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Is it okay to burn while not at home?

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Frank and Beans, Aug 25, 2015.

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  1. Elderthewelder

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    whoa!!! I bet that was a little spendy
     
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  2. Backwoods Savage

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    Frank, please don't take this wrong but I don't understand those who are afraid to run the stove if they are not there. Stoves were manufactured to be giving heat, not sitting in the home as ornaments. And learning a stove is really super easy. Yes, different woods will burn differently but usually not so much that you have to be really concerned. Only if you burn some super dry pine or lumber cut-offs or pallet wood will you need to be concerned.

    It is easy. Just like you reload the stove. Get it set to the final draft setting, double check it and go. That's all there is to it.

    Also this makes me think that perhaps you also do not run the stove at night while sleeping. If not, you are not getting much benefit from the stove. Put wood in it and let the thing do what it was designed to do.

    In addition, think about all the folks that burn full time. In our case, both wife and I grew up with wood heat. We had no other source of heat in the home. Today we are the same way. We have no other source of heat so the stove runs whether we are here or not and even while we sleep. We keep our home around 80 degrees all winter and that means we don't shut the stove down so it gives very little heat. We want the heat!

    Relax!!!!!! Good luck.
     
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  3. Will C

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    I heated with wood for a couple of years, but stopped because my fiancé and I work crazy hours, sometimes being gone from the house for 12-14 hours at a time. If we worked normal 8 hour shifts, we'd still be burning.
     
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    I pack my stove every morning all winter, leave for work at 6:20 a.m., come home at around 4, ain't had a problem.

    I always like to listen to an oil burner fire up, especially on one that the electrodes are gunked up, listen to that oil pumpin in there and then waaaaavooooom......
     
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    No, I appreciate the feedback! It is just new to me, that's all. We burn while sleeping because I trust the smoke detectors. But when we are gone, no one will hear them! I really wasn't sure if it was common practice or not to burn while away. For you and many others it is second nature because you have been doing it for so long. But there are also a lot of us who are just getting started. Our apprehension will someday fade, as long as there are experts like yourself who take the time to reassure us. Thank you for your advice. I plan to load the stove before leaving the house this winter.
     
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    Relax and enjoy it Frank. You'll soon wonder why you were anxious. Good luck.
     
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    Nope, did not cost me a dime.:p :yes:
     
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