Stove Tetris

Not as long as I expected, as there was a bit of pine in it. I just reloaded the stove from it. 10 hrs according to the times on FHC when posting. But I could've rechooched it a couple hours ago to keep stove temps higher.

 

Definitely jealous of those that can load their stove N/S. E/W loads have worked well in the Regency for the last 12+ years however it does require more maintenance than if I could just do a full N/S fill. I could cut smaller splits (been using 16"-18" since I purchased the stove in '09), however it's not something I really want to do.

 

My stove will take 22 inch splits EW. I cut 18 inches and it seems to work well. Fires last through the night and will easily relight from coals when I get up. I really don't want to cut splits in half to gain maybe 2 more hours of burn time by loading N/S. On the other hand, I do sometimes do a hybrid. A couple shorts from going N/S and 18 inch splits going E/W. It's good way to use shorts.

 

Yep, I experiment with N/S loads when I'm burning shorts. I've become very adept at starting my E/W splits usually only using one piece of fatwood and maybe one piece of kindling, and I always have good burns, so the only real advantage I would see to the N/S loads is that I could fill the box for longer burns (I don't like anything up against the glass, so I never fully load E/W.

 

Headed to zero or lower.

 

I tried my hand at an E/W tetris, but of course when keeping it off the glass you can't stuff it as much. And really this is more of a hybrid, as I used a few small cuts N/S to fill in the ends.

My first back row, and end filler. (already wanting to catch fire)



The end result.



Question.... Is there such a thing as a truck tetris?

 

All ash. I used to have a smaller stove and now my splits are a bit short for the fireview. I saw some and add them to fit in between the splits and the door.

 

Every time we deliver a truck load to a customer. We fill in the empty spots around the wheel wells and tailgate.

 

Got a couple good Tetris loads so far this year

 

A full tank of alder and hemlock.

 

From a few nights ago.

 

Nice big all nighter chunks

 

It’s been a while, not a full effort load but it’ll do.

 

I’m still pretty new to the wood burning game, but it seems like if I put that much wood in my wood burning stove, I’d get the house up to 95-100°F. After I get the fire going, I just put a couple of logs in at a time and that keeps the house around 70-75°ish. What am I missing? …or does packing the stove full just make it last longer as long as I don’t give it too much air?

 

With my stove the amount of wood added doesn’t change output just run time. Think of it like a fuel tank in a car. The more fuel it can hold the longer you go between fill ups.

 

Load of pignut hickory to the gills.

 

Well, didn't think I'd be attempting to fill the stove even close to full in late March, but this weather...

 

First stove Tetris post of the burning season WOOOOOooooooO. Not getting too serous stuffing it to the gills. Mostly tulip poplar, a piece of cherry and two splits of white oak.

 

Looking good. We had a mix last night too. Tulip poplar, oak, beech. cherry

 

Stove has a full belly of ash so not a huge load but it’ll be good enough. About as much ash as I could fit on top of the ash.