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Wet Wood

Watched my neighbor split some wood today for his open fireplace. It was oak and locust from Sandy. It's right on the back porch ready to burn. No I...

Thread by: jatoxico, Feb 7, 2013, 18 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Draft in the Northeast

Anyone else in the northeast finding the draft is a little slow the past few days (1/25/13)? It's been a little slow for me the last 2 days. Cleaned...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 25, 2013, 13 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Found my limit with the insert

It's 10 deg F here now and the Jotul 550 is running at right around 500. The temps are about 68 in the room it's in, 65 upstairs and 62 in the far...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 24, 2013, 12 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Jotul door adjust

Anyone know how to adjust the door on a Jotul especially the 550? Any Jotul owner feel free to chime in since I'm gonna guess the latch sysytem may...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 21, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Shoulder Season Wood

I just bucked up a bunch of scrounge wood. Part of the load is cedar and pine. It would be a big help if I could use this for fall next year since I...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 19, 2013, 6 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Stove Glove Fail

FYI I have a pair of stove gloves like these. The sleeves must be made of polyester or something because I let one touch the glass and it...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 19, 2013, 16 replies, in forum: The Gear
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Jotul 550 Primary Air

Anybody know how to get to the primary air contol in the 550? Would like to check to see its closing all the way.

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 6, 2013, 6 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Backyard Scrounge 2

Posted a thread with same name last year so this is a sequel. Sandy blew through and took the tops off of several large trees behind my house. She...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 5, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Pressed wood block test

I mentioned in another thread that I wanted to try some wood bricks to see if my wife could start running the stove. Tonight I had her put 2 4lb...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 4, 2013, 9 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Small and hot challenge

It's not very cold today but cloudy and dreary 40. Fire makes it much nicer. Trying to burn a small fire so I don't over heat the place but hot...

Thread by: jatoxico, Jan 1, 2013, 13 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Recent poor performance with Jotul C550

OK so I need the big guns here :) . Over the past weekend and during xmas Jotul 550 was working very well. The last two days I have had terrible...

Thread by: jatoxico, Dec 29, 2012, 36 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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What are "wood circulators"?

Have been looking online to try to figure out what these things are but keep getting the same old advertisments and sales nonsense. What is the...

Thread by: jatoxico, Dec 23, 2012, 10 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Locust Burns Sooty

Anyone have the experience that Black Locust burns sooty? BL is currently my primary wood as it was last year and it tends to blacken my fire brick....

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 25, 2012, 15 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Wood Potpurri (and oysters). pic heavy

Stacked about a cord and a half yesterday then went out with my youngest to do a little scrounging. Some of the logs appear to be cedar maybe...

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 22, 2012, 27 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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Jotul 550 loading

Has anyone tried to load a Jotul 550, or similar size insert, north south. The Jotul will take a 14" split north south. I'm wondering if there a...

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 20, 2012, 11 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Saw Buck for Sandy wood

Split all the rounds I have gotten so far from Sandy. Built this saw buck to hold the stuff I need to put the saw to. Hope it helps, folds up when I...

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 17, 2012, 21 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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What I found when cleaning baffles (pics)

This is a follow up to my earlier post about getting ready for the upcoming season. This is what I found when I pulled the right hand baffle on my...

Thread by: jatoxico, Oct 22, 2012, 10 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Second year improvements

Last year was my first season with the Jotul 550. Put about a cord through it, some wood was a bit iffy. Even the better stuff was always out in the...

Thread by: jatoxico, Oct 21, 2012, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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Alone in the Wilderness

Dick Proenneke's Alone in the Wilderness was on this AM. What an amazing documentary and amazing guy. If you have never seen it this guy lived alone...

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 26, 2011, 52 replies, in forum: The Inglenook
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ACS Freebee

The guy I bought my house from left me a bunch of household chemicals including 2 bottles of Anti Creosote spray. I always figured the stuff was...

Thread by: jatoxico, Nov 19, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed

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