How long does it take you?

[MagdalenaP]

From a cold start, to shutting down the air and being able to walk away... How long does it take you?

 

[Ctwoodtick]

After about 10 min I can turn the primary down to about 1/2 open. I usually stay between 1/4 and 1/2 open for first load which is usually a small to medium load.
After that I do more full reload on those coals. Once I have sone decent flames I cut primary air all the way and then stove cruises.

 

[Woody Stover]

Half hour maybe, unless I really crank it up, which I don't particularly care to do..

 

[Sawset]

From a cold start, to shutting down the air and being able to walk away... How long does it take you?

It depends.
If the wood is wet, it may take indefinitely. Open it up, start it up, and wonder when I can get it all closed back up to run. Luckily, year 1 was just that, but only then. Learn a little, live a little, next year was another year. Like Bart said, you didn't know what you was miss'n. Dry wood, top down, stack is up in 5min, close it up at 15.

 

[begreen]

Depends, 10-15 minutes typically.

 

[Highbeam]

An hour on cold starts for the cat stove.

 

[bholler]

An hour on cold starts for the cat stove.

Really? 30 mins max for me. The regency was 15 maybe 20 in this house. The old house if I opened up both dampers it could be up to temp in well under 10 mins. But I had rediculous draft there.

 

[Diabel]

1h on the BK
20-40min on the VC
Both cold starts

 

[Kevin Weis]

About 45 minutes on my VC. But that can go to an hour easy depending on the type wood used for kindling.

 

[Diabel]

Hot coal bed reloads:
VC 10-15min
Every 8 to 12 hours
BK 30-45min
Every 18-24 hours

BK requires less babysitting for sure.

 

[vwmike]

In my Summit it's about 15 min with fir, and about 20 with maple or birch.

 

[weatherguy]

half hour on cold starts, 20 minutes on reloads

 

[Mike.O]

I give my self 35 minutes in the morning to go from coal bed to shut down and comfortable walking. I rarely go cold start to shutdown. I always kindle a small load to get coals, then stuff the box on the kindled coals. Usually 1-2 hours. But the stove doesn't go out much.

 

[spudman99]

As long as she (the stove) needs it....hehe

 

[Grizzerbear]

On a cold start i can usually walk away with stove cruising at about 20-30 minutes.

 

[fire_man]

I agree with Highbeam and Diabel - an hour for the cat stove from a dead cold start.
I burn three small logs down to hot coals and then load the stove.

 

[Microduck17]

From a completely stone cold start to when I can walk away about an hour or a bit more. That includes cleaning out the ashes of the last fire and running the brush through the clean out tee a few times.

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[billb3]

First fire in the morning is pine.
During shoulder season that's usually a cold start and I'l load and light and set my watch timer for ten minutes and after ten minutes come back and turn the air down if it took off good. I might or might not sit there for a few minutes to make sure it doesn't choke and start smoking. So, maybe 15 minutes on a good day.
We have nice dry wood and starts are usually dependably uneventful and rather boring.
Nice dry pine doesn't take much for coals in the morning as well.

 

[jetsam]

No such thing as a cold start October - March!

 

[firefighterjake]

Cold start . . . half hour to an hour.

But I really like what Spudman said . . . sometimes things just don't go the right way . . . so sometimes it really is as long as it takes. When I leave the home with the fire going I want to be sure it is in "cruising" mode . . . if it means being a bit late for work, so be it.

 

[jotul8e2]

20 minutes to an hour.

Variables:

Delta - inside vs.outside temperature
Softwood vs. hardwood
Moisture content
Atmospheric conditions if the wood is brought from outdoors. Even if the wood is covered it takes longer if the air is damp.
Type of wood
Amount of kindling used and the size of the first load of splits


Other factors which seem to have a bearing include:
How soon I really want to be in bed
What time is my appointment
Is company present
And of course, how cold the house is.

If two or more of the last set of factors are present it may take two hours.

 

[Diabel]

Just did a semi hot reload. 17min from dropping the first split in the box to comfortably be able to leave the house for extended period of time (a dinner for example).
Murphy’s law however, when you need to be somewhere for a specific time....the stove will not cooperate. I allow my self extra 1h for such instances. Or if I am pressed time wise....I will let the fire go out. It is al lot nicer to come back home to a cold stove than a bunch of firefighterjakes in your back yard.

 

[moresnow]

Cold start after a sweep, cat vacuum, and blow through and bypass adjustment. 4:20pm. Closed bypass at 4:36. Shut therm to cruise at 4:50. Stove top temp is 600F and will climb a touch before its done. Looks like 30 minutes overall. Mostly softwood load. Hardwood can be a somewhat longer routine for me.

 

[Woody Stover]

if it means being a bit late for work, so be it.

Yeah, that guy can always build a new house..

 

[kennyp2339]

BK princess - ball park 15-20min on average.