87 Is TOO HOT!!!

87 is better than 57. Size your load down to regulate the heat I would think.

You bet!! I had my man cave in the basement at 82* last night and THAT was too stinkin' hot, so I can't imagine 5* hotter!!

Once you get a wood stove windows aren't just for lookin out of, they double as heat regulators.

My little Millenium 2100 gets our 1,100 sq ft house up over 85 in a heartbeat. Neighbors think we're nuts with open windows but that's how we regulate the temp.

Same here, sometimes it gets so hot that my son is walking around in his underpants. Neighbors think we are crazy, Last winter they brought over Margarita mix to our house since it felt like the Caribbean in the middle of January. LOL. Small loads is your best bet that way you dont waste precious wood. Also, control the airflow in your stove so it burns more controlled.

[quote author="WOODplay" date="1291664952"]After a full day burn at our 1100 sq ft ranch house. I didn't realize it but I got our house up to 87 last night. I'm hear to tell you... That my friend is TOO HOT! :/
In fact is was too hot to even sleep. But by golly I was not going to open a window and loose that heat.[/quot




Endeavor in 1100 sq ft, you should be able to git it up to about 100 with no problem....

Just keep removing clothing until it cools off. Heck, we keep it over 80 all the time.

Go with smaller fires now, maybe a few splits at a time. Your stove will be working hard come January and February. 87 degrees now will not be 87 degrees in a few months.

87! Oooooooweee child. It was too hot in here last night at 76. I slept in shorts. It cooled off to 69 by morning. I tryly do not blame you for not opening a window. I wouldn't either because I am weird like that..it just seems like too much of a waste. If I shut my stove(s) off on a cold night it would easily drop 15-20 degrees overnight bringin it back to comfortable pretty quick and the heat wouldn't have been wasted.

Northwest winds for the next few days won't be helping either...

It is 18 out right now. 78 inside 87 is way to hot for me.

87 lol

anything much 70 starts to get to hot for me. this is why i love my t stat. keeps it just right in here.

Backwoods Savage said:

Just keep removing clothing until it cools off. Heck, we keep it over 80 all the time.

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So uh Dennis . . . what exactly are you wearing . . . or not wearing . . . when it's 80 inside the house?

On a serious side . . . as others have said . . . control the heat by controling the load -- how much wood you put in the stove, how often you reload and the type of wood you put in the stove (wood species and size of the wood.)

In other words. Not as much heat required = small load of wood, wait longer to put new wood on the coals and use lower BTU woods such as poplar.

More heat needed = full load of wood, load earlier if needed and use primo wood

Jake, it is me who has the problem with cold so it is the other half that removes the clothing. Sorry, no pictures.

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fishingpol said:

Go with smaller fires now, maybe a few splits at a time. Your stove will be working hard come January and February. 87 degrees now will not be 87 degrees in a few months.

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I have to wonder about January this year. We are at average January highs and lows right now, have been for days and look to be for the foreseeable future. Running about fifteen degrees below average right now. If that holds up we could give the "real cold" places a run for their money this season. And have to tap next years wood supply.

Hey Alberta! Keep your "clippers"!

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Those weather patterns are exactly what have gotten me wondering if my wood supply is gonna hold out this winter. Im thinking im going to be cutting it a little close for comfort, next year with be fine though no matter how cold it gets.

Call it wishful thinking - but if we're 15 degrees colder in December, maybe we'll be 15 degrees warmer in January? Maybe? Possibly?


Nah..probably not.

crack a window.. better to have it and not need it than otherwise.....