Helping the wife cope.........

[Dix]

I'm the "skirt" in our home...
A stove inside a dwelling must be understood and easily maintained by EVERY household member old enough to be reasonably expected to understand the basic workings. It's just common sense.

(stoves are so easy to operate, there is NO reason for any woman or teenage kid to be afraid of them or not know how to operate one safely).

My wife and you are not from the same planet!

Send her over, we'll indoctrinate her ;-)

 

[oldspark]

I'm the "skirt" in our home...

A stove inside a dwelling must be understood and easily maintained by EVERY household member old enough to be reasonably expected to understand the basic workings. It's just common sense.

(stoves are so easy to operate, there is NO reason for any woman or teenage kid to be afraid of them or not know how to operate one safely).

My wife and you are not from the same planet!

Send her over, we'll indoctrinate her ;-)

You had better pack a lunch! :roll:

 

[Dix]

I'm the "skirt" in our home...

A stove inside a dwelling must be understood and easily maintained by EVERY household member old enough to be reasonably expected to understand the basic workings. It's just common sense.

(stoves are so easy to operate, there is NO reason for any woman or teenage kid to be afraid of them or not know how to operate one safely).

My wife and you are not from the same planet!

Send her over, we'll indoctrinate her ;-)

You had better pack a lunch! :roll:

Filly fits are my specialty. I don't use this screen name for nothing. I earned it

 

[BrotherBart]

Darn women. Ought to be kept away from man things like wood stoves. Ya think pioneer women maintained wood fires?

Uh. Never mind. :red:

 

[begreen]

Women have been tending the home fires since, well probably since we discovered fire. That's why Hestia is the goddess of the hearth. And as my wife would say, don't you forget it.

 

[cptoneleg]

BOBBIN- GGoooGirl Girl Power :roll:

 

[Dix]

Darn women. Ought to be kept away from man things like wood stoves. Ya think pioneer women maintained wood fires?

Uh. Never mind. :red:

BeGreen Posted: 02 August 2010 06:40 PM

Women have been tending the home fires since, well probably since we discovered fire. That’s why Hestia is the goddess of the hearth. And as my wife would say, don’t you forget it.

You are both very smart men !!

 

[soupy1957]

This was not intended to be a thread shot at women. So I'll steer us back on course if you don't mind.

Both my wife AND myself, need to be "on the same page" when it comes to tending the fire, keeping a balanced burn, and preventing any unwanted accidents on a small or devastating scale.

Based on a number of the responses to the content of what I wanted to post on the refrigerator, for BOTH of us to use as a guide, here is my revised list:

1. Remind yourself every day, while you are lugging wood, or cleaning ash: "I love to burn wood; I love to burn wood!"
If it becomes a "chore," you've lost the essence of what it's all about.
2. Get the fire going like you always have, and keep it going.
No fire, no heat!
3. Keep the wood dry out in the yard.
You can't burn soaked wood!
4. If you try again to cook potatoes in a pan on top of the stove, leave them there longer this time!
If you can't afford to wait any longer, use the microwave!
5. The stove and flue thermometers are just there to give you an idea of how things are going.
If the outside of either the stove or flue are cherry red, I'd back down on the heat if I were you!
6. Open windows and doors to cool things down.
The cat likes the snow anyway.
7. Wave politely at the oil man as he passes our house without stopping.
It'll confuse the HECK outa him!!
8. It's all about keeping the fire balanced.
I know it's been a long time, but try........
9. It's tempting to toss trash in the fire but don't!
I wanted that last issue of Yankee Magazine!
10. Be very friendly to the folks in the Hearth.com Forum
They are a useful and helpful bunch!


-Soupy1957

 

[allhandsworking]

Biggest issue I've had with our stove.........closing the Damper (air inlet) all the way seems to snuff out the fire.........I have to be careful with it. Don't know "why" it snuffs things out, because I would think that even when fully closed, I'd imagine that there is SOME airflow (I need to look at the inner airflow patterns as designed by the manufacturer to confirm this).

-Soupy1957

Your wood is not as dry as you think it is fleshly split your wood then check with moisture meter. if your at 15% at the end of the split your more likely to be around 30 - 20% on a fresh split.