Wood Heat Thread ~ post pics

I just use the basic ugly magnetic thermometer that sticks to the stovepipe. Between that and my ecofan's speed I can tell at a glance what the stove temperature is at.

 

I have a thermometer in my cook top. It has a probe that extends into my catalytic combustor.
Instructions state to not set the flap to 'combustor' until it reaches 500° F.
Otherwise it is straight from the fire up the pipe.
Extra Large Consolidated Dutchwest Stove (pre90) #FA288CCL

 

We just traded our Dutchwest so I'm very familiar with them. Went through 3 or 4 of those probe thermometers. Catalyst burns pretty hot and eventually ruins them.

We have an EcoFan too, and I use it as a visual cue to tell me when it's time to add wood. I just like the extra assurance of a thermometer.

 

After replacing one, I noticed in the instructions to cut the probe short, per directions.
I would get a magnetic thermometer if I saw one in a store.

 

The weather is finally cooling off enough to A) make it comfortable spending half a day processing firewood and B) remind that winter is right around the corner.

Split everything I had that was already in stove lengths and sorted into a "burn this year pile" and a "burn later" stack.



Now to buck up everything else and start the whole process over again!

 

I got all my wood for this year moved from my sessoning scaffold woodsheds and stacked in the woodshed by the house on Sunday , nice mix of mostly fir , a bit of madrone , some cedar and even a bit of buckthorn cascara

 

Sstill a day to pull from the woods, no processing yet...30C and humid. Too hot to work!

 

Woodshed is nearly full. Got about another full rick to get in there and it'll be ready for heating season.


Too hot for the end of September, though. This weekend I was sweating so much that I literally had to peel my shirt off when I was done working on firewood.

 

Finally got the trim installed. Here is the finished product.



We got this thermometer, still big but a tad more subtle than the old orange one. And it seems to be a lot better made; for example the bimetal spring is comparatively huge. Sorry about it being sideways, stupid iPhone.

 

Nice looking hearth/stove. You might want to consider moving your wood rack to the other side of the stove. I think it would be awkward and maybe painful to open the door and have to reach above the hot door to add wood.

 

Thanks. There is also a door on the left side. Our old stove had a front door (actually two) which we never used. We'll use the side door on this stove too.

 

Picked up another mixed load last night after spending nearly 8 straight hours on the range.

 

As I understand it, the side without the door is less prone to heat transfer. In other words, the distance to flammables can be less than the front and the left. Hence, it is safer to have the wood stacked on the right.
Sparks will not fly from the right side and land on the wood.

Ken in NC

 

First fire of the season and first fire ever for the newest member of the wood burner family.

 

Already? What've the temps been like over there? We've had mornings in the 30's here for the last week or so, but it warms up enough during the day that we've been keeping the house warm just on solar gain still.

 

We haven't had a fire yet but likely to by next week , cooling way down at night and heavy moisture content in the air

Gotta clean my chimneys

 

I've been burning off and on for the last week or so, mainly at night to warm up the house to about 70 deg or so. Lows have been in the 30s past couple of mornings but there is still enough warmth from the previous nights fire to keep the heat pump off. Any tips or pointers on the cleaning of a free standing wood stove that has 45 deg angle stove pipe in two places (one 45 joint where the pipe comes out of the ceiling, the other about 1ft down from that). One other question, will I need to disconnect where the stove pipe meets the top of the stove to clean out the flue area? I have a Avalon Rainier stove.

 

Yesterday was a high of 60 and a low of 41 with heavy wind and gloomy fog all day. I probably could have gotten away without burning, but it was definitely chilly enough and also I had just replaced the stove door seal and needed to burn it to finish the curing process.

 

Dragons in the fire.

 

We have had a few fires. In the morning and at night. Only maple, and not refilled. (Maple does not coal, and burns straight to ash.)
I just resealed the inside with Rutland gasket cement. Last years cheap crap fell off during the winter, leaving 'sucking' areas and thus poor efficiency.
I had to have a warm fire to cure the cement.
We have a well-ventilated log cabin so a fire is never unappreciated. (Well, not in the summer!!)