I have an all fuel 8" ID triple wall stainless chimney and clean it once a year in the summer with a poly brush and fiberglass poles (dry wood)....
I have a wood-coal furnace and the design is different compared to only wood. My grate is MUCH larger. Coal burns a LOT hotter than wood,...
I first open a basement window and then use a keyboard blower (Amazon). Rechargeable and I just point it up toward the chimney inside the firebox...
American wood pellets join crude oil and natural gas with prices set by international trade. The US imports and exports crude oil in large...
21 1/2 inch red oak downed by stump rot in the home woods with a `14" Makita battery chainsaw. 180 watt-hrs for one cut, all of two 5 amp-hr 18...
Downed oak near the road does not last so I take what I want as soon as possible. Sugar maple is less popular but rots quicker depending on...
16 deg F out, 71 in. Forecast is for the first below zero night of the season. Adding one hackberry and one slippery elm when we feel a chill....
I did put a 1/4 cord of hackberry in my shed at the same time as the outside row was built and so far the outside row and the inside hackberry...
We have dried firewood in our shed for 30 years with six 24' rows on pallets and with 4"+ row gaps and 3-4 year drying time rotation with good...
BUT the drive looks MUCH nicer spread by hand!
As others have said, we enjoy the heating pattern of wood heat, i.e. a steady uninterrupted flow of warmth. Propane cycles would leave us chilled...
I open a basement window every time I start and have a rechargeable "keyboard" blower/duster (amazon) ready in case a downdraft occurs. Not...
Looks like black walnut but there is a LOT of white sapwood, though the growth rings look wide, i.e. the tree grew VERY fast or not black walnut....
Sassafras is an interesting tree. I ran into sassafras when researching Oregon Myrtle while camping this fall. Oregon myrtle is actually...
I enjoy everyone's perspective. I read from pellets to marketing firewood and everything between... Thanks to all who contribute. As to $$$'s,...
London Planetree. Hybrid of native sycamore and Asian Planetree (aka Asian Sycamore) which were crossed over a hundred years ago (300 years?)....
After heating my house only with wood for 29 years, I am less concerned with wood heat content. Minimum heat content for me is American Elm...
One of my hobbies. If it was easy, then there would be no challenge. Some ID's take years since both a leaf and an acorn are needed (no acorn...
Sugar Maple, Red Oak, White Ash, and White Oak so far this year in order by volume. BUT... There is a Basswood next to the sugar maple I am...
Duct tape.
