A bunch of ashes...need to clean & sweep, do preventative maintenance, and get her ready for the Fall...starting to scrounge for 2021-2022.
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What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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AlbergSteve
Minister of Fire
cobb webs, but I sis make a lot of progress on the new "log landing" just waiting for the soil / clay to dry to do the final grading.
Fired it up the other night with a few small splits of maple and ash to pull the moisture out of the air.
On a side note I bought one of those soot eaters for cleaning my chimney cap. I don't buy into all those infomercial kind of toys but this one did the job quite nicely and cleaned the pipe very well too. I had a bunch of fine black dust no chunks.
On a side note I bought one of those soot eaters for cleaning my chimney cap. I don't buy into all those infomercial kind of toys but this one did the job quite nicely and cleaned the pipe very well too. I had a bunch of fine black dust no chunks.
Woodsplitter67
Minister of Fire
I loaded the stove the beginning of sept with some cherry splits and a little hickory.. its ready to be lit.. now i just need the temps to drop... going to start to move the wood up to the rack by the house in the next couple of weeks..
Happy October everyone! My chimney sweep came today, all good there. October 1, is my typical start of shoulder burning season with spot fires. Last year, I was 2 fires in on this date, but for today, nothing. However, the wife did complain yesterday that the house was cold. I lit up once last week in September on a chilly day for a pine quickie, so I’m one day ahead so far this season. Temps here in the northeast look pretty mild for the next 2 weeks with a slow downhill slip toward winter, which the “trusty old” farmers almanac is predicting to be a dousy. Otherwise, the stacks are locked and loaded on another black cherry, red oak, ash, and maple cocktail kind of year.
We just had our first real fire last night. I over did it a little and threw in a few small pieces of Ash and had the living room and most the downstairs way too hot. Oh well, My wife asked that cringe worthy question of "Can you open the window" when we went to bed. I hate hearing that question knowing I spent a lot of time and hard work getting those BTU's and she just wants to let it go out the window!
Jeez the thought of sleeping in 70* vs 80*!
Jeez the thought of sleeping in 70* vs 80*!
i finally shut the windows here the other day. Woke up and it was 58 in the bedroom! WHoo hoo!! I dont know why I resist getting a fire going to take the chill off. Probably because i know during the day it will warm back up again, and it has been so hot here that I am relishing in wearing pants!
Same here. House was 59 this morning, I’ve been sleeping in sweatpants and a hoodie, and enjoying it for the time being after this summers terrible heat and humidity in New England.
Coals . . . first fire last night. We had been running the oil boiler for a couple of days to take the chill out of the air . . . decided last night though to do a small fire and take care of the smell of the polish as it burnt off.
MissMac
Minister of Fire
I’ve had a mix of jack pine, black spruce and Manitoba maple going for the last 2 weeks. The maple really stretches out the burn time, so it’s been great. Opened the windows a few times at night, but after about a week of being cold in the house, i realized there wasn’t any need to be, so i fired the stove up! So glad i did. Love the shoulder season fires.
unfortunately the packing materials as shipped.
still working on floor pad (nc30) had to put leveling compound on assembly - Skim/ feather coat tonight and then put tile on possibly Wed. night. Flue is already installed- survived the tornados/ straight line winds a couple weeks back, but the suction from the winds sucked the big ball of plastic bags I had stuffed in the end up to top of the flue might be able to retrieve with brush from below otherwise I will have to go up there ( very steep roof) when and if it ever dries up enough when i am home. With that said it might be wise to add a flue damper to get better control in windy conditions.
still working on floor pad (nc30) had to put leveling compound on assembly - Skim/ feather coat tonight and then put tile on possibly Wed. night. Flue is already installed- survived the tornados/ straight line winds a couple weeks back, but the suction from the winds sucked the big ball of plastic bags I had stuffed in the end up to top of the flue might be able to retrieve with brush from below otherwise I will have to go up there ( very steep roof) when and if it ever dries up enough when i am home. With that said it might be wise to add a flue damper to get better control in windy conditions.
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Nice! Indian summer here today. 80+ daytime, 72 just after midnight. Waiting for the cold front to push through to bring fall temps back. Till then nothing in the firebox.
i've been burning a mix of maple, walnut, and poplar of late. Its been seasoned 2 years, and i get a pretty show of the secondaries!
Mice. =(
Had to replace a board in mine presumably because it was soaked in mouse urine as the little bastards dug out the pea stone around where the plumbing enters the boiler, then got up into where the controller electronics live.
Once I got the replacement board in it, they quickly learned why it's a bad idea to take residence in a furnace.
I added another 500 lbs of stone which hopefully will keep them out during the off season next year.
Had to replace a board in mine presumably because it was soaked in mouse urine as the little bastards dug out the pea stone around where the plumbing enters the boiler, then got up into where the controller electronics live.
Once I got the replacement board in it, they quickly learned why it's a bad idea to take residence in a furnace.
I added another 500 lbs of stone which hopefully will keep them out during the off season next year.
