Getting ready for winter

This thread rocks!

Nice lookin stove!

No bugs or critters-- Right?

I have chipmunks driving the dogs crazy, and also saw the BIGGEST spider I have ever seen in my life in between some logs.

Hosing veerything down with bug spray before anything comes near my house..

( raised my beer as well ) Great looking stove , wood is out of the way and stacked very nice and the yard is nicely mowed ready for the leaf piles . 8 ball anyone ?

Bring on the cold weather

next to the important wood pile, was that the refrigerator with the maple leaf and hockey emblem? probably full of Ontario's finest spring water!

This thread does rock! What a cool house! Is it super insulated? Perhaps you're in a warm climate? It's amazing you can heat that big house with little wood and call it plenty, that's a dream come true for me.

That house is so cool! I think my house half the size and I go through 4-5 full cords. I see someone is spoiled in the picture the room with the Regency (second picture) is in, napping away. That's nice to see, they look just like one of mine.

Rhonemas said:

Is it super insulated? Perhaps you're in a warm climate? It's amazing you can heat that big house with little wood and call it plenty, that's a dream come true for me.

That house is so cool! I think my house half the size and I go through 4-5 full cords. .

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Oops! Didn't notice you stated you lived in Central Ontario. That's the first Spanish Entry I've seen, I love it.

I'm glad you mentioned putting the chimney inside... I'm thinking about putting a stove in my basement and after reading about Gulland's evil chimney I emailed him asking if the outside combustion thing would prevent it. He said

Outdoor air does not help an outside chimney. In both cases (outside chimneys and outdoor air) the problem is the physics of how chimneys and houses interact. Nothing you do can change the physics of the situation. Which is why we make such a big deal about it.

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Honestly, I don't understand what he's saying except the part it won't help. It was very nice of him to answer, now, I'm having second thoughts about the stove in the basement because I'd have the chimney chase running up the center of my kitchen. I don't think I'll get approval for that

Your cat is beautiful! Very defined stripes/spots, beautiful coat, has a lot of pure tiger cat in her (not as much white), her tail looks very undersized for her body, that's cute and she's big! Here's a picture of mine, had an operation in one of her eyes, likes to lay on her back, more white than yours, has socks on all paws, I think she's probably a little bigger than yours, she weighs 16 lbs (7.26 kg) they may even be the same. You can see her size in the close-up of her face. I hated cats. It took 2.5 years and now there's no way I'll live without one. We now have 2, someone dropped a near dead cat on our doorstep last year. I knew what was going to happen the second I opened the door and my wife saw it but, it was in such bad shape I thought it wouldn't survive. Well, it did and we have 2 cats now. Gotta love that asbestos flooring in my house from the 60's huh? Just another project waiting for me to do. I bought my house 3 years ago.

Is it just me, my picture previews seem to always be much bigger compared to everyone else's. Take a look at the size of the preview of your cat vs. mine.

Ok, this is creepy. Here's my kitty. Names Ben and he's a PITA untill I light the fire, then he's all snuggly....

A strange similarity here. Must be they are wood hunting cats

Nice setup, I had a small regency that performed well a few years back. I can relate to being an addict. It's hard to wait in early fall when the temps start to fall. If you burn too soon your wood pile shrinks fast and by January your wondering if you'll have enough wood.