What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

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-20/75 Another cold one this morning. Got up early and filled the stove full of Oak. Nice toasty 75 in here now. Going through a lot of firewood with the cold snap!
How many splits can you fit in the Fireview? 18.5 low here with a breeze. I think for the first time the downstairs heat came on before the set up at 5am. :(...my bad for not having temps up at bedtime. I do not burn overnite anymore. 6 am Startup load of 5 year css red and white oak underwhelmed this morning? I expected a hell of a draft at 18 deg..sometimes I just don't understand
 
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How many splits can you fit in the Fireview? 18.5 low here with a breeze. I think for the first time the downstairs heat came on before the set up at 5am. :(...my bad for not having temps up at bedtime. I do not burn overnite anymore. 6 am Startup load of 5 year css red and white oak underwhelmed this morning? I expected a hell of a draft at 18 deg..sometimes I just don't understand
4-6 splits depending on the size. That’s about 25-30 lbs with Oak. I’m figuring I load about one less split of firewood per load compared to the F45 but pretty much putting out the same amount of heat. So there will be a little wood saving with this stove. Just about burned one cord so far.
 
12/68 took the opportunity to shovel out some ash and clean the glass for first time in a month. Was starting to get that white haze on it but never got the chance to clean it with the cold weather. One thing I don’t like about the Fireview is the difficulty of wiping off the glass but it does stay clean for a long time.
 
After this mornings slaving to the dragon, I went back down in the lair about 4am. All was down to coals, alas a bigger bed and chunks. I repacked with bigger splits playing tetris. All premium foods minus 2 big splits of black ash. Fell back asleep and up just after 7 for a refeed. More coal chunks and a huge bed of coals. Tossed in some black birch, and couple oak splits. I'm loosing sleep slaving to this ole girl.

Can't wait for spring. Are we there yet?