2010-2011 season comes to a close

I just packed the oslo for the night.

No way close to done burning here.

I'll burn through April and May.....not as much as winter time, but I'll be burnin'.

Been known to make fire in June before.

Even here in the South, we just moved another half cord from under the tarp to the front porch to "finish up." If I got sick or broke an arm, I'd probably turn on the heat pump, but until then, it's 100% wood. The Heritage keeps a nice warm glow with minimal tending ... except that I rarely get it hot enough for proper burning (creosote). Gotta pay more attention to that now that it's warmer. Heat 'er up and open the windows! Now that's luxury -- woodstove heat and you can hear the mockingbirds singing too.

I just fired up a new stove, and I've still got some wood left. I'm hoping for a few more cold nights. It will burn out today, though...63* is forecast.

fire_man said:

I am still loading up the Fireview, but now I dial back to 0.5 and get 11 hour burns and am still in the catalytic "zone"!

It's absolutely amazing how long this thing cranks out decent heat when the wood is dry. Cat's are perfect in the Spring!

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11-hour cat burns?!! I didn't know such a thing was possible! Dry wood is the key to the long cat burn, then? I burn a lot of "med-high heat value" wood, Ash, Red Oak. What are you burning to get the incredible cat times?

I reloaded the Fireview last might at about midnight. There were still enough burning coals in there from the last reload at 6:30 am to get things going again. 17 hours is not so bad and that was all my junkie soft or silver maple. I did not reload this am before work as the forecast is for mid 50s today. I will likely reload again for the overnight tonight. Might even need some kindling or even a match then.

I dont think we're done yet up here in parts of Canada. They are forcasting -19C for Tuesday night. Weird weather this winter: it's currently +7C and raining cats and dogs.


Andrew

The best part of the season is done for me--the 24/7 part. There's more fire starting to do now. I try to do two fires
in a row to avoid having to start two separate fires from scratch. It's a little tough to consistently get two 12 hour
burn cycles with a non-cat stove.

I put in a lose fit load last night, with a big oak rectangle, a maple round and a few small maple splits. You can't see in the pic, but the coal bed was pretty deep. The flash killed the glow. It looks like a small stove from the picture, but I can load about 2 cubic feet in there strategically. It helps to be able to fit 22 inch lengths in there, but these were more like 20 or 21. This was probably about 1.5 cubic feet of wood if that! The thing on the top right of the picture inside the firebox is the cast iron baffle, people say takes up space in the firebox. But with this load from just after midnight to right now there are still some big coals for another hour or two of matchfree restart. I love the shoulder season with this cat!

Oh, I forgot, I'll reload the stove when the wife tells me she's cold and wants more heat, otherwise she gets too hot! The pregnancy blues! Indoor temp at 68 right now, dropped from 74 at 7am. Poor windows, doors and mediocre insulation doesn't help. Won't need too much heat today with the temps getting well into the upper 40's. Tonight who knows into the teens again? It snowed last night. Roler coaster New England weather.

Still burning here, won't be shut down until the house maintains temps in the upper 60's on it's own. Last year I believe that was around the May time frame. I'm done burning my good wood though, silver maple will carry the load from here. I figure I could torch another cord of this softer wood before it's all said and done.

fire_man said:

I am still loading up the Fireview, but now I dial back to 0.5 and get 11 hour burns and am still in the catalytic "zone"!

It's absolutely amazing how long this thing cranks out decent heat when the wood is dry. Cat's are perfect in the Spring!

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Tony, I'm betting you were not burning any of that cottonwood to get that long burn.

Danno, like so many others, our burning season is far from being over. We've had a couple of 40 degree days back to back now and that felt really nice. This morning it got to 40 and then the temperature started falling once it clouded. I think our high so far has been 42 degrees. No, our heating season is far from over.

Backwoods Savage said:

fire_man said:

I am still loading up the Fireview, but now I dial back to 0.5 and get 11 hour burns and am still in the catalytic "zone"!

It's absolutely amazing how long this thing cranks out decent heat when the wood is dry. Cat's are perfect in the Spring!

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Tony, I'm betting you were not burning any of that cottonwood to get that long burn.

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Hi Dennis:

You are correct. The long burning wood was not cottonwood but was mostly ash and some soft maple. The cottonwood has sadly been buried under 3 feet of snow most of the winter and just this past week started showing thru the snow. It would have been perfect this time of year, but will have to wait until next year. I am just amazed how long this Fireview burns above a 250 F temp when I use dry wood. It burns like a completely different stove compared with previous years.

Dennis, why haven't you ever mention how important it is to burn properly seasoned wood? :lol:

It's still hitting about 0F at night here in sunny central Alaska, but warming up to 20F by day. The glorious thing about this time of the year is that it's usually sunny, and this season is proving true to that pattern. Ten days away from equinox, and the sun is heating the house for most of the day.

Emptied the ashes, cleaned the glass, laid a fire yesterday morning before I went to work, just had to light a match to get it going when I got home. By 8 or 9, I was glad to have that fire, and stoked it up, shut 'er down about 11. Didn't build an overnighter, just filled the box about halfway and went to bed. It's almost 4 p.m. now, temps are 69 upstairs, 70 downstairs in sunroom, 65 in hearthroom, and I just lit off the first fire of the day. I'll keep that burning about 6-8 more hours, and that will keep us warm until morning, when the sun will kick in again. I like the luxury of prepping the stove on my time, and having it ready to go when I need it. So tihs is a milestone that I know you will appreciate on my behalf. As of yesterday, I'm out of the 24/7 mode, and into a one-a-day mode. A lot easier on my rapidly dwindling wood supply, and I think I"m gonna eke through.

fire_man said:

Backwoods Savage said:

fire_man said:

I am still loading up the Fireview, but now I dial back to 0.5 and get 11 hour burns and am still in the catalytic "zone"!

It's absolutely amazing how long this thing cranks out decent heat when the wood is dry. Cat's are perfect in the Spring!

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Tony, I'm betting you were not burning any of that cottonwood to get that long burn.

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Hi Dennis:

You are correct. The long burning wood was not cottonwood but was mostly ash and some soft maple. The cottonwood has sadly been buried under 3 feet of snow most of the winter and just this past week started showing thru the snow. It would have been perfect this time of year, but will have to wait until next year. I am just amazed how long this Fireview burns above a 250 F temp when I use dry wood. It burns like a completely different stove compared with previous years.

Dennis, why haven't you ever mention how important it is to burn properly seasoned wood? :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol: Maybe we sound mention this once in a while Tony!

I am done mentally, but there are still going to be chilly evenings and mornings here through March.
I am ready to turn my attention to my boats instead of the wood burner!

nowhere near done here in northern ohio. thats somewhere between 7 to 8 weeks away. Firing time is certainly decreasing though. Only firing from about 5pm to 10 am anymore and by the looks of things might even be less than that by tommorow

I've slowed down but havent stopped yet.

Mild winter in Colorado - the 'low' lands ie suburbs of Denver NOT the mountains....another story up there...

The whole season has been like one long shoulder season so I have only gone through about a cord of wood.....One large fire in the morning has been all that I've needed on most days!

If temps are in the 50° - no fire - terrible draft...

Not sure what temps will do so I am not saying that this year's burning days are over for me yet....

I'm done and I just finished my break in fires, had to turn on the danged a/c already :coolmad: Curse this Fl weather!@#? >:-(

I had to use a match and kindling for the first time since November last night. After about 20 hours what coals were left just couldn't do it on their own. I almost forgot how to start a fire. I had to go outside and collect kindling too.

Woody Stover said:

I just fired up a new stove, and I've still got some wood left. I'm hoping for a few more cold nights. It will burn out today, though...63* is forecast.

fire_man said:

I am still loading up the Fireview, but now I dial back to 0.5 and get 11 hour burns and am still in the catalytic "zone"!

It's absolutely amazing how long this thing cranks out decent heat when the wood is dry. Cat's are perfect in the Spring!

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11-hour cat burns?!! I didn't know such a thing was possible! Dry wood is the key to the long cat burn, then? I burn a lot of "med-high heat value" wood, Ash, Red Oak. What are you burning to get the incredible cat times?

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I'm having no problem with consistant 12 hour burns in my little 1.4cu ft fire box Keystone with full loads of Oak. I usually engage a little over #1 and burn that way for 15-30 minutes then turn it down to about .75 and let the cat do it's thing.

Sometimes for me during the shoulder seasons it's better to just have one good hot fire in the evening and the house will maintain temps til the next evening without another reload, especially if the sun is out to help out. Other times I need to go low and slow all day. It can be wood burners hell trying to figure what's best for different weather conditions and temps.

Western Wa. will not be done till at least late April. I on the other hand will be done in a week or so as I ran real short of wood this year. New place to live and not nearly enough time to prepare wood. This has been a long wet winter for my wife and I. We were not ready for an early 40's home with all the drafts and lack of insulation....

Haven't seen a mosquito yet,
still 24/7 here.
Bugs tell us when time to shut the stove down. 4 weeks at least.

Yeah I hear you there. Was -3* at my house when I got home from work this morning. It's not too bad during the day with the sunlight, but with the wind that has been blowing it still hasn't been all that warm.

Still burnin here in pa....23 degrees out this am......I know spring is comin....found a couple ants walking around in the house yesterday...sure sign,,,,,not ready to give up burnin my beloved stove....not ready....I'm gonna burn till July..... :lol: