Snow Storms Stiffle Burning..........

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soupy1957

soupy1957

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I'm discovering something about myself, with regard to burning habits.

When there is a storm in progress, I typically will NOT fire up the wood stove. I believe this is because I know that I'll exhaust the wood in the house, and don't want to have to go out in the storm to get more, while the storm is going on.
I'll typically wait til the storm is over, to go out and uncover the pile, and get more wood.

Not because I personally don't want to be "out in a storm" mind you..........but because I don't want to expose the wood I'm carrying in, to any more moisture than necessary.

There is only so much allotted room in the room where the wood stove is, for stockpiling wood splits, so I can't really get away with stacking wood in there from floor to ceiling.

Any given day, I'll burn ALMOST a full Ø 24.0" ring worth of splits, from 3:30 AM til 9 PM.

Another thing that stops me from burning wood during a storm, is that THIS year, I haven't been able to go up and clean off the roof of the house, and because of the large volume of snow up there, I'm not keen on the idea of a roof collapse that could compromise the flue pipe, and then I've got smoke billowing into my attic if the pipe were damaged. Seemed more logical to take that element of danger out of the equation, during a storm.

-Soupy1957
 
localLEE said:
Me thinx U R overthinxing it! MayB.
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+1. also this is why i brought in enough wood for the week. theni dont have to go out in the crap weather and get wood.
 
The only thing that stifles burning in this house is Spring.
 
The days that it's storming out are my favorite days to burn. Snowing out nothing like a nice fire to feel cozy.
 
SolarAndWood said:
The only thing that stifles burning in this house is Spring.
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+1
 
Soup - any snow that gets on the splits while you are moving them from the stacks to the house will not affect their burning at all - that amount of moisture is super trivial - burn away!! Cheers!
 
Disco inferno- burn baby burn!

I am lucky in that my stove is in the basement, so if I bring 2 weeks of wood in (one working pile, a second "drying out") I am not affecting anything.

I agree with NH_Wood- any snow getting on the wood while carrying it in is nothing.
 
My favorite time to burn is during snow storms. I guess we lucked out with the covered porch.. fits all the wood we need. I usually stockpile before a storm comes. If I have to, I dont mind bundling up to go uncover the wood pile. I'd be too bored stuck in the house without a fire to tend. Plus, what the h*ll would I nip cocktails in front of?!?
 
Covered porch? Put a wood rack out there that holds a weeks worth or so.. On days when the weather is tollerable/dry/nice/pre-storm go ahead and top it off. We have one that's 8' by 3.5'..

looks just like this.. http://www.northlineexpress.com/item/5LU-82423/-Landmann-Adjustable-Log-Rack

As far as snow causing a roof collapse and then damaging your chimney and "filling the attic with smoke", your kidding, right?
 
SolarAndWood and ecocavalier. +1 :)
 
oldspark said:
At my house it is burn or freeze.
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Mine, too.

I doubt the moisture from the snow will have an effect on the burn. I've tossed wood in the stove with snow on it.
 
you could always get a wheel barrel or 2,fill them with splits and keep them near the house with a tarp on them if you dont have a covered area.

over here the weather ain't gonna stop us.

you guys have had tons of snow but you could take some clues from the guys in Alaska, BC or other extreme weather places.
 
If we see a storm on the way, we bring in enough wood for 3 days. If the snow gets on the wood...knock them together...it comes right off.
Isn't that the time when you want the stove burning the most? Sit there with a nice fire and a cup of coffee or a hot toddy...maybe a book or a
cup of hot chocolate...oh yeah...burning during a storm is goodness....Me thinks you are missing the best part..but that's my opinion! You need to find a spot
where you can store 3 days worth without having to go outside. :)
 
build a wood shed tarps suck and i could see not messing with them in a storm. for me hearing the heat kick on is painful i hate it... so i bring in a ton of wood before the storm and my wood shed is 10 ft from my back door.
 
Soupy, time for a wood split re-allotment strategy. :lol:
Ditto oldspark. Well, I wouldn't freeze, I'd turn on the furnace, but I won't turn on the furnace, so it's back to burning wood.
ExactLEE, Lee.
 
A ring is a inefficient way to store wood as you loose a lot of room where the corners would be. A U shape is best.

If I pile my pile up to the window its good enough for two or 2 1/2 days. Its just a little over two feet wide. Although its in our cabin not the house.

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Billy
 
Half a cord in the attached garage here. Stock it up with wood when the weather is good and burn it down when it's not. I only bring in dry seasoned wood and only when it is cold enough where bugs will not be roaming about.
 
if my roof collapsed i probably would not be worrying about my stove pipe.......the big picture counts more than sweating the little details.......
 
My wood stove went into emergency mode on Tuesday afternoon and has been burning full tilt ever since. The power never even flickered here, but the stove doesn't seem to have gotten the memo. I stored extra wood on the back porch Tuesday in anticipation of a power outage that hasn't happened and seems unlikely to happen today.
 
This is why we have a nice big wood box on the porch. Between it and the stack indoors next to the stove we can go 4-5 days of full burning.
 
Agree you are seriously overthinking it. I have thrown splits in the stove with a little snow still stuck to them! Just needs an extra 2-3 minutes before closing the bypass to steam it off.
 
For me when I know we are in for a stretch of bad weather, I bring in as much wood as possible.
I currently have 2 wood bins, 1 stores about 5 days worth of wood the other stores around 10 days.
And I also store a pile by the egress window where I bring the wood in (about 3 days).
I then use the piles in rotation adding the pile on the floor to the empty wood bin.

Here during a typical winter
1) We typically get a snowstorm --> Snow on Monday
2) followed by a stretch of below zero weather --> current temp -17
3) followed by a day or two of temps above zero ---> Day I bring in as much wood as possible
4) go to 1

During 1) I typically do not bring in as much wood as my efforts are concentrated in removing the snow as long as 2 allows me to.
During 2) Since it is way below zero the ATV I use to haul the wood from wood pile to location where I slide the wood through the egress would not want to start also having the window open for around 15 mins when it is below zero leads to massive heat loss.
 
Soupy do you have any burn holes in your carpet around your stove yet?
How about storing some extra wood out on your porch beside your rockingchair?
 
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