21 out with a real feel of 3. Stove will be getting stoked like a locomotive when i get home.
Now this is what winter is supposed to be like.
Now this is what winter is supposed to be like.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Dieselhead
Minister of Fire
It’s interesting to watch the magnehelic I have hooked up to the flue when a hard gust hits. My flue is the tallest thing around and the wind usually hits it from the west straight on. I see the draft momentarily triple in some cases, but the firebox activity does not reflect it thankfully.
Anyhow wife loaded the king with oak yesterday afternoon and here’s what I have left. 2nd pic is todays daytime load of spruce with most of the coals raked forward to burn down. Man 2 y/o spruce takes off. Barely get the load in and it’s starting to sound like a freight train 😬 Windy in the 20s today. Almost done with the first coffee after getting out this am. Stay warm out there all!
King me!
That first pic reminds me of my Dragon when I run it a bit harder in the cold. Only I get a ton of coals....much more room but, I love that King.
Got home this morning house was around 66. Turned the thermostats down, got the kids on the bus came out and cleaned out some ashes and gave the door glass a quick wipe. Loaded up with mostly red oak and some red maple with pine kindling for a cold start. Currently 64 in the house, 21 out with flurries, wind with wind chills around 3. Stove warming up quickly. Now time to have some breakfast and some more coffee.
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Yea I’ve seen my gauge go from .08 to .22 with the big gusts. It’s pretty cool to see the effects of the wind in real time
ctreitzell
Minister of Fire
I just did 2 seasons on the Panadero. Had to replace mine before the burning season started this year…I was a pain to remove. I was gonna go another season, but in chatting with a Panadero rep, I was advised that users must replace the door seal annually. The wording in the owners manual says “recommended” and I pointed this out and Panadero got company line with me.
Anyway, I replaced the seal myself…I used a little too much silicone (I used the Panadero seal kit and the “silicone” came with the kit. Frankly, that foul tube was terrible, I would have rather used a caulking gun cartridge.
Here are a few shots…removing the old mastic was a challenge; I essentially destroyed a new flathead screwdriver to clean out the majority; then wire brush (I had a few new, little ones I had purchased on a whim). Gauging the amount of silicone with a tube rather than a caulking gun I found very difficult and I ended up putting a bit too much…I was concerned about stressing the hinges and I did file off a tiny bit of the latch to get a more confident latch action; it’s been working fine…also, I didn’t quite do the rope tape perfectly on one end and it has come undone now…if it comes apart, I will have to redo the seal…Frankly, a much more difficult task than an online video could cover…I’ve only ever done one of these (this one). I’ve been doing all kinds of building work professionally throughout my life and this task was high order of difficulty IMO.
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ctreitzell
Minister of Fire
Just lit up the Délice…my typical mix; we have company tonight, probably will play some Mahjong after supper
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Not to take the thread off the rails, but...
A Mahjong player!?!? What rules do you use? We were taught to play using the Jekyll Island rules, but have never played "standard" rules. I have no idea how different it is. I tried to read the rules of play book that came with our set, but the translation doesn't make much sense to us... Someday I would like to learn and I'm sure we could by playing with someone who knows how.
Same temps, same winds here this morning as you had....You need some of this aggravation to make it a real winter. And to think it was 59 on this date last year.
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Ashes went out before 11 this afternoon, the wife started a fire with maple when I was out plowing. I'm not sure what the temps are at the moment but it was 8 when the plowing started.
3/4 load of ash just went in after burning down the coals with this mornings shoulder season load. Got some more ash out.
ctreitzell
Minister of Fire
I was taught directly in San Francisco in around '94 at a party at my house. My wife and I bought a set when we first moved to London in '97 and played very often with our Belgian neighboors. We also struggled with the terribly translated rules...we have it down now...we should start another thread
