Babysitting the stove

[Ashful]

Up babysitting the stove. Outside 54'F, inside 72'F, too warm for my preference. Raked coals forward and reloaded with two large splits in rear and medium round in front at 9pm. Was cruising along nice and low on medium air control all evening, then started taking off as I was heading to bed at 11pm. I hesitate to crank too low and leave it, given the back puffing problems I had in similar warm weather last spring, although a half hour at less than 1/4 air setting now, and she's behaving we'll.

Can't wait to get the insulated liner installed on this masonry chimney!

 

[BrowningBAR]

I'm not running a stove tonight. It's a little cool in the house, but not enough to get a stove going.

After this Saturday it looks like we will be in the up 60s and 70s for the next week or so.

 

[Wood Duck]

Half and hour of babysitting isn't too bad. A real baby would require a lot more than that.

 

[Ashful]

I'm not running a stove tonight. It's a little cool in the house, but not enough to get a stove going.

I could have gone either way today, at 66'F indoors when I got home, but I so enjoyed finally getting to use that stove the night before. Early in the season, I'm always looking for any excuse to light up.

Half and hour of babysitting isn't too bad. A real baby would require a lot more than that.

Yep... Got one of those, too!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Up babysitting the stove. Outside 54'F, inside 72'F, too warm for my preference. Raked coals forward and reloaded with two large splits in rear and medium round in front at 9pm. Was cruising along nice and low on medium air control all evening, then started taking off as I was heading to bed at 11pm. I hesitate to crank too low and leave it, given the back puffing problems I had in similar warm weather last spring, although a half hour at less than 1/4 air setting now, and she's behaving we'll.

Can't wait to get the insulated liner installed on this masonry chimney!

Joful, have you considered not putting in as much wood? For sure I would not want large splits in the stove at this time of the year. A couple small splits should give you enough heat for overnight in October. The most we've put in our stove so far this year is 3 medium splits. Got really hot too. Should have been small splits. Guess I got carried away.

So far today, I started the stove around 10:00 this morning. That was 4 pieces of cut-off lumber. I've added 4 more just a bit ago. Should not have done that but wife wanted to dry some clothes so we'll bake for a bit.

 

[Ashful]

Joful, have you considered not putting in as much wood?

Yep! But, I was experimenting. I'm on a quest to keep up with those BK fan boys.

 

[n3pro]

First year with the 30 and shoulder season so yup, doing quite a bit of babysitting the stove trying to lean it. Tonight would be a great fire night, front coming through too late though. Low of 37 BUT it's 7:20 and still 55 out and 76 inside; I work from 1 AM to 5 AM so furnace night :-( . I waste much more time on less beneficial stuff so babysitting the stove is at least justifiable.

 

[BrotherBart]

What I hate is that time, at least twice a winter, when all forecasts are for high twenties or low thirties at night so around nine o'clock I load'er up and spend an hour getting it settled. Then I go to shut the computer down for the night and notice that the wind has shifted from out of the South and all of a sudden the low is gonna be 50. Gets might hot in the joint those nights.

 

[corey21]

All this week i have been building a morning fire with three splits heat my place just fine.