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    Wet stacks

    That storm this weekend changed my view on woodsheds. I always thought top covering the stacks would be enough, no true need for a shed. After...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 11, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Using Ash Pan Door To Help Get Fire Going - Why Not??

    While I know it is not recommended, occasionally I have let air in from the ashpan door for 10- 15 seconds on the Jotul, just to get a flame started...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 1, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Changing color of class A chimney

    FYI, the Excel Class A chimney in my workshop is a new install, just 5 weeks old, and also now has a "rainbow" heat effected zone at the top,...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Thought you guys were pulling my leg about oak,....

    Yup, last year we started to burn a stack of 2 year old red oak, and was suprised to see it hiss and sizzle. Decided to give it more time and it...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 29, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    "polishing" painted stove?

    I used stove polish on the Defiant, and have touched up the black painted Jotul with it as well. After the first fire, the stove polish seems to...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 15, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Who has a wood stove in their garage?

    f I am in the process of installing my Old VC Defiant in a barn (workshop). It does store a vehicle, and was built to be a garage, but has barn...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Dec 13, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Hardest Wood to Split by Hand???

    Elm is the worst- the Fiskars axe and my heaviest maul just bounce off many of the rounds. It burys a wedge, then a 2nd wedge, now how to you noodle...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Nov 29, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Anybody run this saw combination (346XP, 365)

    I run a 346XP NE (18") and a 372XPW. For someone like me who is mostly just a firewood cutter, very happy running that combo. Can't say on the...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Mar 7, 2012 in forum: The Gear
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    F-600 Non Cat owners: a design flaw?...

    I get a lot of brown build-up on the glass as well, and the right door is worse than the left. It is much worse this time of year, when the stove is...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Dec 8, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Red Oak 2 years drying - still some bubbles?

    The red oak sizzled a bit out the ends for a few minutes, then burned fine; however, I think I will follow Backwoods' advice and this year use the...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Nov 22, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Red Oak 2 years drying - still some bubbles?

    I have about 1.5 cords of red oak that has been split and stacked for two full springs/summer /falls, stacked in double rows out in the open. It...
    Thread by: formula_pilot, Nov 20, 2011, 43 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Debarking firewood.

    Even after a full year of drying in a stack, the bark on some sugar maple I have was infested with bugs from being on the ground too long. (free...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 24, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    What Are Your Priorities?

    I voted Burning clean, not really because of the neighbors, as they are too far away to be effected, but because glaze creosote is a major pain to...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 12, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    how do you cut up pallets?

    For pallets, I use a worn out 30cc saw with a junk chain and look out for the nails as best I can. We burn pallets in the fire pit , I gave up...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 9, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    New vs.old; wood used

    [/quote] My post was not really a good comparison for wood consumption on old vs new. Last year we were doing more evening / morning fires,...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 8, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    New vs.old; wood used

    In September, we replaced a Vermont castings Defiant 1975 with a Jotul F600CB. I have burned almost 2x more wood so far this year with the Jotul than...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 7, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    X27 Update

    I just called Bailey's, and at first the girl could not find it on their system, then I gave her the p/n 78846935, and it showed up, X27. I...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    Look Out Northeast Here It Comes Again

    You can come to CT and take all the show you want, I am running out of room to put it! The path to my woodpiles are like a WWI trench system....
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 27, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Burning 24 hours 7 days a week, when applicable, and/or heating your house continuously with wood un

    Evening fires every day during the heating season. On mild days, in the morning we will just go with a smaller fire and let it go to coals. 465lbs...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 24, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood needs cut stack by april 30th where you at for next year.

    Depends, the way this winter is going, I may burn 5 cords insteads of 2 1/2 as hoped for with the new EPA Stove. Trouble is, after 2 more cords this...
    Post by: formula_pilot, Jan 19, 2011 in forum: The Wood Shed
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