~*~Kathleen~*~ said:"otherwise your wood burns up too quickly." Words of wisdom from the guy who brought me a load of lovely red oak today. He was truly trying to be helpful to me. He's been cutting and burning wood in a big old fisher stove his entire life, and that's the conventional wisdom.
Wooddust said:One issue wood burners face is the stove having enough coals in the morning to light off new added wood.
PapaDave said:By the by, how's your new 13 running?
~*~Kathleen~*~ said:PapaDave said:By the by, how's your new 13 running?
So far so good! It was ~37 degrees F last night and the furnace is still gathering dust. The cowdog already found her winter spot at the hearth. Thanks for asking.
Wood Duck said:Green wood actually does burn longer, I think. When you load a hot stove with green wood, there is a period of time when the heat from the old coals is cooking water out of the green wood. during this time, the green wood isn't really burning a lot, so in a sense you are extending the burn time. Eventually the water gets cooked off and the wood begins to burn. Big pieces take longer to burn, so big, green pieces of wood can make a fire last longest, yielding coals in the morning if you have large enough pieces and can cut the air down enough. This is the old-fashioned way to do things, loading up the stove with big, green pieces of wood and cutting back the air when you go to bed. You're going to bed, so a little less heat in the house doesn't bother you, and the long, slow burn keeps the house warm late at night.
The problem with burning green wood is twofold (at least, maybe more). First, while the water is cooking out of the wood you are losing a lot of heat to evaporation in the stove instead of heating the house. Second, while this is happening cool smoke is going up the chimney, leading to creosote accumulation, not to mention air pollution. Overall you use more wood for the same heat in the house, plus your chimney gets clogged and the air is smoky outside. It would be better to have dry wood and burn it efficiently, in my opinion.
Wooddust said:Good discussion and helpful. After just two seasons with my stove, for me at least, the issues of stove operation seem to come down to "feel". As a newbie compared to many of you, Im still developing an understanding of the impact of the selected wood, the size I split my wood into, the species (I am blessed with abundance of hardwood oaks, osage orange, black locust, honey locust), and the dryness or lack thereof of the wood I am burning. I'd also speculate every stove has a personality of its own that comes from not only its design but also its installation and location that makes it even more critical to develop that feel.
I learn a lot here. Y'all are ok in my book.
firefighterjake said:Wooddust said:Good discussion and helpful. After just two seasons with my stove, for me at least, the issues of stove operation seem to come down to "feel". As a newbie compared to many of you, Im still developing an understanding of the impact of the selected wood, the size I split my wood into, the species (I am blessed with abundance of hardwood oaks, osage orange, black locust, honey locust), and the dryness or lack thereof of the wood I am burning. I'd also speculate every stove has a personality of its own that comes from not only its design but also its installation and location that makes it even more critical to develop that feel.
I learn a lot here. Y'all are ok in my book.
Hehheh . . . apparently you haven't met all of our members yet . . . some are most definitely not OK. . . . especially the ones who insist on splitting vertically.
firefighterjake said:Wooddust said:Good discussion and helpful. After just two seasons with my stove, for me at least, the issues of stove operation seem to come down to "feel". As a newbie compared to many of you, Im still developing an understanding of the impact of the selected wood, the size I split my wood into, the species (I am blessed with abundance of hardwood oaks, osage orange, black locust, honey locust), and the dryness or lack thereof of the wood I am burning. I'd also speculate every stove has a personality of its own that comes from not only its design but also its installation and location that makes it even more critical to develop that feel.
I learn a lot here. Y'all are ok in my book.
Hehheh . . . apparently you haven't met all of our members yet . . . some are most definitely not OK. . . . especially the ones who insist on splitting vertically . . . and the ones who live in Maine.