Stove Tetris

Ok now we're talking. That area you live in bushpilot is like pure wind tunnel. I have reason to believe that if you are not in Cle Elum, buried in a knarled nook with a treeline shield, you're likely to burn a cord a week if its that cold and drafty. I remember being in the burg and it was ...really cold one night. At Dinner time we heard this thud, like heavy. my roommates look all weird and realized that the wind had pushed the door open and slammed it so hard into the wall that the doorknob had embedded in the drywall and in the process broke the door stop that keeps it from hitting the wall. No idea why but at that point we kept it bolt locked until we moved out.

 

Well did she?

 

I am closer to Idaho. The wind is not that bad here most of the time. We have occasional storms which knock out power for a few days, but otherwise it is OK. We can handle a few days without power.

 

Oh ok my bad! I believe we also have a Deer Park just in between Ellensburg and Cle Elum. Honest mistake! Yeah that's true but in all my years in Ellensburg wind always blew hard but power never went out. Must be because they bury the lines?

 

All the ones I've got from Harbor Freight are brown so maybe they're not the same

 

Actually they may be the same glove just just different color. Saw grey and brown in the same bin

 

You my friend are welcome! I'm afraid of loading my Enerzone like that. I'm thinking it my melt down. Had a few run away fires last season, but I believe I found my problem. Where my door seal butts up the seal has started to unravel leaving a large gap.I'm still learning the EPA stove.

 

Any of these posts are just a mountain of information. What to do and what not to do since the goal is to heat your home not jettison you out of it in the cold. But with a little touch and go with the windows, looks like this is a place to start. Maybe if I don't pack my stove, I'll just get goofy later and play some Tetris. The blocks Ive got around here is just that stuff that works!

 

I hope we open this thread back up soon now that we’re at burning season. My birch splits are gonna be best for this plus the squares!

 

She’s not loaded up tonthe gills but hey its still a loaded stove. More to come as I get to do this properly. Birch on top of doug fir coals.

 

Heres my overnight load of larch that I loaded about 15 minutes ago. Pretty typical bed time load.

 

I just loaded up before bed. Mostly alder with a few pieces of hemlock, and one bigass spider.

 

Spiders are the highest Btu arachnid in North America. Very dense critters.

 

Haven't been loading heavy but this thread being bumped inspired me. I pulled 5 gallons of ash out tonight(never cleaned the ash out last season ) so I had room for a good load.

Oak and honey locust.

 

5!?? Golly man.

 

Pretty "normal" the stove has a really deep belly.

 

Burn them cobwebs out man

 

Ash and Maple

 

Maybe not quite a tetris load, but a decent load for a small stove.

 

Nicely done. Hey if you think about it this way, it looks like Tetris the other directions