stoveliker
Minister of Fire
In this particular part of the real world it is an unreal 57 F today. No reloading here. So I at least partially keep my word...
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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Caw
Minister of Fire
62 outside right now. It was 30 when I woke up so I threw 2 maple splits on the coals to take the edge off but I don't think we'll be burning until tomorrow. Overnight temps are gonna be 40+ so we'll be good. Heat pump can work if need be.
62 in December in New England. W T F.
62 in December in New England. W T F.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
We hit our high of the day so far, 40.1 with NOAA calling for a low of 23 tonight,18 for a low on Friday and 14 for a low on Saturday. Sunday NOAA has a forecast low of 31 with a high of 40.
We'll see how much snow we have left after the rains come on Sunday night and Monday.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Its 75 here now.....a new record. Only going down to 50 tonight then 73 tomorrow with a late evening cold front coming in to bring us down to 43 for a low tomorrow night. No burning here until tomorrow night or Saturday morning.....I ain't lying this time folks.
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
We maxed out at 72 today forecast is for 75 tomorrow. looking like I will not be burning for at least a week.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
Just ashes today. Let it burn out last night. Will clean out stove and light it back up tonight. Been a mild week, even rode bike to work a couple times.
JamesGuido
Feeling the Heat
The usual oak I always burn… but I brought home some palm bark I picked up from the beach the other day from Sanibel Island… used it as kindling…
Vg3200p
Minister of Fire
Oak maple ash and pallets. My wood pile is all mixed together so I never know what I'm gonna get.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
The temp is at 32 tonight with a forecast low of 22, the wood stove has a load of cherry and red maple going tonight.
Another 12 days off so I’m back to rescue the stove from the wife and propane. Tonight’s lows headed for upper 20s, started this evening around 5 with some odd juniper ends, then stuffed dorothy full of pine for the over night fire.
Caw
Minister of Fire
Was 65 degrees outside yesterday and the house got to 70 from the sun so overnight I decided to leave the stove cold. Woke up to a 62 degree house so she's loaded up with red maple getting up to temp.
BrownT10
Burning Hunk
I ran the sooteater up the chimney and cleaned most stuff off to where I could see the orange or the clay liner. Cleaned out stove and cleaned glass and lit a fire this evening. Will run it all weekend, but supposed to have 60° on Monday. Will put a load of oak in overnight.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Started the stove again. Used the last 2*4 cut offs I had from my shed roof built to get it nice and hot quick before the night reload.
rottiman
Minister of Fire
Got up to a high of 23 here today currently sitting @ 19 with a predicted low of 9 overnight. Ole' Black Betty rollin' on with a diet of Red Oak, Maple and Beechwood. A pleasant 73 here in the nest. 1st major snow incident scheduled for sunday/monday with up to 10" predicted with 40 mph winds predicted from the NW. Monday it is supposed to be a one day heat wave with temps reaching 45 and rain before it really snaps down cold starting tuesday. A really stupid winter so far.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
We have 16.2 tonight with NOAA calling for a low of 11, we'll burn the pellet stove tonight and take some ashes out of the wood stove tomorrow morning and start burning firewood again.
fvhowler
Burning Hunk
Stove is cold now. The 70s have returned and may not burn until next Wednesday. I'm okay with a little break before winter really sets in.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Stove is cold here as well. Hit 73 today as me and my father hit the lake and did a little crappie fishing. A cold(er) front is moving through late tonight that will have the stove fired back up tomorrow evening.
Low headed for low-mid 20s, more pine for dorothy; also a weird December here haven’t started burning 24/7 yet with highs hitting 50s still, had 60 the other day.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
39 now, 34 low, 45 tomorrow. Pine and sassafras carrying the load.
stoveliker
Minister of Fire
Interesting observation: after that stack of 2*4 cut offs (11 about a ft long) burning nice and hot, I noticed quite a few big dark gray clinkers in my ashes when I reloaded.
Suggests that existing ashes (a significant part from sassafras) can be re- configured (for lack of a better term) into clinkers when a subsequent fire is hot enough. I.e. clinkers don't only form in fresh ashes. Makes sense, but I had not thought of that myself yet.
Suggests that existing ashes (a significant part from sassafras) can be re- configured (for lack of a better term) into clinkers when a subsequent fire is hot enough. I.e. clinkers don't only form in fresh ashes. Makes sense, but I had not thought of that myself yet.
Cherry and pine uglies. I’m around today to do more frequent reloads, so I’ll burn those and some punky stuff also.
Caw
Minister of Fire
25 out this morning, cherry and maple doing work.
Yes the low Monday evening is supposed to be -7
so I can hopefully burn up a lot of the scraps I have around.
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Was 20 when I got up this morning, threw a couple more splits in until the sun starts putting in the work.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
Good ole @rottiman sent us his cold weather, we had 8.4 this morning with another load of the maples and yellow birch heating the house. Our temp is at 32.6 this afternoon.
