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    Public Land firewood for you Easterners?

    I spoke with our town administrator and town counsel about this. In our town (and probably most) they would be glad for citizens to remove...
    Post by: azsteven, Nov 14, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    VC Montpelier Cracked Refractory Tiles. A problem?

    I also have the VC Montepelier, which has seen about 4 cords worth of service so far (mostly last season). Just the other day, I noticed a small...
    Post by: azsteven, Nov 12, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bugs found in split wood. Can anyone I.D.?

    Don't worry, carpenter ants burn just fine! I had some scavenged big maple rounds (36" diameter) that I picked up about a mile from my house. One...
    Post by: azsteven, Nov 11, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Getting the heat upstairs

    The heat travels well in the family room and adjoining kitchen --- basically an open space without much of a header in between. The other side of...
    Post by: azsteven, Nov 4, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Getting the heat upstairs

    Hey y'all... So we have a 2-level house, 4 rooms down and 4 up. The house was built in 1880 and 1907 (addition), and let's just say that it's the...
    Thread by: azsteven, Nov 4, 2010, 6 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Furnace firing countdown

    We use both gas fired hot water radiators, and the fireplace insert. I don't remember which day we turned on the gas system last year, but we haven't...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 25, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Why is there a hole above my fileplace? Picture Included

    We have something similar in the kitchen of our 1920-built house in Massachusetts. I found it when we were doing a kitchen renovation, and removed...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 25, 2010 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Good night for some woodwork...

    The Harvest Moon is the first full moon of autumn. Actually yesterday was the second full moon of autumn, called the Hunter's Moon -- which...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 24, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What to do with wet kindling?

    I've collected my kindling (mostly chips from splitting rounds) into milk crates. They're great for drying it out since milk crates are a plastic...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 24, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Somebody should act fast!

    I wonder how much he calls a "1/4 cord"? I bet it's not the way I measure it.
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 20, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Confession: I've become an obsessive wood scrounger

    I've thought about getting a $100 truck for just that reason... I used to have one about 5 years ago, but the insurance cost me $400/year so I gave...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 18, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Confession: I've become an obsessive wood scrounger

    well, at least my wife likes to come downstairs to a warm family room, and she definitely appreciates that there are always crates of wood on the...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 18, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Weekend Work

    You don't have a day job, do you?
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 18, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Confession: I've become an obsessive wood scrounger

    I got my neighbors trained... Last weekend my neighbor's trimming some branches, and HE knocked on MY door. "Do you want these?" he asked? "Yeah,"...
    Post by: azsteven, Oct 18, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Confession: I've become an obsessive wood scrounger

    I need to confess that I've become obsessed with scavenging/scrounging firewood. I live in the suburbs, and I have limited storage space, but I've...
    Thread by: azsteven, Oct 17, 2010, 39 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What is this wood that I can't split?

    I looked at some bark pictures of King Crimson Norway, and yes, that could be it too.
    Post by: azsteven, Apr 30, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What is this wood that I can't split?

    One more guess... I was walking from work to the car today and I saw one whose bark looked pretty similar. Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum). Then...
    Post by: azsteven, Apr 30, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Red Oak?

    +2, a real pleasure
    Post by: azsteven, Apr 30, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What is this wood that I can't split?

    So, today I bought a diamond-shaped splitting wedge, like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Ace-Truper-Wg-4x-c33098-Collins-Grenade/dp/B000QTMT7W And...
    Post by: azsteven, Apr 27, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What is this wood that I can't split?

    I've never heard of red elm... Around here most trees are maples, oaks, or evergreens.
    Post by: azsteven, Apr 26, 2010 in forum: The Wood Shed
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