It's hard to see in the pic, but are you sure it's BL? Nice looking score, regardless.
I love the BL, but cold starting a stoveful is a little like lighting coal. I've got the space to let white oak dry, so it gets my vote. Pulling...
-5° this morning,the coldest I've had all winter, but with total calm & 8" of fresh snow, the stove room stayed at 70°, 7 hrs after the nighttime...
Myth - heating with wood warms you twice. Fact - warms you dozens of times.
Any pics of the log house you could put up? I love the look of those log walls! Nice suppply of wood there, too!!
I would think the smouldering burn you see with some OWB operators would be a worst case scenario for putting some nasty junk into the air....
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It's BETTER than making money...no taxes!!
I built one similar, but yours looks much better done. I have a single temperature controller which is currently used stove-top, but could also...
You've got a beautiful hearth. That looks like a great place to sit for awhile today. Do you ever need any kind of fan to help circulate heat...
4° & strong winds this morning, and I'm battling coals once again. I did get a bag of pellets to try that trick and it works better than anything...
Or just take the maul along - straight red oak should be easy splitting.
Sorry guys...Should've kept my mouth shut. I realize my temperatures won't win me many friends here...:heidi:
65°, stove is cold, windows are open.
Believe me, I got in plenty of practice :headbang:
Yes, and on the first try, too :whistle:
Oh, and avg probe temp in my flue is ~500°.
I use my damper on every load, closing it stepwise along with the primary air control. The secondaries burn so much nicer when the draft is...
Wow - I thought it looked bigger than your average beaver tree. The Scotty Overkill of beavers
Either that or he stopped to sharpen...
