Got home last night to 64 in the house so lit a small fire to take the edge off. Had someone come out to quote the excavation and I told him to...
Just lit up for the morning and turned the furnace back down for the day. I can definitely tell it is warming up outside. Doesn’t take much of a...
Woke up to 65 in the house still from last night. Furnace hasn’t run yet! Oak burning now. Unfortunately our coffee pot decided it was quitting...
Oops. I put the backhoe on my Bobcat again for the spring and found out how much heavier it is again…
I burned a couple 6-7” diameter trees. Split it big if your stove has a decent size door.
More oak with a couple pine branches tossed in. This is tote number 19 for the year between us and 2 neighbors. Ready for a little spring!
I’m not sure if there are many ash trees in my area. Mainly oaks and pines, with the occasional cherry, elm, sassafras, or whatever else sprinkled...
I love maple. Sounds like I’ll like beech as well. To be fair the only wood I haven’t liked is wet wood.
That’s good! I’ve never processed any before now or burned any but this sure seems wet, heavy, and hard to split. Usually those add up to a lot of...
Let the fire go out overnight. Shoveled the ash out and lit again with oak. Hopefully when this tote of wood runs out we are warming up and don’t...
We’re getting close on a floor plan finally. We are fairly sure the main floor wood stove will be a corner install. The basement I think will get...
Thank you, that’s good to know. I’ll get back to worrying about better things like which stoves to pick!
Our plan was rockwool but they would spray the sill plate band to seal it up. The concern I have with spray foam is having rot and not finding it...
Was it foam board or spray? Someone we know mentioned they had their foundation exterior sprayed. Thought that was interesting.
True. Basement will have to be insulated but there’s still a giant concrete floor to absorb heat. Maybe the mid size Englander would fit the job...
We just got the first set of plans back yesterday. Needs a couple tweaks. Living room sure seemed small on paper so we are adding 2’ in width....
I just lit a fire that’s half pine and half oak. Both scavenged from the woods around us, neither as dry as they should be but they burn fine...
That has to be an AI alteration. Ugh. False advertising. I see altered listings often enough that I wonder the disappointment a prospective buyer...
No fire right now. Might light one later today if I get cold while working. Split a bunch of the fallen dead oak yesterday. One was fairly punky...
45/67, burning oak. Headed out to split some of the dead trunks I cut over the weekend before work. I’ll get that all out of the way and stacked...
