Single digit temps tonight not a problem

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lopiliberty

lopiliberty

Minister of Fire
Oct 7, 2011
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Finally we are having a dose of winter weather. Snow showers ground is covered, high temp today was 23 and wind blowing 30 MPH. Calling for single digit temps tonight so I brought in some locust that will be loaded N/S into the lopi liberty tonight around 11:30. That should top the stove out at 700 degrees for a while. So far I haven't cooked myself out of the house today but that's because its cold and windy out. Its only 78 in the living room and 3 splits in the stove with cruising temp of 650. Next load is going to be a full one because I am cold(used to 85 degrees plus temps in here)
 
I think we stayed out of the single digits but was chilly anyway. No problem staying warm overnight.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
I think we stayed out of the single digits but was chilly anyway. No problem staying warm overnight.
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Just wondering how many square feet do you heat with your fireview? We was going to get one when we were stove shopping but didn't think it would have been big enough to heat our 2,400 sq ft house. Plus the fire box wasn't any larger than the firebox with our dutchwest.
 
I think it is just below 1200. I would not recommend a Fireview for 2400 sq ft but would highly recommend the Woodstock Progress. That thing is a beast!
 
Tonight will be a good test night. If the wind keeps up, it will really be a test. Well seasoned ash & oak should pump out the heat compared to whatever else I've been burning. What gives off the most heat in your opinions? N/s or e/w, if I get up in the middle of the night to reload?
 
That all depends upon the stove you have. We just load e/w. Ash and oak is what we burned last night. Stove was around 250 when I got up so there was a nice bed of coals. Added some wood and just finished adding 3 more splits. That will hold until bedtime.
 
When I load my liberty N/S it usually burns between 650 and 750. E/W I find I get a more slower CONTROLLABLE burn. Usually tops out at 600. Just be careful loading a full firebox N/S because it can really take off if you have dry wood :bug:
 
Very cold here all day and predicted to be right at 0F tonight. Had a big fire this am, another at 1:30pm, hope to have another at about 6:30pm and load for the overnight at about 11pm. I have to burn down the coals early to do this, but when temps really drop, I like to pump a lot of heat into the house before the overnight burn. Should wake up to about 70*. House is 3000sqft, so I need a little more punch when it gets down to low single digit and below. Cheers!
 
Threw 3 small locust splits on top of some almost burnt small oak rounds and the stove went nuclear for a few minutes. I knew what was going to happen when I threw them in there is I stood right by the stove until is settled in. Trying to get the house warm so when i load the over night burn, stove doesn't have to work so hard and the house won't be so cold in the morning. 83 in the living room with stove cruising at 680 and the fan on med-low
 
I'm crossing my fingers, but at this point, the "house heat" has yet to turn on today,and outside temps are 13 and slowly dropping. Before we replaced the windows and added insulation in the attic, the stove would struggle to keep up with the house when the temps dropped anywhere below 20 and the propane burner would have kick in every so often. But now, things seem to be doing quite well.
 
lopiliberty said:
When I load my liberty N/S it usually burns between 650 and 750. E/W I find I get a more slower CONTROLLABLE burn. Usually tops out at 600. Just be careful loading a full firebox N/S because it can really take off if you have dry wood :bug:
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Loaded up the Liberty with beech & ironwood last night, that ironwood gives off some great looking blue flames, better yet is the heat. Had three splits of Beech and seven rounds of two year old ironwood in the Liberty(loaded N/S), settled down at 675 then cruised on.

Set the pellet stove on auto so the temp would kick on at 74, minus 9 outside with the bedroom at 68 and the livingroom upstairs at 70 this morning. Plenty of coals when I started the Liberty this morning.


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Loaded 3 large splits of locust N/S last night at 11:30 let the stove settle in a 650 with the fan on low, living room temp was 85 and went to bed. When I got up at 6:15 this morning living room was 78 degrees, stovetop temp 250 and a lot of coals for an easy reload. Last night low temp was 8 degrees.
 
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