher unit, a sheet metal fab shop formed up & welded a .109 thick aluminum box the fit the interior of the brick fireplace minus a few inches for roxul insulation . Top, back & sides fastened to the exterior of the box with aluminum tape. Estimating where the insulated liner came down, I sawed an access hole in the top for connection to the insert top. Needless to say, there isn’t anything coming out of that brick fireplace except radiant heat. The mantel is 38” high above the insert that sticks out 12” from the fireplace front. The hearth extends 18” out & 16” high from the insert front. The brick above the surround at 78 degree room temp is around 140 degree measured with an IR gun. Bring on the -25 below outside temps. I viewed a few other posts of others doing this also.. I’m glad we did this years ago, because we have been retired for 13 years.