Rainy Day Fires

RIJEEP said:

Temps 30 - 44 F For the next week or so. With inches of rain

Anyone else purposely keep a 24 hour warm stove going during these wet conditions? I feel like the house is so much more comfortable and dry.

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Of course, if we didnt then the boiler would have to come on!! (Blasphemy)

Keeping the house 68-72 is nice, in this weather I can load wood at 11pm and not have to load the stove till noon the next day. The caols throw enough heat to keep the place 68-70. If Im buring birch like I am now its not quite as long. During the day we are burning 2x4 ends from our construction waist. Although you have to keep an eye on it the stuff doesn't leave too many coals and the stove can get too low pretty easy.

Been loading once a day here. Makes it nice on these warmer days. Really saving a ton of wood.

RIJEEP said:

Temps 30 - 44 F For the next week or so. With inches of rain

Anyone else purposely keep a 24 hour warm stove going during these wet conditions? I feel like the house is so much more comfortable and dry.

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Absolutely! The stove hasn't been "cold" since November, save one or two days when we all were away from home. When the temps get warmer, I just get "lazy" on the reloads, stretching out the time in between, but still letting the stove 'cycle' properly and not choking it down.

Enjoy the rain.

Stove has been on since I bought it. Like guys have said its easy to keep the house warm on those days and not damp. You have to keep the wood in a place that's easy to get to. I have a covered porch.

Keeping ours going - two not quite full loads a day does the trick. Before the non stop rain/snow mix started I loaded up my racks in the house hoping that I would make it through and not have to bring in wet wood but I'm beginning to wonder - I don't see any end in sight to the rain and as slow as I'm burning the wood the inside racks are showing holes so eventually something is going to have to give... I'm guessing I could make it through Sunday at this point before bringing in wood but then I'd only have one day for whatever I bring in to dry out enough to burn. Yeah... just surface moisture, I know - but it is still wet.

nothing beats coming in from the wet and miserable to a warm hearth and a cold beer! keep the home fires burnin my friend

prost!

I was toying with the idea of a bigger stove during that real cold weather over the past couple months, but I kept the 3cb running hard and she did the job. Now I'm just trying to avoid roasting us out, still learning and definately still burning even if all I need is 300 stove top temps.

ya this rain pretty much sucks. hopefully it wont be like our summer we had last summer where it was like like 28 out of 30 days were all rain. very depressing

RIJEEP said:

Temps 30 - 44 F For the next week or so. With inches of rain

Anyone else purposely keep a 24 hour warm stove going during these wet conditions? I feel like the house is so much more comfortable and dry.

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Yup . . . very strange here . . . we're seeing temps right on the border line of freezing . . . sometimes up a bit, sometimes down a bit. I kind of like burning at these temps . . . very easy to get overnight fires. Last night I loaded at 8:30 p.m. and when I woke up at 5:30 a.m. had enough coals for a restart with some kindling.

And yeah . . . nothing like a woodstove and a fire to take the chill out of a wet, cold day.

Yep, burnin through the rain..........

-Soupy1957

I'll take rain over snow ant day! It's been quite mild here for the last week or so - starting to think we're getting an early spring this year - that'd be great

ecocavalier02 said:

ya this rain pretty much sucks. hopefully it wont be like our summer we had last summer where it was like like 28 out of 30 days were all rain. very depressing

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I agree, hopefully since were getting it now, we will have a dry summer? Snowing in Philly right now and raining in VT/NH/MAINE WTF!

firefighterjake said:

I kind of like burning at these temps . . . very easy to get overnight fires. Last night I loaded at 8:30 p.m. and when I woke up at 5:30 a.m. had enough coals for a restart with some kindling.

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What was your temp drop and how warm is your house at 5:30?

nojo said:

firefighterjake said:

I kind of like burning at these temps . . . very easy to get overnight fires. Last night I loaded at 8:30 p.m. and when I woke up at 5:30 a.m. had enough coals for a restart with some kindling.

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What was your temp drop and how warm is your house at 5:30?

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That's the best thing . . . started out around 72 or 74 . . . woke up to 66 . . . which was great . . . unfortunately in middle of January I don't get these impressive figures as it usually drops down to 60 or 62.

firefighterjake said:

nojo said:

firefighterjake said:

I kind of like burning at these temps . . . very easy to get overnight fires. Last night I loaded at 8:30 p.m. and when I woke up at 5:30 a.m. had enough coals for a restart with some kindling.

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What was your temp drop and how warm is your house at 5:30?

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That's the best thing . . . started out around 72 or 74 . . . woke up to 66 . . . which was great . . . unfortunately in middle of January I don't get these impressive figures as it usually drops down to 60 or 62.

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Thats pretty good. When I heated my house with my little trailblazer stove, I was getting the house at a max temp of 65-68 and in the morning it would drop to around 58-60. (it was a LOT colder then though) We've got about 1800sq ft so we ended getting an englander 30. Last night when I went to bed around 1am after I loaded the stove the house was about 69-70. now at 10am haven't reloaded yet, my girlfriend opened up the air when she left for work and the house is still at 69 which Im very thankful for. I dont think I an get this kind of heat when its 8deg F outside (its nearly 40 deg outside now), but As I recall the temp drop wasn't too bad then either. I think it dropped to 66 or so. Once I insulate the the other half of the second floor (its down to the studs) and the attic floor and ceiling I hope we can get a much more toasty house onthe really really cold days.

The rain blows, the stove is good, the warm temps mean less wood burnt. If it gets too warm I just use the NG as the price is quite low right now. Of course I only burn in the evenings/weekend anyway.