What Is In Your Stove Right Now?

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Reload with either 4 but if my memory is correct 5 year old maple. Ungodly amount of ashes that the uglies of this afternoon left... Tomorrow 42, so I'll clean out the ashes before a 27/31/14 F sequence.
Using maple now so I don't have to live with its ashes for too long.
 

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Mix of spruce and red maple. Using up the last of the 1/3 cord of spruce we had for this winter. Need to get some more split and stacked away.
Had our first winter weather Friday. Left about 3" of powdery snow that has mostly melted today but still gave the kids the chance to go play in the snow and get a little sledding in.
 
This was this mornings. No fire tonight as I’m at work until the morning. Maple and oak and cut offs. Going to have clean some ashes out when I go home. First time in a week probably. Had a bit too many coals this morning to really load it up. Going to clean the glass too I think! Been almost a week.
 

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Tonight’s reload, 1 piece of ash, 3 large mystery heavy/stringy splits, and 1 small piece of maple to fill the right side gap.

Coal rake:
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And the reload/takeoff:
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Nice game of Tetris tonight, stove is packed. STT was only about 350 when I left, CAT seams to be initially settled around 900, air a crack past closed all the way down.

I’m guessing the CAT will creep up for the next hr or 2 as it offgases.
 
Upstairs PE is just cooling off, it's hot in here...
Family is away for the weekend, I think I'll go without a fire tonight, first time since Oct 20ish. Fire the BK in the morning.
I guess I forgot how hot the PE can get the main floor. I wonder how I would burn if it was just me in this house? It's not a huge house but sure is huge with just me and the dog.
Both stove got ashes and windows cleaned today BK got cat cleaned, was pretty dusty, I'm guessing the dust wasn't helping me out!

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Few hours back... Doug Fir (as almost always) bark burn.