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MichaelManley

MichaelManley

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Long time lurker, first time poster --

I purchased and installed a new Osburn 2000 free standing stove after several months of research. I have yet to do the curing fires, but definitely looking forward to doing it soon -- It's been pretty warm and muggy in my section of New Hampshire as of late.

Here's a pic of the finished product on a new hearth. Don't mind the obnoxious purple paint; it was there when we bought the house. :confused:

For venting, I installed a new Duravent Duraplus triple wall Class A SS chimney (tee-support is galvanized on exterior metal). The stovepipe is Duravent DVL double wall.

We were using the 'pane to heat the house, DHW service, cooking, and clothes drying. Hopefully the Osburn puts a dent into the 'pane purchases this season.

Now time to actually get some wood... :cool:
 

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Welcome to the forum. Congratulations! Nice install. I'm sure that beast will greatly decrease your demand for propane. Have you been in the house a long time? Is this your first wood stove? I think you're going to really enjoy the winter this year.

*Go get some wood pronto! You are going to definitely going to have some issues burning this year due to crappy wood if you can't buy or fantastically score some seasoned wood. These babies put out a lot of heat and burn super efficiently, but they require dry wood. If you are unable to acquire dry wood you may want to consider buying compressed logs like eco logs or biobricks and mixing them in with your cordwood. It may also help to split the wood small. So my advice to you is go get two years worth of wood as soon as you can. I know it sounds nuts, but it makes such a big difference. Good Luck! I have an Osburn insert and I love this beast. I'm certain you'll love yours.
 
Welcome to the forum. Prepare for more dry wood advice as dafatkidd recommended. They have shamed my into a three year wood supply, in the last year. Good advice from their long experience but, don't feel overwhelmed, one year at a time. If you are new to burning, meet your new favorite hobby. You maybe shocked at how much you are willing to spend to heat your house for free (officially I call it almost free;)).
 
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Very nice stove, I just installed the insert version of your stove. Yup same advise get a head on your wood supply and youll be a happy wood burner. I just performed a break in fire last night and can tell the Osburn 2000 will be a beast. Just a tip for ya I also use fire starters sold at the Tractor Supply store or any where really to light the kindling forget saving newspaper these things light with the touch of a match and burn for 15 minutes. Good luck keep us posted on how you do and welcome to the forum.
 
Very nice install.... As for the wood. Get some. Then get more.. Then get more than that...

These new EPA stoves need dry wood. Wood thats been seasoned at least a year (what most stove owner manuals suggest). By seasoned, we mean split and stacked. Wood doesn't start to properly dry until split.

Be careful buying wood.. As most sellers sell wood that was just split. Oak takes the longest to season. Try to stick with quicker drying wood (Ash, Cherry, Silver Maple, Pines, Etc) or look into Eco-Bricks and Bio-Blocks (compressed chip blocks / giant wood pellet :)).

Welcome to the Forums. Now get some wood ;)
 
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Dennis must have gone to bed early and not be up yet.
However, there's enough of us here to push the DRY wood mantra.:cool:
Welcome to the Hearth, MichaelManley. That's a nice install, and you should be happy once you get to burn.
Follow the above advise re:dry wood, and you'll be gooder to go.
We expect more pics and a nice report once you start burning.:cool:
 
Welcome to the forums! Very nice looking install job! I would say go get some dry wood but that horse already got beat to death......
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Thanks guys. I'm trying to find a seller in my area.

Any thoughts on an optimum wood moisture content? I've heard "single digits" and "anything below 20%". I did purchase a 4-prong moisture meter. I figure it's a good idea to confirm that dry wood is indeed "dry" when I take delivery and also to test wood before it goes into the stove.
 
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Make sure to take the moisture content reading from the inside of a freshly split piece of wood.
 
Take a split and split it again , then test the fresh part of the wood for its moisture content, youll burn cleaner from 20% on down.
 
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+1 - test a couple random splits by resplitting them, before the wood is dumped off the truck. If they are above 25%, reject the whole load.
 
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Thanks for all the tips. I ordered 3 cords of seasoned wood. About 95+% of red oak and a little bit of a maple variant. Most of the splits were testing in the teen % to low 20 %. Found a few knotty ones that eventually split that were testing in the upper 20%.

Had a few more small fires in the last couple of weeks. Definitely a great stove and very happy so far.
 
MichaelManley said:
Thanks for all the tips. I ordered 3 cords of seasoned wood. About 95+% of red oak and a little bit of a maple variant. Most of the splits were testing in the teen % to low 20 %. Found a few knotty ones that eventually split that were testing in the upper 20%.

Had a few more small fires in the last couple of weeks. Definitely a great stove and very happy so far.
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Wow that is remarkable. We rarely see people actually receive dry wood from a dealer. Many of us buy the "seasoned" wood, then let it season for a year. The one's that are over 20% will burn better if they are split small. May your new stove be a blessing to you and your family for years to come. If you get a chance it's probably a good idea to buy next year's wood. Staying a solid two years ahead on your wood supply is always a good practice.
 
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Yah where did ypu get it and what did you !?
 
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Wow that is remarkable. We rarely see people actually receive dry wood from a dealer. Many of us buy the "seasoned" wood, then let it season for a year. The one's that are over 20% will burn better if they are split small. May your new stove be a blessing to you and your family for years to come. If you get a chance it's probably a good idea to buy next year's wood. Staying a solid two years ahead on your wood supply is always a good practice.
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I was half expecting this but I was home for the delivery and I split a couple of pieces to make sure it was dry. I didn't find anything above 25%+ in my samples and I think I took three or four while he was there and then another half dozen or so when I was stacking.

I got it from a seller in Kingston, NH. "Dan Parks". I don't know if that's his company name or not but he does landscaping, tree removal, and other related services. I paid $250/cord.
 

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Yah where did ypu get it and what did you !?
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I agree a good dealer should be talked about.. Red Oak around 20% is amazing!!!


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Thanks for all the tips. I ordered 3 cords of seasoned wood. About 95+% of red oak and a little bit of a maple variant. Most of the splits were testing in the teen % to low 20 %..........
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You resplit the splits? Correct? Testing on a fresh face?

I have some Pine that was split last week. On the outside, its around 18%-25%. But when I split a split in half, its true reading is about 34%-39%.

Thats a good looking stash of wood there. Very nice.
 
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Even at 250/cord, if it's that dry, be happy. Ya' dun gooder.
Now, if possible call him back and get another few cord. Next year the wood will kick azz.
I see plenty of firewood storage potential.
 
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I agree a good dealer should be talked about.. Red Oak around 20% is amazing!!!




You resplit the splits? Correct? Testing on a fresh face?

I have some Pine that was split last week. On the outside, its around 18%-25%. But when I split a split in half, its true reading is about 34%-39%.

Thats a good looking stash of wood there. Very nice.
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I resplit a few splits. Maybe four or five when they were dropped off. The highest reading I got was 28%. Most of the fresh-faced splits were reading between 19% and 22%. I think I found one or two knotty-as-heck pieces that eventually split and were pretty wet around the knots, but I'll just use them towards the end of the season or next year.

I definitely plan on getting more, perhaps before the snow begins to fall in November or December.
 
Awesome man and welcome to the addiction, I mean forum. In all honesty its a forum fed by an addiction. Lots of knowledge to be learned on hear, and its all free. You will learn so much more tan you could ever learn in a short time on your own. Enjoy the stove!!
 
Michael, excuse our scepticism, this is the first post I have read where a buyer bought "seasoned" wood and it was actually dry. My first thought was, "He's testing a non-fresh split face".
 
The horse has been thoroughly 'beaten' to death here, but please understand the skepticism the guys are showing. The fact is, your very situation has played out on this forum dozens of times the past year or so alone! First I will say you did a fine looking install on that stove and pipe, beautiful set-up! Is your house insulated well (new or old construction)? You will make a HUGE dent in your propane useage given you are burning seasoned wood. As others have stated, seasoned is anything below 20% to most veteran woodburners, the lower the better..... Just keep in mind, when you start burning the wood you are getting, if it is sizzling REALLY hard when burning, that tells you it isn't as seasoned as you think it is. Moisture meters are not failsafe devices, so do the burn test to be sure. Just because it is sizzling a little bit, doesn't mean it's totally unseasoned. But it DOES mean you will have to check your fluepipe and cap more often. I recommend you check your flue at least once every month or so (being you are new to this sport), just to be safe, until you thoroughly learn the characteristics of your new stove. It looks to me in the pics you have that you should be able to easily clean your pipe from the ground (that's how I clean mine too) so buy yourself the rods and a poly brush, save yourself a lot of money by doing the very easy job yourself. Welcome to the forum and your newest addiction (wood collecting)! And if you haven't already found out, we LOVE lots and lots of pictures and updates!!;)
 
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The horse has been thoroughly 'beaten' to death here, but please understand the skepticism the guys are showing. The fact is, your very situation has played out on this forum dozens of times the past year or so alone! First I will say you did a fine looking install on that stove and pipe, beautiful set-up! Is your house insulated well (new or old construction)? You will make a HUGE dent in your propane useage given you are burning seasoned wood. As others have stated, seasoned is anything below 20% to most veteran woodburners, the lower the better..... Just keep in mind, when you start burning the wood you are getting, if it is sizzling REALLY hard when burning, that tells you it isn't as seasoned as you think it is. Moisture meters are not failsafe devices, so do the burn test to be sure. Just because it is sizzling a little bit, doesn't mean it's totally unseasoned. But it DOES mean you will have to check your fluepipe and cap more often. I recommend you check your flue at least once every month or so (being you are new to this sport), just to be safe, until you thoroughly learn the characteristics of your new stove. It looks to me in the pics you have that you should be able to easily clean your pipe from the ground (that's how I clean mine too) so buy yourself the rods and a poly brush, save yourself a lot of money by doing the very easy job yourself. Welcome to the forum and your newest addiction (wood collecting)! And if you haven't already found out, we LOVE lots and lots of pictures and updates!!;)
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Yup, fully seasoned. To be honest, I was actually hoping to have everything in the 1x% range, and was a little concerned about the 2x%, but I burned a few with very minimal hissing or steaming. So I think I found a good seller. Again, I'll be buying from him again, and would do so soon, but the wallet is a little thin this month.

This is a 10-year-old construction (2002) and we're the second owners. Propane is our DHW and cooking fuel as well as the primary heating fuel (technically wood is our backup heating fuel per homeowner's insurance addendum).

Thanks for the tips on the road and brush. I don't have those yet, but I was hoping to buy one soon. Yes, I hope to be able to clean from the ground.
 
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Welcome to the forum, Next I would buy a chainsaw, hydro. Might as well jump in with both feet. Not paying for the wood is just as important as using less propane. check out craigslist for free wood. I bought 4 cords of Ash my first year, and none since then. This is my 3 yr and have about 10 cords on hand. Let the addiction begin!
 
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