What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[thewoodlands]

We bottomed out at 26.8 this morning, up here was still 66 & 68 in the basement. Two loads of pine were done by noon and the wife added another 3 splits.

 

[NickW]

Some pine and aspen this morning to take the temperature up a little. High & low stays in the 50's today and tonight, so no more fires for awhile. Tomorrow and Saturday are forecast to be almost 70.

 

[Dieselhead]

A nice Norway Spruce load for the first fire of the season, a couple pics also. First is the last, last time I will see the BK logo that is 😉 it slowly disappears as the season progresses. No point in cleaning the glass as it lasts about a day.

 

[Turbo89]

A nice Norway Spruce load for the first fire of the season, a couple pics also. First is the last, last time I will see the BK logo that is 😉 it slowly disappears as the season progresses. No point in cleaning the glass as it lasts about a day.

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Nice setup! Really shows off the Blaze King!

 

[Dieselhead]

Nice setup! Really shows off the Blaze King!

Thank you!

 

[BKVP]

Nothing! It was 28 yesterday morning and I made some kindling. Had to head off to work and PT, got home it was 60! Just not fair. Wife says "just wait until we move to the new house and have the new KE40. Not happening! Next cold snap, the match is going to get struck.

Just a reminder to all us wood burners...


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BKVP

Lawrence Berkeley Labs invites you to participate in the , Residential Wood Heater Survey a research study led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office.

Purpose of the Study:
This survey aims to gather information about the types of wood heaters used in homes, how they are installed, and how they are operated. Your valuable feedback will help inform future research and improvements in wood heating technologies.

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[MRD1985]

Thank you!

Nice setup indeed!

 

[Jonathco]

House was mid 60's this morning. Tossed several splits of box elder in the stove for a nice shoulder season burn. We're coming into my favorite season, ladies and gents!

 

[xshmoox]

Nothing! It was 28 yesterday morning and I made some kindling. Had to head off to work and PT, got home it was 60! Just not fair. Wife says "just wait until we move to the new house and have the new KE40. Not happening! Next cold snap, the match is going to get struck.

Woman will never understand a man’s need to play with fire lol

 

[xshmoox]

Loaded a 1/2-3/4 load of almost punky splits last night at 7. Black box mode engaged. Got down to 40 overnight. Still had about half that load left around 7 this morning.

 

[weee123]

Small load of aspen tonight first load of the season! Smoking all the dust off the pipes and stove is always fun

 

[tabner]

Gonna split and stack this ironwood off to the side, so I can burn it for a couple days exclusively. Excited to see what it’s capable of, in a year or two of course.

 

[NickW]

Gonna split and stack this ironwood off to the side, so I can burn it for a couple days exclusively. Excited to see what it’s capable of, in a year or two of course.

Very dense, coals forever... Probably better off with a couple sticks mixed with other stuff, but you do you.

 

[xshmoox]

Last nights load made it about 24 hours. Throwing in 3-4 of the same almost punky wood just to get to the morning as we are getting a warm up again tomorrow then the stove may be out for a week or so again.

 

[all night moe]

What's in the Dragon's belly? Still a small load of last season's ashes. Have had some cold evenings.....heated the rooms we are occupying with a couple LP space heaters.

Tearing out the old liner and rebuilding the top of the chimney. Combination of reconstructing a couple top courses, adding a couple courses, and some repointing.

 

[xshmoox]

What's in the Dragon's belly? Still a small load of last season's ashes. Have had some cold evenings.....heated the rooms we are occupying with a couple LP space heaters.

Tearing out the old liner and rebuilding the top of the chimney. Combination of reconstructing a couple top courses, adding a couple courses, and some repointing.

Hopefully you can get it finished up before the really cold weather sets in

 

[all night moe]

Hopefully you can get it finished up before the really cold weather sets in

Still no coin for the liner yet. I'll probably be forced to buy the cheap crap. Corrugated junk.
Gonna need that wood furnace eating..... is what it is.

 

[xshmoox]

Still no coin for the liner yet. I'll probably be forced to buy the cheap crap. Corrugated junk.
Gonna need that wood furnace eating..... is what it is.

Meh. I mean it still works fine assuming you insulate it you shouldn’t have any problems for getting plenty of years out of it

 

[all night moe]

Meh. I mean it still works fine assuming you insulate it you shouldn’t have any problems for getting plenty of years out of it

No room for insulation. Leaving the clay liner for easier termination, along with what's in the budget.
My goal is an OWB anyway. This chimney will end up being emergency back-up when all is said and done.

 

[Dieselhead]

I had the bum drum going on sat eve, also the king with a load of spruce but no pic of that.

Pretty cool spark flying out on this one if you zoom in on it

 

[Todd]

Full load of Aspen going tonight. Looks like highs in the 40’s the next few days so may have to go to a 12 hour burn schedule for the first time this season.

 

[NickW]

Yep, chilly and rainy. Aspen and pine this morning. Nothing tonight, but probably 24/7 for a few days starting in the morning.

 

[NickW]

36 and dreary. Pine, aspen and a couple of small cherry rounds to hopefully have some coals later.

 

[MRD1985]

Still damprid…hasn’t been below 40 yet at night other than 1 night and we weren’t home. Looks like it might be a couple more weeks. We’ll see. 🫤