Who's burning wood!?What ya got?
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Bullseye 2620
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Sierra side loader with glass doors on the front and a lot of locust. Toasty. 
Bullseye
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I have two fireplaces, one in the den and one in my office.
Burning 30" split oak. Costing me $250 a cord, split & delivered. Go through about 3 cords each year.
Not really cost effective but it sure does warm a room nicely for our mild winters.
Burning 30" split oak. Costing me $250 a cord, split & delivered. Go through about 3 cords each year.
Not really cost effective but it sure does warm a room nicely for our mild winters.
novalty
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Old beat up Enderers, I got from my father. Takes 24" sticks, drafts wells and throws some heat. Currently does double duty, of assisted heat for house and making sure the 5 cord of seasoned wood in my basement is bone dry. Use a large box fan on a stand to circulate heat.
curtmini14
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homestead wood stove been burning wood for 25+ years also takes 2 foot sticks keeps me very warm.
Snapping Twig
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Almond.
Plain old fireplace with a glass screen.
Living in the S.F. Bay Area, our own nazi-like air pollution czars CARB have decided we need to OBEY, so in this light they have made fireplace use illegal on certain random and whimsical days.
Plain old fireplace with a glass screen.
Living in the S.F. Bay Area, our own nazi-like air pollution czars CARB have decided we need to OBEY, so in this light they have made fireplace use illegal on certain random and whimsical days.
VAdoublegunner
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Wood fireplace in the downstairs English basement, mostly with oak. Had vented LP gas logs installed in the upstairs one a number of years ago. It's not the most efficient for heating since it's in a big living room, but looks nice and takes off the chill. The funny thing about that fireplace is the house was built in 1959 and the mortar in it was still white, never been used much if at all. I think it probably drew badly; sometimes you get a whiff of the propane smell downstairs.
CW Spook
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Yøtul stove insert in an 80-yr old stone fireplace at the cabin; nothing here at home.
Vermont Castings. One of the DutchWest models. Sure wish I'd known about that Harmon when I bought it. I'd love to have the grill feature. My last house had an open fireplace in the kitchen and I'd use a grill made to go over a campfire in it to cook all winter. Got any pictures of that grill in action?
We heat our house with a big jack wood fired boiler that's in our basement. We go through prolly 20 to 25 face cords per season. When the weather becomes brutal below 0 with a wind, a face cord can be burnt in one week. I'm sure we went through a face cord already. We cut and split our own wood...mostly Red oak, hard maple, white ash and some basswood, pine and spruce. If one mixes some softwood with the hardwood, it will burn fine.
spricks
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cubfarm1
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Have a Lopi Layden made in Washington state. It is a toploader and I would hate to go back to a front loader. 4-5 cords of white oak per year. The wood is free from my acrage. Costs over $400 per month to use propane. A fool built the house, it leaks air like crazy!
gamedic
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I have a King wood stove, it's a cheap stove I bought five years ago when I finished my house. It burns wood very fast and is hard to get started. I have been looking at a Lil' house outdoor wood heater. It isn't an outdoor boiler, but actually blows hot air through a register in the wall. It looks interesting. Does anyone know anything about them?
m657
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got one of the last 'Sweet Home Stove Works' to leave the factory; airtight;brass framed glass door, catalytic converter.
Burn 3-4 cords/year; Most white oak, some ash, a bit of old growth fir when I can get it. Oak split/delivered is about $220/cord now days. I cut random stuff depending on what kind of permit is available....not much since Clinton solved the world's problems by shutting down our logging industry here in the PNW.
Been heating with wood only since 1973.
Burn 3-4 cords/year; Most white oak, some ash, a bit of old growth fir when I can get it. Oak split/delivered is about $220/cord now days. I cut random stuff depending on what kind of permit is available....not much since Clinton solved the world's problems by shutting down our logging industry here in the PNW.
Been heating with wood only since 1973.
Heated with wood since 1961. Moved to Oregon in 2003. Wife had an old Shrader insert in the fireplace. Like to have froze that winter. Next year had a Lopi insert installed. Twice as much heat with half as much wood. Burn Alder, Myrtle, Fir, Pine & Madrone.
No pic"s of the grill in action was gonna do brauts but too messy this early in the season. I burn oak all kinds pin, white red, and lots of cherry and river birch.I have no idea how much.people laugh when they see how much wood I have..used 600 gallons of propane last year. Wife loves scalding hot water.Lots of kids. I can get 12 burn time oout of the stove on a good coal bed. It's like a hobby to me to burn wood. At the end Iam sick of it. Propane bill was killing me! I had no choice.. I must eat.
scoutsdad
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The USFS just had a firewood sale $22 a cord, you do all the work. I missed out, but I have a half-a-dozen standing live oak snags if needed. I also three cords in various stages of seasoning drying in the barn.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Who's burnin wood? What ya got?
Weber 22" Burn Pecan that I buy at the Wally.
When I get really cold-I fire up the chiminea-talk about a blast furnace when you cut up the Christmas Tree and shove it in
One guy I knew had something (a smoker or stove I forget which) that burned wood pellets. I suggested that he throw a handful in the dogs bowl ot see if he would eat them as they look just like kibble and would supply some fiber. Didn't work
Weber 22" Burn Pecan that I buy at the Wally.
When I get really cold-I fire up the chiminea-talk about a blast furnace when you cut up the Christmas Tree and shove it in
One guy I knew had something (a smoker or stove I forget which) that burned wood pellets. I suggested that he throw a handful in the dogs bowl ot see if he would eat them as they look just like kibble and would supply some fiber. Didn't work
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deadin
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Haven't fired it up, but it supposedly will burn wood or coal.
It was donated to the Friends of the Library for one of our fundraisers. I had a stove guy look at it and he said it was a nicely refurbished original from around 1904. It hasn't been fired since the refurbish and he said it would smell on the first few uses. (Something about the paint curing......)
All we need now is to find an approximate value.... and a local buyer. I sure wouldn't want to try to box it up for shipping.
It was donated to the Friends of the Library for one of our fundraisers. I had a stove guy look at it and he said it was a nicely refurbished original from around 1904. It hasn't been fired since the refurbish and he said it would smell on the first few uses. (Something about the paint curing......)
All we need now is to find an approximate value.... and a local buyer. I sure wouldn't want to try to box it up for shipping.
bellevance
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Vermont Castings Defiant Encore, catalytic element removed. Burn about 3 cord a season (at $160 a cord, split), mostly sugar maple, ash, and birch. Heats our 2,000-sq.-foot house pretty well down to 20 or so. Oil hot-water kicks in after that and for back-up.
Big, open Heatilator fireplace for those nights when it's not too cold--hate to leave the flue open all night, after the fire's died back. Burn ash, cherry, apple, and birch in there.
Big, open Heatilator fireplace for those nights when it's not too cold--hate to leave the flue open all night, after the fire's died back. Burn ash, cherry, apple, and birch in there.
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