Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

Ha rarely need it in the uk , unless I'm out with camera in the middle of the night . Aurora meteors or anything else that will never look the same again

 

Hi billb3,
Great to see some pics of your TN19. I posted some of the TN20 on the Rolling Secondaries thread. I think we are going to like this little stove.
I burned cedar to heat it up and then white oak. The windows got a bit black at the sides from starting. The five foot pipe didn't draw until it all got hot enough.
Thank again for all the help.
They cancelled the snow for here, just cold and dry.

 

Still sitting in the cold air from up there polar vortex thing. -34 C feels -42 C, or -29 F feels -43 F

 

Minus 22F here this morning. Minus 41F with the wind chill. The house is sitting at a comfy 68F. I've got a new kitchen sink and taps to put in, and I intentionally waited until today to do it. Just in case something snaps off, I wanted to wait until the hardware store was open. I guess I'd better go outside and plug in the block heater and battery blanket in the truck just in case I need it to actually start.

Edit: Awwwww RATS. It looks like I'm going to have to half my wimpy butt out to the store after all. I don't have any silicone to seal around the new sink. Somebody call the WHAAAAAAAAAmbulance. LOL.

 

I've actually had that, and it's not that bad. There's better types, but on a hot day, I'll take that. On a cold day, fuggedddabouddddiiiittt.

 

-9 this morning. Starting to feel like a real winter. Full load of boxelder burning now... I know it's not going burn long but with the air dialed back it's maintaining good heat for now. Go fish for some locust or ash before nightfall....

 

That's not the first time I've had that thought. I've asked that question tolocals in Fiji, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Florida, and they all look at me funny.

I never see it being burnt. They always use different wood to burn in fire pits. Maybe they think it'll cause chimney fires. Lol

 

Is you stove not large enough for your square feet?

 

It's still -1F here. It was colder overnight. I saw -5 at one point.

Elm and beech uglies in the stove since I'm home today.

I might go outside and move some more wood from the driveway stack to the lower stacks.

 

My house after a few nights in the 20s I loose the battle. I have to stay ahead as well.

 

Have you ever seen in a palm or palmetto tree? It's just like a bunch of fibers, it wouldn't hold any heat! We have live oak down there for heat, forget the rotty palms.

 

If you have a chance to pick up a Blaze King. I can tell you they work. We can keep the house at 72-75* even when its -60* Just have to feed it. It was -24* this morning and a full load of spruce lasted about 8 hours and I still had about 8-10 inches of coal. When its -50 to -60* its fed every 5-7 hours, no big complaint. I run spruce, its my most prevalent wood. I have a little white birch, and have found some more and plan on harvesting. Will not see the benefit for a bit. Spruce treats me well.

 

We had some dark patches on the glass sides the first small fires too. Some thought it might be the bricks seasoning. It went away.

 

I wanted a BKK bad. Wife said they were ugly and I said I don't care they last forever on a load. Plus no dealers around here and they are expensive when had.

I have a second stove (NC30) for my house but it's been sitting on a dolly on the back sunroof for like 3 or 4 years now and I never started the install.

 

Yep, I've seen it. Yes, live oak is great. But some tropical islands don't have anything but palms. Then again, it never gets below about 70 degrees in those places. Having a fire in those areas isn't a necessary thing, but at night they sure are nice.

 

Fire is convenient to cook on even on the equator where that might be all there is for someone with no or little other means.

 

-1 and trying to snow, +60 in the shop.