Hmm.. i wonder how others get it to display large, in-line... I pasted the pic, and it seemed to be fine. Oh well
Welcome Mike! I'm in the more geographically central Mass location! I too used to have a Consolidated Dutchwest woodstove in my first house. Great heater!
OK - you asked.. ~smile~ Today's morning effort, before lower back said enough. My temp storage/processing area. What's there, will be moved to my long term wood racks, later this week.
I snow blow to the area, as I use the screen house in the winter, and I need access to the compost bins.
You have come to the right place, MikeInMa! Anyone is welcome, but you certainly look like you will fit right in here. Stay warm out there!
As you can see, most of the racks are 2x4's with corner brackets. What's stacked between trees, are on branches/saplings. I have 13 of the racks. I figure, about 1/3 cord on each. I seem to be making a couple more racks, every year or two. As well as, finding trees to rack between. The property slopes, so, it can be tricky. I've been trying to keep about 2.5 years of wood available to season. When I do buy wood, it's green. IT can season in my yard, thank you very much.
The wood stove is about 5 yrs old. It tends to "puff".. I found a link where someone had the same problem and drilled a few holes on each side of the glass door, into the draft chase. This allows air to get to the coals, instead of all the air going to the down wash, over the glass. There's still more than enough air to keep the glass relatively clean. Still puffs now and then, but not nearly as much as before. It only puffs, when I have the catalytic damper closed.
Welcome to our home. From the looks of things, you have belonged here for a long time! We do a lot of family things. Like well wishes for those who are ill, or having problems, we have some drives for special needs and thank you's. We show our building project, discuss our successes and failure, how to fix things, what's good to eat, tell some good stories, share picture, (love pictures) esp. of our wood, wood sheds, pets, stoves, and of our travels. No need to clean your fingernails or comb your hair for us. We are what we are.
Puffing is caused by lack of draft and is worsened by burning wood before it has had time to dry properly. Not sure about the drilling of holes in the glass though.
No holes were drilled through the glass, nor the door itself. There were drilled in the air chase, through which the air/draft flows. The chase is incorporated in the stove and is accessible when the glass door is openl. They run up along each side of the door, but not part of the door. The holes allow the air/draft to get to the burning wood/coals, instead of just to the downdraft, over the glass. It has helped! The wood is well seasoned/dry. Just a bad design of this particular stove, that has been rectified.
