Just saying hello from the river hills of Pennsylvania. Thought I'd join up with some like minded hoarders. Hoping to continue to learn will only be second year of burning. Heating about a 1600sq foot stone farmhouse built in 1840. So you can imagine the fun I'm having
Welcome Biddleman We love pics of saws, wood stacks, trees. fire pits, wood stoves, you get the idea.
Hello and welcome to FHC Biddleman nice to have you on board! Lots of knowledge and laughs to be had here!
Some kinda' code? Welcome aboard Biddleman . 1840 stone farmhouse, eh? Yeah, heating (or attempting to) that's gotta' be interesting.
Hello and welcome to the family! Wood always heats you twice, unless you rehandle like I do then it’s four or five times!
Welcome to the nuthouse. Glad you joined up. I know you said it's your second year but about how much wood are you running through to try and keep the shack warm ?
Long story short... bought house in december 2017, didnt move in until mid march of 2018. We had to sell our other house but also trying to get stuff done at new digs. Went through 2 tanks of oil while not even living here fulltime and said enough of that. Plus we have 5 acres and there's lots of down and standing dead. Got woodstove installed last summer by a crew of younger guys. Started to burn mid october or so. Ive been around woodstoves and brother in law only used woodstove growing up, so not a complete noob. We both thought it wasnt drafting enough and not heating as hot as we thought it would, But it was still heating decent. I was burning ash and well seasoned oak. Using a mousture meter and not burning anything that read 19 or 20%. Fast forward and saw my cap was getting enclosed by creosote. Went to clean pipe and it was built up. Couldnt believe it would be that much creosote. Owner of company came out and I showed him wood I was burning and we started a fire. Yeah, definite issue. Came down to a "boot" they had to use to connect liner to top of stove (lopi rockport). The fan guard in back was hitting back of fireplace wall due to its angle and the couldnt put pipe straight down, and young guys couldnt figure a pipe design. So they used this junction box. Owner ripped everything out and started over. He was able to connect it with a pipe. We started a fire and if I didnt know better I would of said entire new stove was installed. Kicking the heat out like I was expecting, plus some!!! So burned a little more than 3.5 cords. I'm thinking probably 4 -5 this year. I dont have the ash this year and my oak wont be ready. So Im burning some BL, lots of cherry, maple, hack berry. Guess wasnt long story short.
Dont know if I'll be posting pics of my stacks. Next to some Ive seen on here, they look like the bundles I see for sale at the local mini market. I got stack envy!
Nothing to be ashamed of. We're all family here. Show off your hard work! Ive posted a pic of one of my stacks that fell over. See my thread If a stack falls in your processing area, does it make a noise?...YES! Got a good ribbing but all in fun.
Welcome to the forum Biddleman. Basically a new wood burner, you might find this helpful: Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage Good luck with keeping the fires going this winter and that is great you are in an old farmhouse. How my wife would love to live in one of those again! Just keep stoking the fires and close off a room or three if you can to help heat that nice home.
Welcome to the land of BTU's. Glad to have you join us. Remember, we all started some where. Hoarding is a marathon, not a sprint.
We don't judge, glad to have you. Nice bunch of folks on here, sharing knowledge and humor. We all learn something from each other.
