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Wood Burning Stoves, Tips on what not to do

Discussion in 'Modern EPA Stoves and Fireplaces' started by HDRock, Sep 16, 2016.

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  1. HDRock

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    I don't know where he got that little Fire View stove , didn't know they made em that small, mine was a lot bigger

     
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    Oh wow...where do you start...:picard:....
    and why does this guys think he is an authority...
    dries his wood by packing it around the stove before he uses it?!? :jaw: hope he doesn't get anyone killed with that tip

    better than drying on top of the stove i guess....:hair:
     
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    :zip: My best tips :

    Tip # 1
    Burn well seasoned , dry wood

    Tip # 2
    Burn well seasoned , dry wood

    Tip #3
    Read tip # 1 & 2
     
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    unless you dry it in front of the stove first...
    You know...bring it in a couple days before you burn it...;)
     
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    That poor stove had no muscle at all.

    The guy had some good basic pointers, he touched on enough that a newbie might understand.
     
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    Not much sleeping or other chores going on
    loading the stove every 45 min to an hour
     
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    It is really a shame you can't delete videos off youtube when they are junk.
     
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    And if his wood is at 12% moisture, then I wonder why he has to dry it beside the stove? In addition, I'm not sure where he lives but the wood in that area soaks up the humidity a lot.... Right.
     
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    He seemed to have a vague understanding of the basics, but that wood wasn't at 12-14%. At least he understood it should be dry, but didn't seem to understand that what he had .....wasn't. His CTCs were lacking. The stove leaked air.
    I'll stop now.
    For sure Dennis, if his firewood is that dry, absolutely no need for all his little tips. Some of that is what I did for the first 3 years we were here. :headbang:
     
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    Oh my goodness. Is this guy serious?
     
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    Man you guys are killing me. I worked hard to make that video, and was proud of myself.


    :bug::hair::rofl: :lol:
     
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    Was anyone else scared about his wood stove set up? A stove sitting on too little of a base, and I say base because it was hardly fireproof. It was sitting upon a wooden floor with bricks laid over it WITHOUT mortar. One spark or ember dropped out of that stove and between the cracks of the bricks and "whoosh" up in flames. Not to mention some feeble protection for his wooden walls.

    One minute into his video and he already contradicted himself. "It takes awhile to learn the particulars of a stove"..."We have only had this stove about a month and half..". In my experience it takes at least a season to learn about anything. I have a new MS 461 chainsaw I would like to do a review on, but with only twenty cord across the bar, how can I properly give a review?
     
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    Couldn't force myself to watch past 4 min. Waaaaaaay to much fail in that video.
     
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    Anyone notice his chimney with 3 , 90 degree elbows and no damper in the pipe , that stove needs one
     
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    Unfortunately, someone such as he posts something such as this, and someone else who knows no better will consider it gospel.
    The results could be non-good.
     
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    Lol. Non-good indeed!


    Sent from my iPhone so pardon any autocorrect bollocks
     
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    No kidding.:hair:
     
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    Yep , wrong info is not gooder :pete:
     
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