I fired off a load of doug fir tonight. 4th fire of the season. The cat is happy.
What Is In Your Stove Right Now?
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AILDWarrior
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10/70F, looks like temps dropping below 0 for Christmas. No snow this entire December, very odd conditions for our area. Quarter splits of spruce are working the Jotul 602 hard to keep the house warm. STT at 500 and flue at 750. Hate to see the heat going up the chimney, but glad there won't be condensation in the pipe with outside temps this low.
I woke up around 7 this am and it was 19 out, I was expecting it to be mid-upper 20s so my mini spruce load from last night was working overtime.
House dropped to 68 so I threw in 5 splits of spruce on the coals for a quick warm up. That will probably be all until tonight it’s supposed to be mid 40s and sunny today.
Side note I was thinking how it will be nice when all the spruce is gone and I’ll be back to a hardwood diet full time but I must say it’s kinda nice to have around. It takes off really quick with 1 year dry time even off the smallest coal bed and gets the stove up to temp quick for a nice hot blast on a day like today where you don’t need oak coaling in the stove all day overheating the house. If you have room in the wood yard I’d stack some! 👍🏼
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House dropped to 68 so I threw in 5 splits of spruce on the coals for a quick warm up. That will probably be all until tonight it’s supposed to be mid 40s and sunny today.
Side note I was thinking how it will be nice when all the spruce is gone and I’ll be back to a hardwood diet full time but I must say it’s kinda nice to have around. It takes off really quick with 1 year dry time even off the smallest coal bed and gets the stove up to temp quick for a nice hot blast on a day like today where you don’t need oak coaling in the stove all day overheating the house. If you have room in the wood yard I’d stack some! 👍🏼
Every other day here. There will be another round happening this afternoon. Fortunately, we dodge the bullet most of the time. The winds are mostly from the south and southwest and we are on the north slope that blocks most of them. Our peak gust was 25 mph in the last storm. North of us, on Whidbey and Camano Islands, they take the full brunt. The Tuesday storm delivered over 60mph winds there. Camano will be without power for days. Up in the mountains at Alpental ski resort, they clocked at 112 mph in the last blow.
No fire tonight as it’s warming up over night for a rain storm and then afterwards the temps will be dropping back off in the afternoon tomorrow so I’ll be burning again tomorrow after work
NickW
Minister of Fire
Our temperature drop has started. Forecast is for 7 overnight. Let the fireplace go cold after the morning load. Have a small load of mixed stuff going now to build up the coal base. Overnight will be a mix of cherry, maybe a little black ash, white ash and a stick or two of premium (hickory or beech or something like that).
NickW
Minister of Fire
Things are going pretty well. Certainly staying busy with projects... Fireplace heats well, but it's nice have the natural gas furnace instead of electric heat.
Not even cold ashes... I took ashes out (again), after just one load of maple.
In my ash bucket (same diameter as a Home Depot bucket), I get a layer of 2-3" thick from one load of maple.
That's why I prefer oak
@all night moe
In my ash bucket (same diameter as a Home Depot bucket), I get a layer of 2-3" thick from one load of maple.
That's why I prefer oak
@all night moe
… i think we all prefer oak to maple; but sometimes life gives you maple, or the dreaded pine!🪵
Right now I’m stacked with maple and ash; but i’m holding my beech and oak in reserve for a long cold stretch.
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Let the stove go cold this morning. Still was 72-73 before I left. Turned the boiler off and put the mini splits on. Had a day in the 40s today and supposed to be 54 by 5am tomorrow. High of near 60 tomorrow (record high) and then supposed to plummet fast tomorrow night with a low of 24 Saturday morning
