Stove at Full Throttle

[brenndatomu]

It was windy here yesterday and then down to 8-10* here last night, that kind of temp is usually no big deal, but that wind was makin my white oak stash disappear a lil faster than I'd like! I decided to throw a few pounds of coal in with the bedtime loading, bout singed (SP?) my eyebrows off when I popped the furnace door open this AM! Most awesome coalbed EVER! Plus those blue coal flames are so cool! Thermostat was set at 71*, house temp was still at 70* after 8 hrs on that load.
Been using, I would guess, 80 LBS of Oak and Hickory (dried to 20% range) per day. I'm heating 1200 sq ft main floor to 72* and 1200 sq ft mostly unfinished basement to the upper 60s, how's that compare to y'alls?

 

[TreeTangler]

-40 or so with windchill, 3rd consecutive day of pipes freezing. Finally off call tonight, it's beer time.

 

[greendohn]

Loaded the old hungry Monster 1/2 full with Pecan, Locust and few hunks of Walnut. Looks like I'll top it off before bedtime with Locust. Turned the temp up to 180 deg.
Gonna' be a long weekend at the workhouse. (snivelling like a little girl),,

 

[theswampthing]

Stove is running wide open and burning the hell out of some wood. 5* and dropping.

 

[dave_dj1]

I'm glad I'm not the only one running more throttle than ever before. This is the first winter with it hooked to the house.
I've been loading with red Oak about 4 times a day. Having a little trouble maintaining 70 in the house but with a lil help from the oil fired hot air furnace we survived last night just fine, I expect the same tonight
stay warm
dave

 

[philoshop]

The good stuff is goin' quick for sure. I almost cried when I took a good look at my stacks today.
Scroungin' is gonna be tough this summer, so I'll be on it as soon as I can dig my trailer out.

 

[Woodchucker Ron]

6* here this morning at 4:30 am house at 74* the old woodchucks putting the heat out but she's going through the wood. Might end up only 4 years ahead instead 5 before it's all over, but it's worth it. Oh well just have to cut more in the spring.

 

[NHlocal]

Ayuh,
a bit colder than "usual", but that's how it is sometimes.
Not too bad here, -3 this mornin', got up to about 10. I think we're at -5 right now.
Goin' through quite a bit of wood, but it's one of the best decisions I made to switch over to
burnin' wood to heat the house, 'cause I sure couldn't afford to burn oil.....

Stay warm everyone.....

 

[wap13]

That not Sasquatch, Yeti or Bigfoot.

It's a brass monkey!




.

That funky monkey?

 

[PEKS]

-14F Here..
The past few weeks, I have been feeding the fire box with Locust..
First season I have had the chance to burn Locust, great fuel (I have a limited supply)
No worries though, lot's of Hickory, Sugar Maple and Ash for back up..

 

[husky455rancher]

-4 here now i cant remember the last time it was this cold. my new blazeking is doin fine in the unfinished cellar but i lit the insert in the living room so i wouldnt have to rip on it so bad.

 

[nathon918]

-3 here this morning, about 6 inches of snow, now its about -8, and dropping.
i have two stoves in my house, i only had one hooked up since i bought the house 3 years ago, (previous owner took one of the stoves with them)
and i had an Allnighter that i put in its place, just never hooked the stove to the triple wall chimney, so finally today i got the stove hooked up since i heard how cold its going to get.
now im sitting here sweating my ass off (about 90 deg. in my living room), with both stoves idleing, thinking i really didnt need the second stove

 

[kevinlar]

Last night outside it was -25 C -13 F loaded it full of elm this morning house was 21C 72F. Tonight it seems to be warming up a bit.

 

[513yj]

Been friggin cold here and about to get colder. It was up to 16 this afternoon and I hit the garage to sort out a nice pile of ironwood for the brutal cold coming. Usually I only toss a chunk or 2 in on pretty cold nights but it's gonna be about 70 percent iron and the rest beech and hard maple for this crap coming.

 

[theswampthing]

Think I'm pushing the limits of this little stove. -6* outside, but it's holding steady at 61* and no boiler kicking on. It's like someone reaching into my pocket when I hear that thing fire up. Just having a hard time circulating the air. It's plenty warm in the stove room, but not in the others.

 

[svk]

Sunday through Wednesday nights we had -31, -35, -33, -38. Areas close to us reported as low as -47 on Wednesday. One more blast of cold coming before resuming *normal* winter temps.

Ran the IWB for 12 days straight with only a small amount of help from the propane backup in the wee hours of the morning. I'm basically out of hardwood for the winter so it's aspen from here on out.

 

[apattie]

I have both stoves going, inside is warm but temp was -3 this morning. Can't believe that its going up to around 45 on Monday then back down to single numbers on Tuesday.

 

[artbaldoni]

3 degrees here. OWB running wood, Chestnut and Stove coal mix nicely. Can't tell a diference in the house from 30 degree temps. Video is after 12 hours burn time. Should get another 6 hours with just a couple sticks of wood.

 

[spike60]

-8 here this morning. Got plenty of white and red oak so let 'er rip. Stove can do it's job, but burn time becomes more a of a factor in these conditions.

 

[brenndatomu]

3 degrees here. OWB running wood, Chestnut and Stove coal mix nicely. Can't tell a diference in the house from 30 degree temps. Video is after 12 hours burn time. Should get another 6 hours with just a couple ricks of wood.

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