my 3 year plan or "why my wife says you guys are a bad influence"

Razo did you block off the sides on your baffle any?

 

WeldrDave nice new avatar. Out of curiosity and not wanting to hijack another thread what's you opinion of chimney dampers?

 

Well that's better than 8
Last year I burned just barely over 3 cord ,this year , I haven't burned 2 cord yet

 

I love hearing stories like this.
It's the wood.
I really need to crank up the wood getting this year. Standing/down dead Oak will be first. As much as I can get my saw into.
Might even order up a cord or 2 to get caught back up, or ahead.

 

Thanks I think I read somewhere else you did not use them.

 

Do you use wood heat exclusively and how much area are you heating and all?

 

Yep just wood heat 1200 square feet.
When it gets down around 0, I turn on the Eden Pure in the other end of the house

 

Sounds good man. Were heating almost double that from the basement.

 

Well that makes sense , that's a lot of area to heat

 

Yea not to sure how well the walls are insulated either. House was built in 1977 and is that junk cellotex stuff. Want to resheath it and get new siding and winders and doors one of these days.

 

Unfortunately no. I don't have any firebrick laying around so I'll have to grab some. Also, not really looking forward to reaching around and messing in the ashy stove right now. If I get the brick and feel antsy maybe I'll do it this season when I let the stove burn out. If not, I'll probably do it over the spring/summer when I clean the stove out good. I'm continually improving my technique and have been able to keep the house above 70 with only 2 fires a day, one in the morning, and one before bed.

 

Congrats. That's about were I stand. Now I'm just working on doing it in less wood. My pre baffle theory was to load it full and than load it full when empty. Now I'm learning to manipulate the coals when I'm home to get a little longer between loads. Wife thinks it strange but it's kinda a good cold weather hobby playing with your wood.

 

"Wife thinks it strange but it's kinda a good cold weather hobby playing with your wood." ...

 

"Wife thinks it strange but it's kinda a good cold weather hobby playing with your wood."

This is a family forum, mister.


Snrk.

 

Your wife and I should swap husbands for just a little season. I would bet my house on her changing her mind on your 3 year plan and insist on having you back. I would keep you for the full three years (till I got stocked up. I make nice food?)

 

Now that's funny right there...

 

Na you'd probably send me back sooner than later.

 

Have to disagree about the damper statement. May be true across the board for Fisher stoves, but certainly not for EPA stoves. With a tall chimney in some locations you can certainly have too much chimney and too much draft for an EPA to perform to maximum. In such cases, a flue damper makes all the difference: stove more controllable, more heat retained in the home, fewer drafts in the home, lower stack temps, less wood consumed..... My stove manufacturer recommended I install a flue damper shortly after I began burning with my current configuration (changed from previous stage from rear vent to top vent) and stove.