New Jotul F55 Installed

[OHutton]

On a side note, Jeffersonm, I think we have the same taste in furniture. I'm a mid century fiend.

Also, I like how you extended the masonry to the right of the stove and store your wood there now. That's nice and convenient. I like to take as few trips out to the back yard for wood as possible. Don't wanna hijack this thread any more than I already have, but I was thinking about doing something like this but a lot shorter. http://thecavenderdiary.com/2011/11/06/plumbing-pipe-firewood-holder/

 

[iluvjazznjava]

I too am considering the F55 for my house. Let us know what kind of burn times you can get once you have had a chance to give it a good workout. I am hoping with a full load of wood I can get an overnight burn. No great supply of hardwood for me - I burn mostly larch and fir. Birch if I am lucky.

 

[begreen]

For sure you will get an overnight burn with a full load of wood if the stove is run properly. Larch and birch are pretty good for firewood. I get an overnight burn in a similarly sized firebox burning doug fir.

 

[jeffesonm]

Overnight burns are no problem at all... just save the big chunks for the long nights.

 

[jeffesonm]

On a side note, Jeffersonm, I think we have the same taste in furniture. I'm a mid century fiend.

Also, I like how you extended the masonry to the right of the stove and store your wood there now. That's nice and convenient. I like to take as few trips out to the back yard for wood as possible. Don't wanna hijack this thread any more than I already have, but I was thinking about doing something like this but a lot shorter. http://thecavenderdiary.com/2011/11/06/plumbing-pipe-firewood-holder/

Thanks. This house is was built in 1957 by a couple that lived here until they passed away a few years back, and then I bought the place. Everything is original and in excellence shape... sparkly laminate countertops, power blue bathroom, etc... it even has this automatic griddle that plugs into a special outlet on the counter:

I hear you on the wood handling... I recently re-purposed this metal cart into a wood cart which gets me almost a week of wood at a time.