What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[dafattkidd]

20 degrees and windy. Burning down the coals a little to load in some box elder. Back home for a couple of weeks. Days are box elder from what I am seeing right now and ash overnight. Sure is nice running the NC30 at home compared to the Stratford II in the Northwoods...

The Stratford II is a beautiful unit. What is it about the NC30 you enjoy so much more?

 

[thewoodlands]

Last night we had an outside temp of 23.2 when I called it a night, the temp up here was 70 - 71.

This morning we had a temp of 25.2, the temp in the basement was 77 and the temp up here at 70. I shut the pellet stove off and we started back burning pine, the temp is still at 70 up here feeling like 78.

Not much going on for snow outside but our town road out front is pretty slick, hopefully they get some sand down on it.

 

[NickW]

The Stratford II is a beautiful unit. What is it about the NC30 you enjoy so much more?

Ease of operation. The Stratford II heats effectively but takes quite awhile to get to temperature and doesn't breathe nearly as nicely. The airflow inside is not great on the sides in the front. E/W loads absolutely suck even with runners underneath. Even with N/S loads the sides of the glass get smoked somewhat. I suspect that the outside air intake affects it also. The NC30 with no outside air is so much easier...

 

[Grizzerbear]

Its 33 out now with some more red oak and hickory to hold us over for the day. Looks like a gradualwarm up for the next week or so after tonight.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Down to 22 tonite. Ash and English Walnut mostly tonite.

 

[stoveliker]

Last night's 10.45 reload of pine was done at 7 pm, 20 hrs in. Last night had a low of 29 or so while windy, today a high of 41. Home was an even 71 all day.
I guess my home doesn't need a lot of BTUs with the attic sealed and R48 insulated, and high efficiency windows.

Put one punky split of oak and one knotty split of pine in to get me to the 10 pm reload. Dialed the stove up because my wife was.with my son at his basketball, and I predicted she'd come home very cold. Indeed. So it's 74 now, and I'm sweating...

 

[patrickk222]

currently i have hop hornbeam

 

[Grizzerbear]

It's 21 out now with a low of 19 tonight. I stepped out on the porch about 30 minutes ago to grab some firewood and I heard what I believe was a doe bust off into the woods just crashing through the brush and blowing all the way. I imagine she's on the opposite side of the county by now lol. I put some red and post oak in for the overnight.

 

[PAbeech]

Looking at 20 degrees tonight. Beech wood loaded up

 

[Vg3200p]

Headed for 16 tonight. Stove room at 53. Cherry. Ash. Bradford pear for overnight

 

[Qvist]

Low of 24 tonight ash and Walnut.

 

[stoveliker]

Pine again (and two small oak ones to fill up gaps).

 

[ozarkoak]

25 out 72 inside and just jammed some oak in for the night. Cold for the next 3 nights and then back to highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. Ill take it.

 

[thewoodlands]

It's 26.2 out tonight, I have a load of yellow birch with a few splits of pine in the Liberty. The rooms up here are between 68 - 70 and the basement is 77.

 

[Bobbob]

22 out now. Just added a load of ash and black locus. She'll be running all weekend. 68 upstairs this morning and 75 in the basement. Have the HVAC fan distributing the heat. Works well for my situation.Not warming up here for a few days

 

[moresnow]

22f/67f now with a brisk wind. It was 14f last night when I loaded about 7pm. Actually, turned on the stove fans last night to boot out a little extra heat. Still have a number of hrs worth of Red Oak glowing along nicely. Good stuff.

 

[Tar12]

Dropped to 19 last night...i loaded up with some 4 yr oak and locust and the stove room was 75 this morning..happy...happy wife....lol

 

[Qvist]

Dropped to 21. Lower than expected. More walnut gone.

 

[c604]

Another Hoosier checking in at 19 outside also. Have a nice mix of Ash and Honey Locust doing the job this morning.

 

[Vg3200p]

Hello fellow Hoosier. I'm at 19 right now to. Got down to 9 overnight I think. Running stove with all she's got. Stove room and upstairs at 50 back of house low to mid 40s

 

[DonTee]

21 outside and 78 inside. Burning some ash, maple, and cherry. Stove is on low/med. About 325 degrees stt.

We might get some more snow tomorrow it sounds like.

 

[ozarkoak]

Hello fellow Hoosier. I'm at 19 right now to. Got down to 9 overnight I think. Running stove with all she's got. Stove room and upstairs at 50 back of house low to mid 40s

Stove size issue or wood issue?

 

[Stinkpickle]

The windchill is 10 outside, but living room is 75 thanks to a load of hackberry and ash.

 

[Vg3200p]

Stove size issue or wood issue?

Stove size. It's a 1.6 cu ft firebox and we have a 100year old drafty 3k sqft house that gets heavy wind.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had 25.2 this morning, the basement temp before our first fire was 73, up here was between 68 - 69 depending on what room you're in.

I loaded up the wood stove with pine which brought the temp in the basement up to 77, I had my second cup of coffee upstairs.