Anyone miss else their woodstove?

You northwesterners are fortunate to live in a well hydrated area since your southern neighbors have not been so lucky the last few years.

Mine's been cold-iron for a couple months, and likely will remain so until at least mid-Oct. Many tons of splits on racks out there, sucking up solar BTUs, fully open to southwesterlies and covered from rain. Not the time to be rushing about anything. Where'd I put my beer?

begreen said:

Summer is hands down my favorite season, spring second. But we have much more comfortable summers than the east coast and 3-4 month long springtimes often too. Few bugs helps a lot with outdoor activities.

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It will be over 90F here, with sweltering humidity, five of the next seven days. I f'ing hate July, and most of August too!


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Can't say I miss it since I have yet to ever fire it up. Just had it installed last month in our newly built home. But I did just tell my wife yesterday, "I can't wait till winter!" Now the 100+ degree weather and high humidity down here might have contributed some to that statement but I was also staring at my wood stove dreaming of firing it up.

Just installed mine late spring. I only got 3 fires before it was too warm. I can't wait for winter.

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Chap said:

Can't say I miss it since I have yet to ever fire it up. Just had it installed last month in our newly built home. But I did just tell my wife yesterday, "I can't wait till winter!" Now the 100+ degree weather and high humidity down here might have contributed some to that statement but I was also staring at my wood stove dreaming of firing it up.

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Dude, this is exactly where I'm at right now. Installed in June, twiddling my thumbs in anticipation of winter.

That stove is just sitting there, taunting me. Can't even light a break in fire because even the nights over the past month have been hot and muggy.

So, I keep myself busy adding to the wood pile, buying gear/accessories, building log racks, reading the manual for the 48th time. There's something wrong with me...

What type of stove did you install?

I miss the 'experience', but it is going to be in the mid 90's here for crying out loud.

Missing mine also. Just like having a fire and I am also not a fan of the hot, muggy weather.
Although, I just got back from a mission trip in Honduras with my daughter, and it is hotter & muggier here in NC than it was in Honduras. Ick!

iceman2424 said:

What type of stove did you install?

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@iceman, I ended up getting the BK Ashford 30. There was nowhere around here even to buy one but I was able to work with BKVP to get one anyway. I had my one and only local wood stove shop contact his office and place an order for the stove. It was shipped to the store and they did the install. I was very glad BKVP was able to make that work out because I was very bummed when I figured out there was no a single place to buy a BK within hours of me.

@HisTreeNut, glad to see you around here. I was starting to think I was the only Southerner crazy enough to own a wood stove . Although I think you are up in the mountains, where as I am smack in the middle of South Carolina...where the city's slogan is, "Famously Hot!" ...sigh.

Chap said:

@iceman, I ended up getting the BK Ashford 30. There was nowhere around here even to buy one but I was able to work with BKVP to get one anyway. I had my one and only local wood stove shop contact his office and place an order for the stove. It was shipped to the store and they did the install. I was very glad BKVP was able to make that work out because I was very bummed when I figured out there was no a single place to buy a BK within hours of me.

@HisTreeNut, glad to see you around here. I was starting to think I was the only Southerner crazy enough to own a wood stove . Although I think you are up in the mountains, where as I am smack in the middle of South Carolina...where the city's slogan is, "Famously Hot!" ...sigh.

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There is actually a fair amount of folks from NC & SC on the Hearth. Just watch & you will see them. @BKVP is a pretty cool guy as well. Glad he could help you out.

Might be crazy to have a wood stove in the South, but it was a budget move. Our house had a chimney warmer [fireplace no stove] and the primary heat on our house is a circa 1980's electric hot water baseboard heat. Warm but not efficient by any means...and the electric bills with keeping the house at 58 degrees was off the charts. We installed a stove last spring. I am working on a review for my first winter with it which I will post as soon as I find time to finish it. Have a Buck 94NC and it is a great stove.

Might be a little cooler in the mountains but we still have the 3H weather here...hot, hazy, & humid. Despite what the weather prognosticators say, we have been in the high 90's as well. Haven't seen 100 yet but the wifey said we hit 94 the other day. We are well shaded and no AC so we are glad when the sun gets behind the trees & mountains. Temp drops 10 degrees almost instantaneously.

Being in the center of SC, you probably won't see the temp swings I get here or what the northern burners see. What type of wood will you be burning? I found when the temperatures were milder, my stove did better when I mixed soft and hardwoods. Just a thought as you yearn for September 22nd.

HisTreeNut said:

What type of wood will you be burning?.

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I'll be burning primarily white oak with some pine, hickory, and sweet gum mixed in. I live on 38 acres of wooded property and those trees make up the majority of my trees. I also have black walnut but I'd be crazy to cut one of those down for fire wood.

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I also have black walnut but I'd be crazy to cut one of those down for fire wood.

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I burned Black Walnut almost exclusively, my first two years. Probably went thru about 14 cords of it. Not the best wood for burning, but it was down on my property, so why not burn it?

Lumber mills around here generally turn away yard trees is less than full truck-load quantity, no mater how straight and beautiful they may be. Some of the BW trees I bucked for firewood were over 24" DBH and dead straight without branches for 30+ feet. They're just not worth the $$ most assume they should be.

I do kind of miss lighting up the stove this time of year - it kind of becomes a place to put things on. I really can do without the Virginia humidity especially this month and next. But I also am trying to enjoy what this season brings, like not having to bundle up to go out, and not having to build a fire every day, and not having to haul wood in each week or weekend.

I miss mine for the fact I don't have one anymore. The new house doesn't have one yet, but this summer has been fantastic. Just weird seeing a spot for a stove and insert with nothing there. Did stack a couple cords of locust yesterday to get ready for the coming winter. The heat has been amazing but I know what's coming.

begreen said:

Cool and wet weather moved in here a couple weeks ago. Quite an about face from daily 80's in Seattle before that. We're lucky to hit 70 most days. It's 65F currently. Local forecaster has coined the phrase Januly to describe this unusual weather.

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I am perfectly fine with the cooler weather we've had recently. I'm no fan of hot weather anyway, but it keeps the fire danger down too. Last summer was a record fire year and before summer even started this year we had two wildfires locally.

begreen said:

We had a period living in Seattle when we didn't have a woodstove. And we really missed it too.

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I had a period of 13 years with no fireplace or stove, after growing up in a house with four fireplaces. Had a lot of back-yard firepit fires, in those years, but it's not the same.

red oak said:

I do kind of miss lighting up the stove this time of year - it kind of becomes a place to put things on. I really can do without the Virginia humidity especially this month and next. But I also am trying to enjoy what this season brings, like not having to bundle up to go out, and not having to build a fire every day, and not having to haul wood in each week or weekend.

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I don't know about you all in NW VA but we've been over 100 heat index for days now in the Monticello Region. I think the wood in my greenhouse is starting to melt.

I'm ready for the hot weather to be over, I'd rather be burning wood. I can suit up and stay warm outside, I can only take off so much to try and stay cool outside.

I burn so much of the year that Im happy to have it sit cold in the corner although the rec room is kinda cool to sit in and watch tv so I often need a blanket. My burning season starts in September so thats right around the corner. Unless its to hot out I play with chainsaws and splitters this time of year anyways.

I dont miss running mine at all. Glad i got all my wood put up before the thaw so i can go fishing every weekend too.

Yes and No. I love a good fire, but I got a nice pile drying in the 100 degree heat.

CentralVAWoodHeat said:

I don't know about you all in NW VA but we've been over 100 heat index for days now in the Monticello Region. I think the wood in my greenhouse is starting to melt.

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We haven't been that bad but it's been hot. Today got into mid 90s and tomorrow will do the same. Anything related to wood will have to wait in these temps. Worked on a few small projects outside today for awhile then sat in front of the fan.

With summer temps like these it's easy to forget about burning, once it starts to cool down then the thought of burning will be back. Just enjoying the warm weather, because summer is going fast and we know what that means.