That's pretty crazy! I admire some peoples ability to live on their own terms.This fella, a travelling musician by the name of John Burn, pulled up to my shop in this beautiful beast of a motor-home to purchase some bundles of nice dry firewood to keep himself warm as he made his way cross this great country of Canada. He kindly left me a copy of his latest CD, "Season for Dreaming." Quite nice listening music; I plays it whilst I'm up in the shop making up bundles....
This fella, a travelling musician by the name of John Burn, pulled up to my shop in this beautiful beast of a motor-home to purchase some bundles of nice dry firewood to keep himself warm as he made his way cross this great country of Canada. He kindly left me a copy of his latest CD, "Season for Dreaming." Quite nice listening music; I plays it whilst I'm up in the shop making up bundles....
That's what I'm talking about, although the one I saw in AK was not so nicely constructed...This fella, a travelling musician by the name of John Burn, pulled up to my shop in this beautiful beast of a motor-home to purchase some bundles of nice dry firewood to keep himself warm as he made his way cross this great country of Canada.
Yikes Is this in a tent?Um, hon. Do you think it's time to turn down the stove?
Yes, it's a Russian stainless steel stove and they ran it every night like this. When it's -30º outside you do what needs to be done to keep warm.Yikes Is this in a tent?
It wasn't that uncommon back then. The stove worked best when in the middle of the room and sometimes that meant a long stove pipe. And some folks just wanted to get every last bit of heat from the fire. Of course that turned the pipe into a creosote factory and it was not uncommon to have to clean the pipe very frequently which was a dirty messy job.There's an episode of Ma & Pa Kettle with that exact stove pipe arrangement, but it's inside the house. It's supposed to be a joke. Someone didn't get the message...
It wasn't that uncommon back then. The stove worked best when in the middle of the room and sometimes that meant a long stove pipe. And some folks just wanted to get every last bit of heat from the fire. Of course that turned the pipe into a creosote factory and it was not uncommon to have to clean the pipe very frequently which was a dirty messy job.
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No those long horozintal runs would fill up with fly ash atleast a couple times a year. We still have a few setups like that around here mostly in a mish or mennonite stores or schools. And they usually drop the pipe monthly.Those are all coal stoves.
So creosote is a non issue assuming they are burning coal, which I would.
Initial draft would be a bit of a problem but once the coal stove was going you can literally keep it going for the whole heating season without shutting down once.
No those long horozintal runs would fill up with fly ash atleast a couple times a year. We still have a few setups like that around here mostly in a mish or mennonite stores or schools. And they usually drop the pipe monthly.
Yeah absolutly I typically keep my wood stove going 24/7 all winter with no problems as well. The only reason it goes out is if we go away for more than the day.Agreed they will build up fly ash. How often they have to shut down certainly depends on how radical the pipe setup is. But you can keep a coal stove going 24/7 all winter if you have a chimney system with minimal horizontals. (mine had no horizontals, just one 45 that was 3 feet long.)
And I am not advocating for such a setup at all.
Probably, these were just the images I could find quickly on the internet. Many of these places had no access to coal, but had a plentiful supply of wood. That's what a lot of those store heaters burned. Several years back there was a link to a story about a country store with a long horizontal stove pipe. They had to clean it weekly IIRC and when they didn't and the pipe clogged up, the store would start filling up with smoke. That led to a bit of drama in the store as they chucked burning wood out of the stove.Those are all coal stoves.
So creosote is a non issue assuming they are burning coal, which I would.
Initial draft would be a bit of a problem but once the coal stove was going you can literally keep it going for the whole heating season without shutting down once.
Probably, these were just the images I could find quickly on the internet. Many of these places had no access to coal, but had a plentiful supply of wood. That's what a lot of those store heaters burned. Several years back there was a link to a story about a country store with a long horizontal stove pipe. They had to clean it weekly IIRC and when they didn't and the pipe clogged up, the store would start filling up with smoke. That led to a bit of drama in the store as they chucked burning wood out of the stove.
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