Thanks everyone for the feedback. With your suggestions, this turned out to be a pretty easy job. :salute: [IMG]
Thanks, I appreciate your perspective, and that was my initial thought too. Then I tried lifting the stump end and realized it was a lot heavier...
I've created enough unnecessary danger in my life by not thinking to know that I could find a way to screw this up and injure myself. Having never...
Thanks! I had to re-stack one of those after it toppled over in a wind storm last year, so I was very meticulous about stacking them this year. :cool:
Yeah, brand new heat pump, so I was really glad it didn't get banged up! :thumbs: I like this approach, but with the stump end at about head...
In the wind storms that blew through here yesterday a dead tree snapped at its base, tipped over my stack of firewood, just missing my house and...
Mwalsh - when you get up in the morning, will your stove have cooled down a lot? I've been following a similar approach as you, and with the air...
Not stuffed completely tight, but a good sized load, usually about 6 medium sized splits and maybe some smaller kindling, on top of a thick bed of...
I'll have to check that out. I'd love to be able to digitally monitor, record, and remotely monitor/act on the cat temp data.
What does low and slow look like on your IS, in terms of time in catalytic burn, STT, cat temp (if known), presence of secondaries, and air...
Good to know. In an emergency, maybe shutting my air control lever all the way to "zero" will be enough to snuff things out.
Hmm, so once engaged do the secondary flames become entirely self-sustaining and beyond operator control for as long as there's sufficient fuel...
Thanks to all the helpful responses to my earlier post, I've learned how to get my stove fired nice and hot, with STT up to 600+, or at least hot...
OldHippie - thanks for the detailed response! I've wondered if there might be differences in how the AS runs compared to the IS too. Smaller...
Thanks, that's great to know! I've got a pallet of fiber fuel (and another one of canawick bricks), so I'll check out that fiber thread for more info.
I've been slowly increasing the number of bricks I put in (but nowhere near packed), with good results so far, except that it's a fairly short cat...
Warner, CbVT - Good safety tips! :salute: When I said I dumped mine outside, I meant that I take it outside to dump into the galvanized steel...
I don't know if a narrower top would contain the cloud any better, but I think it would make it more likely that some ash misses the opening. I'm...
Yeah, definitely seems like a hassle. Probably something I wouldn't bother with until I trip over some toys or shoes and spill a smoldering load...
The ash pan or the cover?
