The first stove lighting of the year..

[Jmorg]

Hopefully for you it's just cool not a ton of rain

Well it looks like we will get a lot here in Richmond, but we've been needing it. I just hope it's not too bad for all those further south.

 

[Seanbear]

Im on my 3rd fire with a new stove pipe setup. Working great. was 59 in my house the other day, and I got it back up to 74 in about an hour and a half. I didnt have a clean out on my last set of pipe,, Im a newbie, but I have one now. Now its time to buy a cleaning kit. I just have a US Stove company wood burner. Heats my whole old house up great. My house was built in 1886!

 

[Riverbanks]

All this talk, im heading to the basement to light one up, my excuse, it did rain today

 

[marty319]

Close to frost again this morning so another burn.

 

[gthomas785]

We had our first fire last Friday.

 

[NewGuy132]

Wow I feel left out like I should fire mine up.

 

[stoveliker]

Me too. But the sun is making it 75 inside today...

 

[Riverbanks]

I didn't really need to last night, I have a black Labrador, she is my thermometer, if she lays across my lap on the couch, I Know it's time for some heat, but I felt peer pressure, ha

 

[Labfriend]

Not yet but the weather is making me think about it.

 

[mattie5960]

I've had a few small fires going over the last couple of weeks. I didn't get my stove until mid-March this year, and it's my first wood stove, so I'm really looking forward to the heart of winter this year to see what she can do.

Many of you helped me diagnose my over firing issue late last season (about 6 months ago). Recently, I've managed to keep the stove top cool enough by engaging the oven as a regular practice, but the fact that the manual recommends against this has been eating at me. This year's fires have been small so far, so I've been able to keep the oven side disengaged while regulating stove top heat with great success.

Just today, for the first time I tried raking the coals from my tinder fire to the front of the box and loading 5 medium-ish splits in North-South orientation. Every fire I've built before today has been in a tic-tac-toe type pattern, where one layer goes N-S, and the next E-W, repeating the pattern until I've got enough wood, or the box is full. Obviously this gives the wood a lot of breathing room, and everything tends to ignite at once. I could never keep the stove top cool with this loading method before, unless I engaged the oven, allowing the air to circulate through the entire stove.

So anyway, today I had a load of such size that it definitely would have over fired the stove had it been arranged in the NS/EW pattern I normally use, but the stove was easily regulated (without engaging the oven) when the coals were raked to the front, and all logs were tightly oriented NS.

It's going to be mid-30s tomorrow night, and I'm very excited to try this new strategy with a large load of wood to see how it goes.

 

[stoveliker]

I've had a few small fires going over the last couple of weeks. I didn't get my stove until mid-March this year, and it's my first wood stove, so I'm really looking forward to the heart of winter this year to see what she can do.

Many of you helped me diagnose my over firing issue late last season (about 6 months ago). Recently, I've managed to keep the stove top cool enough by engaging the oven as a regular practice, but the fact that the manual recommends against this has been eating at me. This year's fires have been small so far, so I've been able to keep the oven side disengaged while regulating stove top heat with great success.

Just today, for the first time I tried raking the coals from my tinder fire to the front of the box and loading 5 medium-ish splits in North-South orientation. Every fire I've built before today has been in a tic-tac-toe type pattern, where one layer goes N-S, and the next E-W, repeating the pattern until I've got enough wood, or the box is full. Obviously this gives the wood a lot of breathing room, and everything tends to ignite at once. I could never keep the stove top cool with this loading method before, unless I engaged the oven, allowing the air to circulate through the entire stove.

So anyway, today I had a load of such size that it definitely would have over fired the stove had it been arranged in the NS/EW pattern I normally use, but the stove was easily regulated (without engaging the oven) when the coals were raked to the front, and all logs were tightly oriented NS.

It's going to be mid-30s tomorrow night, and I'm very excited to try this new strategy with a large load of wood to see how it goes.

Maybe your signature line needs to be changed
Seems you are getting the hang of what you are doing!

 

[Jmorg]

Alright, I had to get in on this…couldn’t help it!

 

[BrownT10]

Looks good, probably still a few weeks away. Prepping to bring wood in though

 

[NewGuy132]

I might possibly fire the stove up tonight or tomorrow morning. Work from home tomorrow, so I might need it to take the chill out first thing.

 

[begreen]

Not yet. Looks like we are going to start October with near 80º temps.

 

[t0asty]

not technically my first of season, but 3rd and last break in fire

 

[Caw]

Only one fire so far this season to cure the new paint job. Mid 50s and sunny so the solar and head pump are doing their things. Solar, heat pump, and wood stove is an ideal combo in my climate.

 

[Deppizzymo]

I have done three fires in our brand new Lopi Liberty. This is my first year on wood. Night #1 it was going to be 38 for a low so I lit the stove before bed... bad idea! Got way too hot but it was so fun to use for the first time we didn't mind. Two nights ago it was 40 for a low. I decided to see how cold the house would get... got down to 68 when I woke up so it was perfect. Lit a small fire and brought it back up to 75 for the wife and kids when they woke up. This morning it was 69 after a low of 40 last night. I did the same thing except a slightly smaller fire. It was 73 when my wife got up and the fire was just about done so she threw more on (we normally keep the house at 72)! She is liking it just about as much as I am. We will all be spoiled by wood heat very soon.

 

[gzecc]

Lit a fire in the buck 27000 after a cleaning to verify its working. Its not. Ordered a temperature sensor from Servicesales.com. Hope its here before we need it.

 

[Dakotas Dad]

Be another month or so here, but I may be able to sneak in a couple of small "drying" fires at some point between now and then..

 

[BrownT10]

Ended up starting it it for the first time this year. Take the chill off and my kids have been bugging me to get Ozzy going. Have plenty of wood in the pipeline so why not.

 

[Boxer]

Lit mine last night. I worked outside in the rain all day and the house was damp when I came in. We usually never have a fire until at least the end of October. Next week shows cold so it’s looking like an early start this year.

 

[PaulOinMA]

Hoping it will be in a few weeks. Still haven't cleaned the liner. Will do this week. Just moved wood into the hoop in the garage. Have a trash can full of kindling in the garage from last year. Will do 2 or 3 more. Will do some this week.

My first fire here metrowest Boston averages October 25. Earliest September 30. Latest November 24.

 

[Riverbanks]

Ozzy, lol, my name for the stove is, lulubelle, or sweet baby when things aren't going so well

 

[Caw]

Hoping it will be in a few weeks. Still haven't cleaned the liner. Will do this week. Just moved wood into the hoop in the garage. Have a trash can full of kindling in the garage from last year. Will do 2 or 3 more. Will do some this week.

My first fire here metrowest Boston averages October 25. Earliest September 30. Latest November 24.

Mid to late October is about right for us too, same location. We've had 2 fires so far. First one shouldn't count that was just curing the new paint. We had one the other day for fun, we're years ahead on wood so why not, everyone enjoyed it. I'm typically riding my heat pump/solar until it gets below 40...but...if the wife wants fire there will be fire .