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    Superpines

    My cat makes those from time to time. They don't burn well so I just use the Super Cedars. :)
    Post by: wrxtance, Nov 6, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Century Insert on Sale

    The Osburn 2000 is NOT the same as the Century. Trust me, I owned the Century and did a TON of research to replace it (the stove just didn't cut it...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 19, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    My ever-expanding wood processing area

    I figure I have about 5+ cords cut/split/stacked and another 2-3 bucked ready to split. My parents had a bunch of trees taken down this past summer...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 16, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    My ever-expanding wood processing area

    The splitter is a bit slow but still runs strong. It's been in the family only a few years less than I have! It gets it's yearly oil change whether...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 12, 2012 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    My ever-expanding wood processing area

    Thought I'd post a couple pics of the wood area as is sits today just for fun. Got lots of maple to work through... Funny, the internets weren't...
    Thread by: wrxtance, Jan 11, 2012, 15 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    First truly scary moment...

    I think what scared me the most was the rate at which the temp climbed. I could see the needle sweeping from 700 to 750 and I was thinking if it...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 11, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    First truly scary moment...

    The owner's manual for the Century Stove my Country replaced said not to exceed 840F stove top temp. The chimney liners are supposedly rated to...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 11, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    First truly scary moment...

    I've been burning our new Lennox/Country C260 insert for about 1.5 months now. Its great - hold lots of wood, puts out the heat, etc. Our wood has...
    Thread by: wrxtance, Jan 11, 2012, 18 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Smoke escaping on startup normal?

    For the short time I had my CW2500, from a cold start only, the secondary tubes would spill a bit of smoke into the area between the top of my stove...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    North American Pellet ???

    Heat output of these isn't the best but they are "average" I would say. I got 3 tons of these things for a pretty good price. My stove likes them -...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    How to load Bio bricks w/ wood for overnight burns

    I find that the fact that the bricks burn so much slower and eventually need a lot more air to burn down than wood, its a tough puzzle to mix the two...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Biobricks, the economics of them?

    A friend of mine used his stove for ONLY supplemental heat. probably 70% oil and only 30% wood. For him, he bought a single ton of the eco bricks...
    Post by: wrxtance, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Century CW2500 - Did I make a Mistake?

    Well - out with the old, and in with the new last night. Visited a local stove shop and settled on a Lennox/Country Legacy insert. Blew the budget...
    Post by: wrxtance, Dec 21, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Century CW2500 - Did I make a Mistake?

    Just for my own interest, how does one go about "requesting" these lab results? it this available to the general public? So far my experience...
    Post by: wrxtance, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Century CW2500 - Did I make a Mistake?

    Budget... well, initial budget was to try to stay under $1500 for stove and liner (which I did) but now I am trying to stay under $2000 for a...
    Post by: wrxtance, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Century CW2500 - Did I make a Mistake?

    So I've come to the conclusion that I did make a mistake with the stove. Not really the stoves fault but more my lack of research. I think the two...
    Post by: wrxtance, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Chain saw shopping

    +1 Love my refurb 445! Really a great saw and the refurb looked brand new (though the chain did need to be sharpened out of the box).
    Post by: wrxtance, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: The Gear
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    east-west loading help

    About the same here. I pull coals to the front, then blow a 4" wide trough right through the middle then spread these hot coals in the back of...
    Post by: wrxtance, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    what temps are you guys running your inserts at

    My wood isn't exactly perfect this year (a touch under-seasoned) but I typically try to hit the 500-550F mark. I'm very happy when I hit 600F but it...
    Post by: wrxtance, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Relighting in the morning

    Perhaps stove-dependent but a nice trick I have learned is: in the morning, I'll check to see if I have any hot coals left. If so, I will SPREAD...
    Post by: wrxtance, Nov 18, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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