Set in his ways, yeah I hear that. Kinda wonder if you printed out a species to BTU chart maybe would peak his interest. Or maybe not. Very good...
Our stove needs at least three splits to maintain fire. Never had good results with only a single split, even on a serious bed of coals. Your pine...
Wow, that stack looks about ..... two miles long.
Today was the first time this winter that the roads had ice and snow. On the drive home, there were an unusual number of slide-offs and accidents....
Kinda wondering if the vehicle taking the video of that loopy log truck has a chainsaw in it. Just waiting for the truck to spill the logs so they...
How to calculate the number of BTU's a cat soaks up laying there? Ours regulates her heat uptake by lounging closer or farther from the stove....
Where we are there's no way oak would get down to 16-19% in 21 months. Especially true for splits that huge. Must be nice...
Wowie, wow! Saying "Geese, Louise" or "holy smokes!" or "gadzooks!" just doesn't describe my awe. Thanks for the pics and GREAT JOB! There must be...
We look forward to burning 3+ year CSS white oak next winter. Have burned 3+ year CSS red oak and it was great. Eager to see if one is better than...
Those are some great looking rounds. Sure hope the bug that bit you was brief and never returns. Red oak is awesome firewood, nice catch.
Brushed out the flue in October, regasketed the stove and gave it a new cat combustor. With nice dry wood ( mostly b.locust and ash but some other...
Watch out, there's gonna be a shortage of pallets and skids as Pete goes into production. At first the shortage will only be lower Michigan then...
I try to keep the stove door closed until it is down to ashes. It can make impressive fireworks when new air hits outgassing splits. Have seen...
It is blowing here pretty good with gusts that shake and creak the house. Reminds me of that haunting Gordon Lightfoot song about the Edmund...
Criminy- not knowing any better, we've just been burning our ash firewood in the stove all these years. Someone should have told us about this...
Those are some good looking mountains of maple splits. The good part about stacking is that after it's done, ya don't have do anything else with...
Our 2550 Encore got a new cat this year (after 5 years of inexperienced burning). We stayed with ceramic instead of steel because I heard issues...
Somehow a couple wheelbarrows worth of red oak splits have gone unburned beyond 3 years now. It is noticeably lighter and ooooh, boy - does that...
Hey that is "road oak" - the stuff has been known to burn for a day. Great score...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] One feature that forced me to buy this house is the under-garage space surrounded by concrete. Two or three cords fit easily in...
