heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
Temps are in the mid teens and the house is very warn burning some maple and 4+ year old locust.
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stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Just reloaded; the sassafras went really fast at the tail end. Still got 6 hrs out half a firebox.
Now input two big pieces of (short) locust in the center (making one long piece), and filled the rest up with oak.
Charring phase in the pic. Front big locust piece visible in the center.
Now input two big pieces of (short) locust in the center (making one long piece), and filled the rest up with oak.
Charring phase in the pic. Front big locust piece visible in the center.
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Storms done, temps dropping back to singles again for a few nights. Mahogany and juniper on deck. Here’s some medium sized rounds that’ll be going in for tonight’s load. Left is juniper right is mahogany.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Coals or leftover fuel: 12 hrs after loading with small splits of oak and two locust chunks, having run at 60% open all night and on high now for a morning boost.
Will run on sassafras during the day once this load is done and back to oak and a chunk of locust for overnight.
Will run on sassafras during the day once this load is done and back to oak and a chunk of locust for overnight.
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heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
I put a few more loads of locust and maple in the garage today for the coming week. temps are supposed to be in the 30's the next few days before we get back into the 20's and teens.
Tonight’s 10-20 F, currently 21 with the feels like at 13. A couple pieces of mahogany and pine but mostly juniper tonight.
Caw
Minister of Fire
10-15 tonight. Way the F too many coals for me right now. Paying the price after a lazy day of throwing on splits here and there because I was outside working on....you guessed it, firewood lol...all day. I'm power burning it down with some maple kindling then loading up some Ash/Cherry for the night.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
I had a load of hickory and red oak for overnight. I woke up this morning and it was 43 out with a high of 51 expected so I will let it go cold for today.
It looks like it’s gunna dip into the singles again tonight. We usually have another good cold spell in February so I’ll go with pine tonight and conserve my juniper/mahogany for next month.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
The previous two nights I used the furnace, tonight the Liberty has a load of Sugar Maple, Red Maple and some Ironwood. At the moment we're at 22 degrees with a forecast low of 8.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
A mix of cedar, cherry, sassafras, and some poor quality oak for a not so cold night. Tomorrow I'll let it go out, to be relighted Wednesday end of the day.
MoDoug
Minister of Fire
We're at 32 and very slowly dropping to 29, burning mostly elm because it's next in line.
Osage, Mulberry & Red Elm in tonight
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Up early this morning. Some pine to burn down the coals before filling with elm and ash. When its windy, its real apparent how drafty this ol house is. Wind chill close to 0 and around 6 inches of fluffy stuff so far.
Currently 27 so warm ish, pine last night, pine today.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
We had 15.3 this morning with a load of Sugar Maple going in the Liberty, I just loaded up with more Sugar Maple on coals from this morning.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
The soft wood from last night lasted until 3 pm today or so, which was a nice surprise. As my minisplit was defrosting a few times I loaded some sassafras on the coals this afternoon to have a boost. Some flurries now outside and tonight it will be 35-37.
The stove won't be reloaded until tomorrow afternoon.
The stove won't be reloaded until tomorrow afternoon.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
I am running on coals right now with 28 out. I have a load of red oak and hickory sitting on the hearth for later tonite. Expecting a low of 27 here and a high of 32 with snow showers tomorrow.
Caw
Minister of Fire
Cherry and maple tonight. Had the kids out on the pond today playing hockey...best place to dry off the winter gear!
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thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
It's 25.2 tonight with a forecast low of 20, I just turned on the pellet stove for the night.
buc74
Burning Hunk
Low of 9 tonight, load of red oak for overnight.
Low of 18, see how the pine does
temps in low teens, another load of pine for tonight.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
We had a low of 15.5 this morning, I shut the pellet stove off and started our first fire around 10:15 in the wood stove with some of the maples and ash.
