Up this morning and it's 50 out. However; here's a pic of what the local news station has for the 7 day outlook. Jason from RI
I stocked the wood rack today too. Temperature was 5 degrees. Fortunately back in here we don't get the wind like they do out in the open so it really was not that bad. However, we didn't cut any wood nor do we have plans to do so any time this week.
I have wind block here too so it wasn't that bad out back today, scraping the snow off the deck so I don't get my slippers wet
The combination of the cold and the wind have the trees making that cracking sound, I'm just hoping the trails are clear.
Stove report Zap... Have the Liberty stuffed with maple for the first time on top of a full 4" bed of red hots... with the wind howling outside and very cold. Stove is throttled all the way back and holding nicely at around 500 degrees, even with the occasional pull on the draft by those winds. Was very interested in whether it might runaway, but so far it's all good. Like many stoves, maybe all, that door gasket better be doing it's job... or it wouldn't be gooder, fast. Have had many burns with this stove before but this is the first with these conditions.
Been there done that too, last year a matter of fact, when the ceramic window mysteriously slid over far enough to leave a gap. We're loaded here with pin oak to the gills. Real feel a balmy 6° compared to you all up north, our cold will be tues & wed with real feels @ -15.
yes it is scary, you should have seen me freaking out trying to get a couple of fans plugged in to cool it down before it melted. I already had the blower on full blast but that was not cutting it. Needless to say it was hot as hell in the house too
Had it happen in the old Fisher we had at the farm. A chunk got jammed just right in the gasket (couldn't see it on the bottom) and let enough air in to freight train the stove. Had a damper in the pipe there and it couldn't shut it down but did slow it a bit. It's good to know the Lib will throttle back, with a good seal anyway. I don't like surprises... bet you don't either.
My old fire view, set off the smoke alarm one time but I was already on top of it because I smelled the smell I knew something was wrong. It's kind of funny I was already dealing with it but when the smoke alarm went off it scared me even more
You gudda get all that on a vid sometime... Only thing worse than the smoke alarm around here is it sets Giz off shreeeeeeekin' ... gawd that 20 lb co-pilot's got a set of lungs... prolly hear her at your place...
Loaded up the stove with ash on a hotter than usual coal bed last night. Let it run the usual 20 minutes or so, came back in and it looked like a blast furnace. The flames were slamming into the top half of the door. Checked the top of the stove and it was near 800, highest I've seen it yet. Shut down the air and the temps were in the high 600s in about 5 mins. Stove room was at 90 an hour later. Forecast for Thursday night has been changed to -4.
Sounds like you have a nice warm fire going, I just started up the Pellet Stove and the second load of Beech just went in the Liberty on top of some nice Beech & Ironwood coals. Since all this week will be cold are plans are to pack the basement with heat running both at night......just the wood stove during the day. We were down to 4 but a small heat wave came through which pushed us up to 6.
Ever have any issues with your Liberty, not being able to calm it down with a full load of really dry wood? Mine is not what I'd consider really dry.
Some ridiculous temps coming here as well... -5F with -30F windchill tomorrow night. I actually get nervous running the stove when it gets that cold as it tends to overdraft and runaway on me in such temps. That plus I'm working long hours this week (and my wife wont touch the stove) means Ill probably let the gas heat do the heavy lifting though this.
I turned on the propane furnace this morning...and with the wind they are calling for I'm probably going to need it. I can heat with the stove on a -10 night if it is calm, but when the wind is blowing 20MPH @ -10 I have to have the furnace on.
I know what you mean Jeremy. Do you just go smaller with the loads of wood, or? Always amazed me that our old farm hadn't burned flat years ago when they had fires going on multiple levels, in the same no-flue liner chimneys... with old Franklin type stoves (lots of air intake possibilities). Windy ice cold days must have been... interesting.
The problem I get is that the catalyst will go into overfire temp (1700F+) even if the stovetop temp is ok if I load it to the gills and try to damper down all the way for a long burn on really cold days. Yeah, smaller loads with more frequent load intervals work in such temps if I'm around to tend it. Also, fewer larger splits helps as there is less surface area to off-gas. That lets me run with the air control a bit more open which creates more flame action in the firebox and hotter stovetop temps - which gives you more heat but conversely puts less of the load burning smoke on the catalyst so its temp is actually lower.
