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First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
#2928941
10/18/19 05:05 AM
10/18/19 05:05 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,699 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
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Lickskillet, AL
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I did a lot of reading on wood stoves before I bought the one we have. Several folks on here told me not to get a wood stove that is too large, because it would run us out of here. I heeded that advice. The cabin is 1100 S.F. if you include the 2 lofts. After studying about different sizes and different styles and reading all kinds of reviews I found this one on clearance at Ace hardware in Rome, Ga. for $500. It is supposed to be sized for up to 1200 S.F. https://www.acehardware.com/departm...et-stoves/wood-and-pellet-stoves/4539144I discovered after reading about EPA certified wood stoves that you can get a tax credit for buying one. The year I bought this one the IRS offered a $500 tax credit so that worked out well. For about 2 years now this thing has sat in the cabin in the way of us working and building. We've had to move it several times. It is heavy. Of course now we are finally finished and it's starting to get chilly enough for a fire so we are finally getting to use the thing. I've already done the 3 starter fires per the instructions to cure the paint so last night was the night. Mrs. Irish's sweet ol' Momma stayed with is last night so I wanted to finally have a nice fire. We have a fire place at the house in Birmingham, but I am a total noob when it comes to wood stoves so I'm still learning here about when to damp it down and when to leave the door opened. I learned pretty quick last night that when the chimney is cold I need to just leave the door open to help the draft until the fire gets going good, but once the flue is hot it draws well. One thing I was concerned about, since it is such a small stove and it will be our primary heat source at the cabin in the winters, was having to get up overnight to repeatedly load the firebox. Well... I feel a little better about that after last night. We got ready to go upstairs at about 2100 last night and since I already had a nice fire and the firebox was about 400 degrees on the outside I loaded up a decent amount of wood in it. I didn't cram all that I could, but a good bit. It's a small firebox. It was in the low 40's outside and it was 72 inside. This morning I got up at 0400 and came downstairs and the fire was out, but the little thermal fan was still running and the stove was still in the 200 degree plus range. It was 37 degrees outside and 68 inside. I opened the firebox and stirred it around and there were still glowing coals in there. So I'm pretty optimistic that on a really cold night I can stuff that firebox completely full and still have some remnants of a fire when I get up to make coffee in the morning. This morning...
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Irishguy]
#2928947
10/18/19 05:58 AM
10/18/19 05:58 AM
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 8,571 Grays Creek, NC
bigcountry692001
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Man I miss a wood stove. We had one at a hunting club I was in when I was young I used love waking up to the smell of the wood burning.
"You cant manage a deer herd with acorns."
-Dr. Craig Harper
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: bigcountry692001]
#2928954
10/18/19 06:20 AM
10/18/19 06:20 AM
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Posts: 22,699 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
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You will enjoy that for years to come I hope so. It seems really well built. it's made in Virginia. Man I miss a wood stove. We had one at a hunting club I was in when I was young I used love waking up to the smell of the wood burning. One thing I don't like about it is because of the small firebox I can only use 16" long pieces of wood maximum. 2 things I do like about it: 1. I like how it recycles the wood gas and burns it too. I've tried researching it and all their web page tells you is that it's some kind of proprietary technology. It somehow uses these two pipes at the top of the stove with little holes all along the length like some kind of manifold arrangement. What is does do is make a really nice rolling flame, even when it's damped all the way down. The flame is so big that it almost looks like a fake fireplace at times. 2. Somehow the flame or the way the air circulates in the stove it keeps the glass clean so you always have a clear view of the fire. The only time the glass gets cloudy is when you are first starting up a new fire. Other than that it's clear as a bell.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/18/19 06:37 AM
10/18/19 06:37 AM
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Posts: 3,297 Autaugaville
trailertrash
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Ok, two things..
You have a fireplace in the closet?
Enjoy the view of the fire, it won't last long. Carbon attaches to everything! Maybe it can be regularly cleaned to prevent darkening??
Don't mean to sound negative but that is what jumped out at me.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: bigcountry692001]
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10/18/19 06:45 AM
10/18/19 06:45 AM
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Posts: 5,651 Lincoln, Alabama
blumsden
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Man I miss a wood stove. We had one at a hunting club I was in when I was young I used love waking up to the smell of the wood burning. I agree, as long as its not the house on fire. LOL
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: trailertrash]
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10/18/19 07:26 AM
10/18/19 07:26 AM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 22,699 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
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Ok, two things..
You have a fireplace in the closet?
Enjoy the view of the fire, it won't last long. Carbon attaches to everything! Maybe it can be regularly cleaned to prevent darkening??
Don't mean to sound negative but that is what jumped out at me. It's called a fireplace alcove. I looked at lots of them on the internet before i designed and built mine. According to the reviews I have read, the glass stays relatively clean. We will see as time goes on.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/18/19 08:00 AM
10/18/19 08:00 AM
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Posts: 21,445 HSV AL
jmudler
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I would be napping on the green couch
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Remington270]
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10/18/19 08:00 AM
10/18/19 08:00 AM
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Posts: 22,699 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
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Do you have a backup propane heater or anything? Just curious. I have oil filled radiators and they worked pretty good last winter, but used a lot of electricity. We also have a mini-split system with a heat pump, but we haven't installed that yet.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: timbercruiser]
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10/18/19 08:04 AM
10/18/19 08:04 AM
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Posts: 22,699 Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
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When we use to use our fireplace insert that was a lot like your heater it worked best if you choked the air down as far as you could and still maintain a small fire. IMHO you have too much flame in there. I think you have a cast iron kettle on top, just keep plenty of water in it. Those flames are with the stove damped down all the way. Most of the flame is from the wood gas being burned off. You can go outside and look up at the top of the chimney and can hardly tell that there is a fire in the stove from outside. It seems to be very efficient. The kettle is copper and yes we plan on keeping water in it.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/18/19 09:21 AM
10/18/19 09:21 AM
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Posts: 4,753 Moody, AL
willdo22
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That almost makes me want to drink coffee
A mans got to know his limitations.
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Re: First Overnight Fire in Wood Stove...
[Re: Irishguy]
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10/18/19 09:35 AM
10/18/19 09:35 AM
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Posts: 1,964 Northport
Thisldu
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How does coffee taste better standing around a wood stove?? It does though. Some kind of woodsman voo doo.
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
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