What is the issue with nails for a cat stove?
They kill the cat.
What is the issue with nails for a cat stove?
What is the issue with nails for a cat stove?
I agree on the cat thermo High beam yet I've found it handy to know reload time.
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Cats are cruising at 1200 and start to drop. I figure that most of the load is edging into charcoal, not a lot of off gassing . I give it the time so it looks like I can break it down easily, rake it out and load on top.
Fair point. I would say that if I'm going to spend 5000 on 8 cords this winter, replacing a cat each winter is still worth it.Especially if galvanized or coated with, well, anything. Then you can't know what kind of funky stuff was slopped onto those pallets during their use. Pallets are often treated with fungicides, insecticides, or other chemicals to help them hold up.
Catalysts can be ruined by being exposed to things other than the smoke from clean firewood. You can ruin a 250$ catalyst by trying to save a few bucks on firewood.
Fair point. I would say that if I'm going to spend 5000 on 8 cords this winter, replacing a cat each winter is still worth it.
PS, I am hoping to burn that much to bring my propane bills down, but we'll see how well it goes. this Jan-Feb-March each saw 1600 in propane monthly, with neighbouring months in the 600-1000 range. It was just too much.
I've also found a way to cut the pallets which minimizes time to cut them up: I cut them in half, and make 2-3 little pallet "trays", on which I stack the other half of the pallet I sawed up. That means I have 2-3 little trays of pallet wood, meaning can carry them/stack them/etc. and don't need to saw up those trays.
Thoughts are welcome - the reward is a considerable amount. I'm estimating likely 80-100h of sawing, though it might've been more splitting regular firewood.
After redoing our roof, we had a lot of 2x1" batten. In Sweden this type of construction wood is completely untreated. Super easy to cut to length. I started off to remove the nails, but quickly realised, that it is too much work and very inefficient.Fair point. I would say that if I'm going to spend 5000 on 8 cords this winter, replacing a cat each winter is still worth it.
PS, I am hoping to burn that much to bring my propane bills down, but we'll see how well it goes. this Jan-Feb-March each saw 1600 in propane monthly, with neighbouring months in the 600-1000 range. It was just too much.
I've also found a way to cut the pallets which minimizes time to cut them up: I cut them in half, and make 2-3 little pallet "trays", on which I stack the other half of the pallet I sawed up. That means I have 2-3 little trays of pallet wood, meaning can carry them/stack them/etc. and don't need to saw up those trays.
Thoughts are welcome - the reward is a considerable amount. I'm estimating likely 80-100h of sawing, though it might've been more splitting regular firewood.
my oil bill the first year here was 11,000. I'm up in the NWT in northern canada. If you combine a big house, in a northern climate, with lots of windows and a heated garage... there you go!If you are spending $625 a cord than you are doing something wrong. Oil gas or electric would be cheaper. Even kiln dried isn't that expensive.
True, on the current stoves ,non cat, the secondary burn is wide open with no control. ( Thanks EPA) At times I get high winds so I made an adjustable shutter for my secondary air intake. Thought about adding a damper to the flue , but then I can't clean from the bottom up . My roof is quite steep not something you want to be trying to walk up, although that is the easy part. Coming back down is basically a Wily Coyote escapade. I do not bounce well any more.
With that type of energy costs I would get a firewood processor and buy logs.my oil bill the first year here was 11,000. I'm up in the NWT in northern canada. If you combine a big house, in a northern climate, with lots of windows and a heated garage... there you go!
After that winter, I took out the old/inefficient oil boiler and replaced it with a propane on-demand, and the wood stove.
The next winter (most recently), I used the wood stove moderately: every day, but not reloading halfway down, I would reload at the active line. I substituted remaining heat needs with propane. I did use the heated garage more (propane). Total cost was still 11,000. about 3000 in wood and 8000 in propane.
This winter, the idea is to burn the free pallet wood I'm cutting up. I already have a facecord which was about 2h of work. If I can get 8 cords, and burn the whole thing, as well as use the heated garage just for the Jan-March period, my wood cost will be zero (just time) and my propane cost could be like 5000, which would more than halve my total heating bills.
That's the idea at least.
It’d pay for itself in one year. $11k even in CAD is absolutely unreal. That’s like a commercial heating bill of a business not a houseWith that type of energy costs I would get a firewood processor and buy logs.
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