1st Fire of the season started last weekend. High of 56* and blowing Saturday, 38* Monday morning. I burned all Sat, Sun and threw a couple splits on the fire around 2:OOam Monday to keep the house warm. Easy start up, quickly up to 600* stovetop then steady burn for about 1 hours to make coals, refill and burn for 15 min, temp 550-600. turn it down to 1/4 and it cruises right there slowly going down to 400-450 before ready to refill. Could get about 2.5 hrs of steady heat but even after 6 hours I could throw small splits on be right back to it. Already wish it was BIGGER but it is really about all I could fit without major modifications and using lots of floor space in my living room. Ash tray was just about filled when I cleaned it out Monday afternoon. Bottom line is this baby is going to save me some $$$ on propane and keep the house WARM instead of just above cold.
Getting ready to install an Airshare to get the heat into my den directly across the wall from the stove, this will also heat my kitchen better with natural draft back to the living room. The living room was often 78* while the den was 68*, I imagine that Iwill be able burn a little lower temp and little longer with this mod while keeping the house more comfortable.
The red oak I cut back in the spring is NOT ready to burn (even after resplitting both cords (by hand) in August to help speed up the process). Some around 28% but most still 30-32%. The wood I bought from a friend in the biz was good but I'm gonna need more!
Getting ready to install an Airshare to get the heat into my den directly across the wall from the stove, this will also heat my kitchen better with natural draft back to the living room. The living room was often 78* while the den was 68*, I imagine that Iwill be able burn a little lower temp and little longer with this mod while keeping the house more comfortable.
The red oak I cut back in the spring is NOT ready to burn (even after resplitting both cords (by hand) in August to help speed up the process). Some around 28% but most still 30-32%. The wood I bought from a friend in the biz was good but I'm gonna need more!
