I am new to wood burning, except for my pyromania as a kid. I am in the process of building my own home on a wooded 40 acre plot and have a place set aside for a wood stove in it. I bought a Napoleon 1100 pedestal model and have the chimney and OAK in place. I had a 30 inch DBH ash removed from my existing home a couple of years ago and kept most of the wood, so I have the start of my 15/16 wood pile. I do need to cut the rounds to length because the Napoleon requires rather short splits and I had no idea how long I should go when they took out that tree so most of it is around 20 inches long. There is lots of dead and down, mostly blow downs, in my woods so that is the next source I need to tap. A lot of it is black walnut and shagbark hickory but there is plenty of other species sprinkled in including sassafras, hedge, red oak, white oak, burr oak, ash, wild black cherry and even some eastern red cedar.
Welcome to FHC! Oldman47 .... Glad you found us, sounds like your working on getting your hoarding on. On a pretty nice property.
Welcome Oldman47 . Sounds like you have a nice place coming together. When you get to trimming the existing pieces that you have makes yourself a cutoff jig so you can stack up a dozen or so at once and then run your saw down the front and cut off the ends all at once.
Welcome aboard Oldman47. Couple of suggestions. Get that wood (3 full cords or more) cut, split, and stacked (css) ASAP. I'd start with the Ash, then move to the other stuff, since the Ash is a very good all around wood and should dry fairly well by next winter. It needs to be split to really start drying though. How big is the house? How well is it insulated? What's the layout? Your answers will give us a better idea if that stove is enough. Also, do you plan to only burn wood, or will there be another heat source? Lots of good info here, so stick around. Oh, and we really like pics.
Welcome to FHC! You've done the right thing by joining up with us from the very start. Browse around a bit so you can see that the best thing you can do as a woodburner is get several years ahead. Remember that your wood doesn't start seasoning until it's split and stacked off the ground. If you get that ash split and stacked right now, it should be good to go for next season for sure. Woods like oak, hickory, and hard maple take a bit longer to season to perfection (two to three years), cherry, pine, poplar, ash and soft maple and locust season usually in a year or so. Looks like you'll fit right in around here, welcome aboard!!
Welcome to the site Old. Glad you found us Sounds like you already have a great start Oh, and we like pics here... cause ya know what they say..."if there's no pics...
From this ole man to another Oldman47 ... welcome to FHC. Looking forward to hearing and seeing more of your home build project. Glad you're here ... ...
Welcome Oldman47. Glad to have you here. Tons of good information here.....as well as good fun. Dry wood & pics are vital!
From one Newb to another, welcome Oldman47 . This is a great site for learning. Really nice mix of BTU's you seem to have on your 40 acres. Are you building your home yourself or having it built? These folks are addicted to pictures. Welcome again. Edit: We are addicted to pictures.
Ok. Just remember, you're now part of "These folks". We're gaining members so fast, I can't keep up. Welcome aboard Air2bmc.
