I've been looking around here for quite some time and just recently decided to become a member.
The biggest thing I've learned here is about having seasoned wood. I've splittling wood and running saws since I was a kid, and we usually cut wood throughout the summer and fall to burn that winter.
Now I have my own home and my first wood stove. I've been burning 24/7 for the past few weeks with wood I cut and split this past summer alot of ash mixed with oak and some maple. It all burns fine my stovetop has hit 850 on many occasion on a full load of less than seasoned wood. My chimney only smokes when the secondaries go out and/or i choke the air down for an all nighter.
My question is what does it matter if a person burns less than seasoned wood if they get good heat from their stove and clean the chimney as often as it needs it. I plan to clean mine around christmas and then determine from there how often i should clean it.
Im sure this will upset some of the sticklers....
The biggest thing I've learned here is about having seasoned wood. I've splittling wood and running saws since I was a kid, and we usually cut wood throughout the summer and fall to burn that winter.
Now I have my own home and my first wood stove. I've been burning 24/7 for the past few weeks with wood I cut and split this past summer alot of ash mixed with oak and some maple. It all burns fine my stovetop has hit 850 on many occasion on a full load of less than seasoned wood. My chimney only smokes when the secondaries go out and/or i choke the air down for an all nighter.
My question is what does it matter if a person burns less than seasoned wood if they get good heat from their stove and clean the chimney as often as it needs it. I plan to clean mine around christmas and then determine from there how often i should clean it.
Im sure this will upset some of the sticklers....