Pros and cons of a warm home

[BrowningBAR]

Pros:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and still be comfortable.

Cons:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and burn your damn arm just above the glove line when loading the stove.

 

[pen]

If you see me in the summer w/ shorts on, it's HOT! If you see me wearing shorts in the winter, well that's because the englander is doing it's job.

I like to feel better than average. I suppose that means cold in the summer, hot in the winter.

pen

 

[begreen]

Ouch. Dang top loaders. That's why I like a big stove. My burn count has gone down significantly with a large opening to work with. Typically one small one a year now, gloveless.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Ouch. Dang top loaders. That's why I like a big stove. My burn count has gone down significantly with a large opening to work with. Typically one small one a year now, gloveless.

Yep, it was one of the top loads that bit me.

 

[remkel]

Chicks dig scars.....it is all in the story you dream up to explain them- it isn't a burn from loading your stove, it is an injury suffered while trying to tame a wildfire. All in the presentation.

 

[bboulier]

Pros:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and still be comfortable.

Cons:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and burn your damn arm just above the glove line when loading the stove.

If you are (reasonably) clever, the "Con" only happens once per year while the "Pros" happen everyday.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Pros:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and still be comfortable.

Cons:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and burn your damn arm just above the glove line when loading the stove.

If you are (reasonably) clever, the "Con" only happens once per year while the "Pros" happen everyday.

But the con hurts.

 

[VCBurner]

LMAO! :lol:

Great stuff BrowningBAR, I just burned myself a couple of days ago with the door latch bolt on the side door. I now have a round dark mark on my left arm just above the glove! I may have a top loader coming soon for the basement. We'll see what happens then. I had a top loader down there with a 10x9 door on it and a shoot bellow it(better coal stove then wood.) It only fit 16" small splits down the thing. I had a lot of burns with that stove. It had a tiny firebox and short burn times but heated my house for almost an entire winter. I learned to love wood stoves with it.

 

[nate379]

Am I the only one that doesn't use gloves? No, never been burned either.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Am I the only one that doesn't use gloves? No, never been burned either.

A wise man acknowledges his stupidity. I am a very wise man... or very stupid. Jury's still out.

 

[BrowningBAR]

I now have a round dark mark on my left arm just above the glove! I may have a top loader coming soon for the basement. We'll see what happens then.

What do you have your eye on?

 

[Jutt77]

Pros:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and still be comfortable.

Cons:
- You get to wear short sleeve shirts during the dead of winter and burn your damn arm just above the glove line when loading the stove.

Lol, couldn't agree more...I burnt myself on the upper arm the other night and about a hour later, burnt myself on the exact same spot! Lately, I've been going with shorts and no shirt, in the dead of winter...awesome.

 

[VCBurner]

I now have a round dark mark on my left arm just above the glove! I may have a top loader coming soon for the basement. We'll see what happens then.

What do you have your eye on?

A used VC Defiant Encore model 2190. I was also looking at a Hearthstone Harvest. I don't know which one would be better. I looked at the Hearthstone around 10 am the other morning. The guy had loaded it at 9pm the night before and the stones were still too hot to leave your hands on. The chimney I'm using has great draft, I had it measured before and it is more than adequate even for sluggish stoves. But, I am worried about smoke seapage with the Harvest, I hear they require a lot of draft to opperate correctly. As a man of many stoves what do you think? I love the look of those VC Defiant Encores, this one's in blue enamel. Feel free to respond here or at this thread asking about the VC:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/68912/

 

[daveswoodhauler]

Burns? what burns?....oh, those things on my hand......those are fire tender markings

 

[Battenkiller]

Bit of advise: Never load a top loader in the nude. If you absolutely must, bend forward at the waist and pay strict attention to the angle of the dangle.

 

[Loco Gringo]

Am I the only one that doesn't use gloves? No, never been burned either.

Add me. No time for gloves, and dont touch the stove.

 

[jetmech]

stink bugs, warm house around my area means increased stink bug appearences.... wife gets them then throws them into intrepid for increased burn time

 

[NH_Wood]

I've finally committed myself to wearing my long fireplace gloves EVERY time I load the stove. Yes, I've had a few minor burns without them, but what sold me was when a good sized coal pop out of the stove while raking the coal bed. With these gloves, I just grabbed the coal and tossed back in - with bare hands, I would have had to run for the gloves while the floor took a beating. Cheers!

 

[Jags]

I couldn't even imagine loading a 3+ cu ft firebox with a full bed of coals without gloves. Reaching over the coals at about 12" above it and just shy of 2 ft deep wouldn't be fun.

That said - my next stove will be a N-S burner.

 

[Battenkiller]

I wear one glove on my right hand. Hey, my daughter was a big Michael Jackson fan. :lol:


Seriously, with my top loader I have only gotten one burn in two seasons so far. I only need the glove (cheap leather work glove) to open the load door. It is a solid cast griddle top with a small lifting flange cast into the front. Since it is the stove top, it is usually about 500º at reload time. Once the door is open, I guide one end of the split until it touches the coals, then... bombs away. 9 out of 10 times it lands exactly where I want it to, the other 10% of the time I use a homemade metal poker with a small hook forged into the end. Very easy to do from above.

No way I'm reaching way down into a top loading stove when it's raging. Heck, I get a sunburn on my face just standing over the open door. With the bypass damper open, the flames quickly build and then sweep across the entire opening like a solid sheet of flame as they head for the flue. Even with a furnace glove, I'd be afraid of catching my armpit on fire. Apparently, BBAR is a braver man than me. Must be all the steroids and the massive upper body development. ;-P

 

[BrowningBAR]

Even with a furnace glove, I'd be afraid of catching my armpit on fire. Apparently, BBAR is a braver man than me. Must be all the steroids and the massive upper body development. ;-P

Nothing was raging. The stove was sitting at 350 with a good bed of coals. I dropped in the first log and I didn't like the placement so I reached in to move it around and *ZAP*! Caught myself on the lip of the opening.

 

[Tansao]

I had to go down to my folks house about a half mile down the street momentarily last night. My mother asks "Is it really that hot in your house that you have to wear shorts?" I replied "Well, it was 83 but it's dropped down to 79 or so now, but yeah" She had two blankets on.

I love my new stove (Merrimack)

 

[BrowningBAR]

Burns? what burns?....oh, those things on my hand......those are fire tender markings

That's a nice pattern. What spot on the stove did you touch?

 

[Battenkiller]

I dropped in the first log and I didn't like the placement so I reached in to move it around and *ZAP*! Caught myself on the lip of the opening.

Get yerself a good fire poker with a hook on the end. Problem solved. Also, I guess I reload at a much higher temp that you do. If that gal drops below 500º at any time of the day, I am a very unhappy camper. All part of her knockout punch. ;-)

 

[BrowningBAR]

I dropped in the first log and I didn't like the placement so I reached in to move it around and *ZAP*! Caught myself on the lip of the opening.

Get yerself a good fire poker with a hook on the end. Problem solved. Also, I guess I reload at a much higher temp that you do. If that gal drops below 500º at any time of the day, I am a very unhappy camper. All part of her knockout punch. ;-)

I have three pokers (one for each stove). But I find it easier just reaching in and grabbing a log... until I burn myself.

Yesterday was a bit "warm" as it was in the upper 30's for the most part, so I only had two stoves going and neither were raging. Also, even when it is really cold I don't have to keep the Vigilant raging if I have maintained the stoves all day. If I keep the vigilant in the 400-550 range I can let it burn down to coals and reload when the stove hits 300-350 and still keep the stove room in the upper 70s.