What to do with an unlit stove...........

Clean it and leave it. Thats what I do. I also remove the stove pipe and bag the connection so if any rain does come down from a storm it won't get in the stove.

maybe place a few nice looking splits inside of paperbark birch or any number of good looking woods, or a small pile of kindling with some pine cones, or as ive seen some fireplaces have a candle and pine cone arrangement.

woodchip said:

This question arose from the thread about grates.

leeave96 said:

how's the stove going to look setting cold on the 4th of July in the living room, Bill

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Mrs Woodchip wants to put a pot plant in it so there is something to see through the window rather than an empty grate.

I think it's too twee, and don't want anything damp inside the stove.

So, what do you do, just leave it looking abandoned for a few months, or has anyone got a brilliant idea they might want to share..........

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If your smart, you'll compromise with the bride. Let her put a nice ARTIFICAL potted plant. That way your summer won't be quite as cold.............just sayin!!

heatwise said:

maybe place a few nice looking splits inside of paperbark birch or any number of good looking woods, or a small pile of kindling with some pine cones, or as ive seen some fireplaces have a candle and pine cone arrangement.

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+1 on the attractive wood. I use white birch or red cedar if I have them. The cedar even imparts a little nice aroma. You DO want dry wood, though, as unseasoned wood's moisture might promote a little rusting.

Pot plants need growings lights and circulating water to bud.

There are a lot of nice "artificial" plants out there now on the market...many look realistic....
This will be our first summer with the stove so I am not sure what I will put in it....Now that the stove is out...Mr Gamma has reclaimed his mancave....I never go in there now that the stove is out....
The comments about putting some dry wood in there does sound appealing though.....something tells me Mr Gamma won't give a crap either way....
Although he would like to see my bird in there....he has said that on many occasions...and he is not kidding :bug:

My stove gets cleaned out and parked in the garage in the off season. It frees up a lot of real estate in the living room.

We have thought about putting an artifical flower arrangement in ours or some nice looking logs, but lately, we have been considering just burning a little unseasoned wood in such a way that it will blacken the glass to hide the interior of the stove. Sort of like putting sun glasses on the stove glass.

I know a lady one time that had the men toat her stove out of the house every summer - glad I don't have to do that!

Bill

SolarAndWood said:

My stove gets cleaned out and parked in the garage in the off season. It frees up a lot of real estate in the living room.

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Are you serious? I can't imagine wrestling my stove out to the garage every spring.

Not much of a wrestle, maybe 20 minutes? Three screws at the ceiling adapter, compress the sliding section and roll the stove out on the appliance dolly. My wife is a lot happier that I go at it with compressed air in the driveway instead of her living room.

Put some nice candles in it and light them now and then when you feel a special moment coming on..lol.
Find some kind of metal staggered shelving to put the candles on.
Just don't try and get the after burners fired up! lol.

Stuff some insulation into the flue. Perhaps some kitty liter or something similar to soak up any moisture. But mainly we just let ours sit there as it is a beautiful stove all by itself.

What kind of plant would go in there? I imagine there's very little sunlight at all getting in there, and there's also not much volume for a a plant to grow (so here's another in favor of artificial if it has to go inside the stove). We do move a number of plants and decorations onto the top of our stove however, since it's somewhat of a centerpiece.

Franks said:

Pot plants need growings lights and circulating water to bud.

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I find your ideas intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. :coolgrin:

SolarAndWood said:

My stove gets cleaned out and parked in the garage in the off season. It frees up a lot of real estate in the living room.

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When I was a kid, that was common. I helped move many a circulator out to the shed. Today stoves are so fancy and heavy it is difficult to move them. I remember my grandmother cooked and canned on a wood stove outside in the summer. I just can not remember if they moved the kitchen stove or had another.

Enjoy the warm weather :zip:

Pot plants need growings lights and circulating water to bud.
We don't grow pot in ours but I guess it would speed up the payback.

woodchip said:

Problem solved..............
Temperatures dropped quite a bit this evening, and we lit up again after a few days break.

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We'll be firing up tomorrow night. I'll take a picture of the firebox when it's full of flame. Then I'll print it, blow it up to the correct size, and tape the print to the inside of the door glass. Nothing prettier than that!

SolarAndWood said:

My stove gets cleaned out and parked in the garage in the off season.

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I don't blame ya- I wouldn't want to have to stare at a BK all summer either! :lol: :lol:

On a bit more serious note, what do you do with the stove pipe? Do you take all the stove pipe from the stove up to the ceiling out & toss it in the garage also, or do you leave it attached to the ceiling & let it hang down?

I often stick a candle in my woodstove . . . but not just because I like fire in the woodstove so much that even the feeble candle satisfies my need . . . it's there mostly if I get a reverse stack effect and start to smell creosote in the house. When that happens I just light the candle and in short order the situation is remedied as the air flow changes and I no longer smell the cresote. It should be noted that since the heat of the candle goes up the stack it does not matter if the candle is scented or not since in theory you will not smell the scent of the candle.

Mt Ski Bum said:

On a bit more serious note, what do you do with the stove pipe? Do you take all the stove pipe from the stove up to the ceiling out & toss it in the garage also, or do you leave it attached to the ceiling & let it hang down?

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It is just one telescopic section. I wrap it in bubble wrap and put it on a shelf in the garage.

print this off the size of your window and tape it in there. Problem solved. I accept Paypal. No personal checks, please.