Psssst..hey kid, just so you arent bored I'll give you a location and you can deliver small, unmarked stacks-
...so, getting myself educated to the OWB. Reading the Hardy site, good education...it says: "Just check on your Hardy a couple of times a day and you're done." ....wow.....that's it?
Is that dent on top/side of boiler something you've noticed? I figured so, but just wanted to mention it. Nice stacks!
"Set it and forget it" During the coldest windiest most miserable days of the winter, I'll end up checking the OWB three times. Just to be sure it doesn't drop temps by running low of wood. In those conditions, recovery takes just a tad longer. We're talking -40 with winds, not breezes, winds that make the sideways snow! Starting with the shoulder seasons, its check it once every two days, then every day, that twice a day....until those damm cold snaps!
Truth!!! We burned the least we've ever burned last year at only 6 cords. Depending on species, it's usually around 8-9 and one year we burned 11 when it was a lot of soft maple from the village tree lawn trees and it was real cold. Granted, it doesn't take as much work to make a cord for the Hardy since I cut at 23" for splitter and about 30" for branches. Also, I only split pieces that I can't pick up and load in the stove. Oak is usually 10"+ before I'll split. We heat our basement and living area to around 72°. That's about 3700sq ft. Plus our hot water is supplied by the stove. We have an H-4.
It didn't say anything about needing a truck and saws and splitters and getting wood to split and hauling and cutting and splitting...... It refers to the importance of the "chase" when installing the pipes underground. What do you use for that? Could you post a pic of the inside of the fire box?
That's just a stainless box that covers the firebox/water jacket. There is insulation on the sides, front and back of the firebox/water jacket. Top is not insulated. If you zoom in and look below the main door for feeding the stove and the ash door there is a panel that slides out then you can lift the cover off. There is an easily removed panel in back for access to pump, lines, relay and blower.
Can hardly wait for some cold weather so we can start cutting wood again. I'm in the mood now but not in this weather.
