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

Gonna have to agree to disagree on that. Coldest I've ever felt is -20 and I was not about that life.

 

Took a screenshot of today’s weather and found a pic of the temps on 11/20/2017

 

29 deg F last night, 32 deg F tonight. Around 50 deg F during the day. House is a little cool in the AM so I start a fire of mostly Doug Fir. Let it burn out towards late afternoon or the house gets too hot. Repeat as needed!

 

Without humidity and wind it’s night and day difference. To me 32* with 100% humidity and 5+ miles an hour or more is way worth.

 

Sitting on easy street this evening, weather has warmed up to -6 C feels -12 C or 21 F feels 10 F. Place is warming up like crazy with the stove idling along with a light load. You sure notice the effect on draft when the weather changes quickly, like my stove got derated. Supposed to cool off tomorrow and then some warm weather to follow. As always, have to wait and see. Still haven't hit the end of the uglies, I'm guessing 3 more days and I can run normal wood.

 

I fully agree. I just came back from 10 days in Hawaii. It was 80+ every day, and it was truly awesome. I've been in -35° temps, and it was not fun.

 

It was right at 20* today and everyone I talked to was complaining about how warm it is.

 

Thats frigin cold dude!

 

Oak slabs burning 2f 79f in living room lol
Slabs are really dry lol

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I agree about humidity being everything. I grew up in Vancouver BC. Winters are mild for the most part but 99% humidity at 3c/37f with winds and 50 mm of rain during a storm is nasty. Wearing rain gear to work with room and enough water in a pouch in your tool belt to safely raise a gold fish is not fun not to mention water running down into your arm pits when youre lifting walls on framing crews.... no thanks. I like the dry cold air of the Rockies 13 hours drive east. -11c/12f at the moment. Dry larch in the stove keeping things toasty!

 

Oak slabs burning at 4 f it's 0f now .

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No eletric block heater ?? Or is it still to cold for them to work alone?

 

I like to have it cool to sleep as well, we keep the heat out of the bedrooms at night.

 

Morning ya'll I just got home from work and now have 3 days off! 30 here and snowing pretty good, it started about an hour and half ago, we've got an inch or so, and they're saying around 3". 55 IAT but that will change real soon. Oak & Pine were lit about 15 minutes ago, and away we go!

 

My crazy witch hazel blooming in the snow...
Snowing steadily but pretty warm, 32°. Still burning little oak branches, but reloaded the wood ring with hawthorn for the cold snap.

 

It’s 30 here and we have a good 3” already with a prediction of 6-8 and we still have 3-4” left from the last storm that didn’t melt as predicted. I guess we’re a little too far inland. Chill factor of zero for the daytime on Thanksgiving but warming up into the 40’s over the weekend. It’s Maine, and like the old saying goes “If you don’t like the weather wait 5 minutes.”
Burning a mixed load of pine, beech, and KD oak with one Envi block. I’m amazed at how long those things last! I put some on the bottom of a top down fire the other day and I broke up the chunks 20 hours later. They keep the firebox temperature up long after the wood burns down. I’m not switching over or anything but I’m still experimenting with them and I like what I’m seeing so far. I’m trying out several different brands and the only ones I’m not fond of so far are the ones from TSC. Of course they’re the cheapest, but they’re way messier and don’t burn nearly as long as the smaller more expensive blocks. Must be a big difference in the amount of pressure used.
Anyone else stretch their wood out with bricks or blocks?

 

Block heaters work great. I don’t have them on the tractor. Would need them as much on hydraulic fluids as oil. I try to always have the tractor in the garage. When I don’t/can’t I use a tarp and heater. After an hour it starts like it’s in the heated garage.

 

In the 40’s here today with a 10 mph north wind. Burning some sass and cherry right now. I’ll load up with some oak tonight cause it’s supposed to be in the 20’s