What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

[Toasty-Yote]

A split of standing dead ash that I felled and split around June or so. It was a little juicy so kinda charred with the air clamped down in my Vista. Right next to that standing dead ash was a big red elm that had fallen over a few years ago. No bark anywhere on the tree but rock solid. That elm was miserable to split but it is performing like an absolute champ compared to that ash.

 

[thewoodlands]

We have 35.4 at the moment, the basement temp started out at 75, the temps up here are between 70 & 72. The second load of pine just went in, before I call it a night, I'll push the air in and shut the fan off.

 

[MRD1985]

Came home from work to 64 in the main rooms. Some more ash to warm things up.

 

[Dieselhead]

5 spruce and a oak ugly. Rinse, wash repeat it seems. Maybe even the same for tonight 😁 not bad out now but was cold in the low 30s last night. Mostly cloudy today so no solar gain. House was 62 arriving home from work this am.

 

[MRD1985]

Skipped the overnight fire last night, was still 71-72 inside when I went to bed. Woke up to 66-67 in the main rooms. Loaded up some more ash and a little silver maple after I got the kids on the bus.

Now for some breakfast and start ripping the breezeway door out..

 

[Dieselhead]

Morning load of spruce, 6 pieces log cabin style. Cloudy all day today with temps in the 50s. House at 65. This should keep the chill away for today and I will most likely have an evening fire as well. Seasoned Spruce is perfect for this time of year. Won’t overheat the house as it is only about a 6 hour load and it lights with the quickness with bark scraps and a propane plumbers torch.

 

[Gearhead660]

Been having typical fall weather here lately. The new(to me) insert has been munching on a steady diet of oak.

 

[Jonathco]

It was 67 this morning in the living room, so I tossed in a few splits of soft maple and box elder. Definetly still shoulder season, but the nights here are now routinely mid 30's. Won't be long and I'll be bringing in the good stuff (red oak).

 

[MRD1985]

Was 65 in the living room this am. Loaded Some more ash to warm things up. Still over 70 on main rooms so skipping overnight fire.

Got leaky breezeway door replaced so should be some kind of difference holding heat in kitchen now.

 

[thewoodlands]

Earlier this week we had a few mornings that were 26.4 & 27.6. Tonight it's 43.7 with some rain. I have some shoulder season wood going in the wood stove tonight, the temp up here is 71.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had 42.4 this morning with more rain, we'll take it. The basement was still 72 with the temps up here at 69 before the first shoulder season fire this morning.

The shoulder season wood we brought in before the rain hit was stacked in the rack this morning, later on the ash we brought in will get stacked too.

 

[thewoodlands]

We have 32.4 tonight so the heavy rains have turned into snow, the roof is covered along with the ground. I have a late load of shoulder season wood going, the temp up here is 69.

 

[NickW]

Been lows in the upper 20's to low 30's and highs around 50. Morning loads of pine and aspen and overnight mid size loads of cherry & ash and a little pine. Getting tired of cold starts...

 

[GG Woody]

Douglas Fir, as always... with a few 2x4 cutoffs to fill some voids.

I need to get better at cutting up more branch wood to fill the voids.
It's a bit above freezing with a bit of rain here.

 

[MRD1985]

Yesterday and today’s. 66 when I got home from work this am. Then had soccer for the kids and collected food for food bank for scouts with the kids. Some ash to warm things up. Probably will hold heat until tomorrow .

 

[thewoodlands]

We had 35.4, I didn't look at the temp up here but grabbed some coffee and headed to the basement. Another junk load of shoulder season wood went in the Liberty.

 

[weee123]

Been lows in the upper 20's to low 30's and highs around 50. Morning loads of pine and aspen and overnight mid size loads of cherry & ash and a little pine. Getting tired of cold starts...

Not sure if you’ve said this elsewhere but how are you liking the osburn compared to the englander you had at the old house?

 

[Dieselhead]

I have 6 spruce pieces in, it was in the 30s overnight and house at 63 this am. Up to 65 already inside and it will be sun all day today.

 

[NickW]

Not sure if you’ve said this elsewhere but how are you liking the osburn compared to the englander you had at the old house?

It heats very effectively, almost too well in shoulder season; but the setup isn't as user friendly. I'm still working on training myself. The NC30 was an easy breather where getting the load super charred wasn't as critical. With the shape of the Stratford 2 firebox, shoulder season, and the OAK I absolutely need to get every piece well charred and leave the air more open or I WILL smoke the glass, especially with pine/aspen. I also am not using as good of hardwood up here. Mostly have black ash, red maple, birch and cherry. At the old place white ash was my every day hardwood, up here it is more of a "premium". Doing what I can to locate more of the better hardwoods.

Also, still working my way through the 16" long inventory which has to load e/w, which messes with the airflow pattern even up on runners.

 

[MRD1985]

64 in the house when I woke up this morning. Ash along with a piece of silver maple and hickory.