I’m a scrounger, most comes from a local town yard waste drop-off. I do have one close-by guy who is clearing out his dead Ash and I can get all...
24 degrees out, howling wind. About zero with the wind chill. Just stuffed the stove with 42 month CSS ash. 72 degrees in the living room.
2200 sq feet - 2x4 walls fiberglass in walls and r48 in attic, good windows. Ideal steel is what heats the house 7x24. I burn 4-5 full cords a...
6\69 and the wind is OMG fierce! Outside temps supposed to bottom out later tonight around 0. The Ideal Steel is chewing away on black locust and...
Short update - I've always been impressed with CS @Woodstock. I contacted them last week and they have offered to fix the stove again - ship it...
Wood is all mixed - This year I'll burn stuff I split\stacked in 2018 & 2019. It's mostly Ash, with some Maple & Black Locust and trailing off...
It's about time for an update... The burning season is almost upon us - Night temps starting to go into the 40's. Any day now I'll have my first...
BDF - Sure - on mine I originally called them as the sled no longer dropped fully into place. It was after them quizzing me and me taking pics I...
Greetings - I've not kept up on the thread - I had my Ideal Steel rebuilt in October 2019 due to the cracks. Sent it back, it was returned in...
Re: TV News. I gave up ~ 5 years ago. Blood pressure dropped 15 points and mood is much more positive. Of late though I’ve been keeping up on...
Been burning wood out of the shed this year - cut and stacked 32 months ago. Nice and dry - this section of the shed is 5 rows, about 3.5...
I started Fall of 2014.
Got down to 27 last night. I slept late so livingroom was 64 when I got up. Got the evil eye from the Mrs over the chill. Stove now full of Ash...
I borrowed my dads bench grinder chain sharpener last week and sharpens all my loops - 14 in total. Sharp chains do cut nice - got me a truckload...
Lindemans Peche (Peach) Lambic. Raspberry is good too.
My wife does not want cats in the bedroom so the door stays closed all the time. In the winter the bedroom is usually high 50’s. If wind blows...
Scotty - what in tarnation do you need 42 cords of wood for?
My stacks are right now probably 60% Ash, 20 silver maple, and the rest a mix of Black Locust, Oak, and Pine. Two summers ago Ash availability...
41 degrees out now with 22mph winds. Stove 1/4 full of 3o month split/stacked Ash. 86 degrees here in the stove room and 72 in the living-room....
Nice work - I bet splits that size dry pretty quick.
