Hi all, it's been a while since I posted here. I've been burning wood for a few years now and have my system down pretty well. I find however that...
I was given a shed last spring that I plan on using for a wood shed, it is 12' long 10' wide and the walls are 7' 4" high. I have about 6 cords of...
I am wondering if anyone has used Basswood for heating, I cut and split a bunch of it last fall not knowing for sure what it was. A friend...
I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday who is the manager of an industrial supply store. Our conversation turned to wood-burning and the process...
I have a digital thermometer in my kitchen window with the sensor on the outside of the house, this is a west exposure. At 5:00 am this morning as I...
Came home tonight been gone since Thursday. 24 deg. outside, about 45 deg. in the house no heat on since I left. Turned on the heat pump and...
The design of my stove (Century Hearth) doesn't make chimney cleaning an easy chore. I have to disconnect the chimney and take it outside to run my...
In the next couple of weeks I want to erect a simple structure for storing my firewood in. I am thinking about sinking poles into the ground and...
Woke up this morning to 8" of fresh snow!!! Have been trying to post a picture but can't get it to work so am giving up. Filled the woodbox to...
On another post a writer refered to Elm as a softwood, my grandfather told me many years ago the way to tell the difference between a hardwood and...
My father has just installed a ground sourse heat pump and he is wondering how well it will work for heating his hot water. The guy who installed it...
Got up this morning and the thermometer said 29 degrees below zero Fahrenheit!!! I cannot remember weather this cold in March in my lifetime. I live...
I am new to stove maintenance, chimney cleaning etc. and I am wondering if there is a way to clean my chimney without taking it apart. I bought a...
Does anyone know of a homemade cleaning solution for the glass window on the door of a woodstove? I bought some stuff at Canadian Tire but it didn't...
I just installed a "Century Hearth" wood-stove in my living room and I would like to move some of this heat to my kitchen and utility room which are...
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