OK, ongoing questions. I left the air on full open from this afternoon's burn (that was down to mostly coals) while we went to the hardware...
Well, I'm all the way back open to full air now just to try to hold the flue temps >600F and the STTs >400F. That surprises me.
The cat is engaged at these temps. I don't *think* it smells like wood smoke at all. However, the paint smell is still so incredibly strong it...
First burn was 3 big splits plus progressively smaller stuff on down to kindling to get it going. We had horrid burnt paint/new exhaust smell that...
Doing one of my break-in burns right now. I can't tell if the stove is leaking smoke from under the bonnet and around the flue adapter or if it's...
I installed a new Ideal Steel stove on Saturday and it's my first woodstove so I'm not an expert burner. I'd like to get the break-in burns out of...
So do you guys think the current black Sooteater rods are flexible enough to stick in the hole for the rear vent on an Ideal Steel and allow me to...
Woodstock Ideal Steel
These were all shot on actual black and white film within the last month. They're all as-shot, no trickery in the computer. This is my back yard:...
With just 3 screws holding the top section to the support box, am I going to have any trouble hanging 17 feet of double wall? Hopefully, they'd...
I'm installing my first chimney with Excel Class A and UltraBlack stove pipe from ICC. The ICC instructions are mostly a list of ways to...
It's been a VERY dry year for us as well. We're probably around 10-14" short of rain this year. We had to water the young trees and bamboo twice a...
I asked my wife if these chaps made my ash look big: [img] Should have taken a picture when we were working the base of the tree. Where I'm...
Source?
Got another cord split and stacked today. For the first time in almost a year, the driveway actually has no wood in it waiting to be bucked or...
It's this will be our first winter burning and we've been working hard for right about a year trying to get wood dried out. We're not even close...
Yep, I've been heardbroken several times. Took a storm-damaged cherry down. Bucked it. Started splitting it. Came to realize I could have had it...
The cap for my ICC Excel chimney doesn't have a screen. We have birds that get into every dammed thing around here. What should I buy to make a...
1) Occupant perception of air quality is widely regarded (in the Building Science discipline) as pretty much useless because people pretty much...
I've not seen very many here either but every single one has been solid black.
