There is no need to keep flue temps high, in fact that is wasting BTUs. There is one big caveat though, the top of the flue should stay above...
I only have massive oak splits left for this season. Maybe I'll burn some spruce from next year instead as my BTU store is lower then. But I'm...
Oak. Red and white. No blue pine (though I have some.) 4 or 5 years old. I forgot...
Higher room temps do lead to a larger stream of BTUs to the outside per hour (because proportional to the temperature difference). But a bit lower...
Lol, I agree. In TN (where I lived before here), my wife brought a blanket to the cinema in summer because it was colder in there than in winter...
You sure have (and are) worked hard. That makes for a good, providing person. I do think (no, know, I'm a physicist) the numbers from the post...
If you use the screwed rods, make sure your drill doesn't rotate the wrong way... It's a hassle getting the brush out of the flue if it...
I second the soot eater, and not cutting the lines. No need and eventually they'll wear down to size - shortly after which I replace the lines.
Red and white oak and locust.
I pack better with regular even length splits
PE alderlea could work too then. In the end you have to decide how big of a firebox you need (not too small but not too big either, unless you...
Style that you like?
I now give my elderly neighbors all my shorties. I split them small as they want. They are happy (pile them in a tent - educating about dry wood...
I've been burning shorties of red oak. (And a stick of maple I see). What was I thinking 4.5 years ago... (Scrounging anything I could to get...
No, it's dangerous if you have draft reversal, the duct will function like a chimney and things will end up on fire. OAKs should always be at the...
I don't know that that will happen, but I see a probability. It's not possible even in hindsight to say that it did; too many variables that work...
Then I think you just proceed with what you are doing - and report back when your cat does. One thing I do advise is to buy a new cat this summer...
It is not hurting the steel. If you Do keep the bypass closed. Otherwise the bypass opening may deteriorate. It may have an adverse effect on the...
Many folks have very poorly sealed ducts (I had in my home in TN) in their attic, and indeed loose a lot of heat with their conventional heating....
I would not advice everybody with a flue 20' and taller and a misbehaving stove to use a baro; only those who have flue temps to spare, i.e. that...
