90 degrees

You will learn how to operate it. Open windows :lol:

ya thats a little much. haha. open windows and take clothes off.

....close the blinds first

I think 82 or 83 is my max.

lopiliberty said:

Just wanted to see how many people could say that there house is at a balmy 90 degrees. Outside temperature is 28 degrees. I think I am definitely going to let the fire go out!

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I can relate. I've hit 95 degrees a few times in the room with the Vigilant in it.

85 right now headed toward 90. If I put 3 med size pieces in this fireview with these milder nights-30 to 40, that's what the temp will be. The far end of hs is in 60s. If I can get that to happen when its ten degrees out I would be estatic. In the morning with me not filling stove anymore at bedtime, this room will still be 70 at 6am. Most I know will put 5 or 6 decent pieces in.

Yeah downstairs is probably 90... upstairs is a comfortable ~75 with the floor warmed a bit by the downstairs.

That's encouraging about the few zero nights and how well it heated. Ours is a long ranch, with the soapstone at far gable end. It is about 1700 sf not counting basement- which stays 55 to 60 in the winter.
The bedrooms are at the far end. We like it in the low 60s anyways. I just don't know if I will be able to heat in my situation without the vt castings propane set on auto at like 67 or 68 or so. Which is about 40 feet from woodstove room. We aslo have a year old buderus hi eficiency propane furnace in basement-forced hot water. My Wife things the castings cycled on when it gets real cold would be more economocal than the furnace. I would love to use just wood-but not sure if with said layout if that is likely. The many fans going does help move the heat. Exp the one on ground blowing into stove room.
Good luck and happy burning.

When I had my non cat upper 70's low 80's happened pretty regular. Now that I have a stove that I can control the heat output with I haven't overheated this place so far this season. I've been able to keep a steady low 70's temp pretty much around the clock.

lopiliberty said:

I think I finely figured out how to operate it unlike last year when I experienced my first nuclear secondary burn it scared the **** out of me. Now not to scared. Add 3 to 5 pieces of wood at a time let it get hot, start shutting it down in stages, and let it cook. The stove likes to cruse between 600 and 700 degrees. I think we might have over-sized the stove but the liberty is rated to heat 1,500 to 2,400 sq. ft and we are heating 2,400 sq. ft exactly. House must be more insulated than we thought.

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I envy your good fortune.

Shite - I'd rather freeze! Each to his own.

Littlalex

littlalex said:

Shite - I'd rather freeze! Each to his own.

Littlalex

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From experience, I'd rather it be 90 and have to open a window than have it be 50 and have cold hands and feet.

It's regularly 90 plus is my basement when it's very cold out or the first fire of a run. It takes that kind of heat to get the upstairs right on a cold one. Funny but when the stove is running right (which by the way I am on to something there) I can heat the upstairs to 70 and not have the basement over 80. I this it has something to do with a steady heat output.

Jason

We regularly keep the house in the 80's and have indeed been roasted out in the 90's a few times. If that's when the ladies begin to remove clothing, then that's what we'll do! lol

Holy crap . . . some of you guys really like it hot . . . I mean I like it warm . . . but high 60s or low to mid 70s is pretty nice temps for me.

jtb51b said:

It's regularly 90 plus is my basement when it's very cold out or the first fire of a run. It takes that kind of heat to get the upstairs right on a cold one. Funny but when the stove is running right (which by the way I am on to something there) I can heat the upstairs to 70 and not have the basement over 80. I this it has something to do with a steady heat output.

Jason

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I installed 3 70 SCFM fans to move the air around in my place, from downstairs to upstairs in a circuit. It still gets to 80+ downstairs and 78 or so upstairs. My poor son was DRIPPING with sweat the other night after going to bed (my wife was under a blanket and freezing while watching TV @ 80F +). I just have to remember not to feed the dang thing so much.

I've come home with the whole house at 85*....the Wife in sweat pants and a hoody, under 2 blankets and a comforter.....something wrong with that chick

yeah i like it about 72 maybe 75 if i was in the cold all day
she would rather be 75 plus all the time. 80 and im sweating and opening windows.