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Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

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  1. thewoodlands

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    I loaded the Liberty with some nice Cherry, it was 21 degrees this morning. Looking at the weather report, things will get much colder starting on Wednesday night.

    It looks like the lows at night will be around 3 degrees thru Saturday, not too bad.
     
  2. MrWhoopee

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  3. lukem

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    Supposed to hit all of 1* tomorrow night. Im out of town so the wife has stove duty. When it gets that cold the stove usually can't keep up.
     
  4. milleo

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    Hope you have backup furnace or something....:confused:
     
  5. lukem

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    Yeah we have a propane fired baseboard system that was sizes for the house with single pane windows and very little insulation. House now has insulated windows and improved insulation. It will heat the chit out of the place at -30* and cost a small fortune in the process. 200k BTU!!!!! I turned it on before I left.
     
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  6. Locust Post

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    Boy the wind was whipping today. I stood outside for about 15 minutes today talking with another employee as they sat in their vehicle, no hat on. Got back in mine and my ear hurt so bad it had my jaw hurting. We have about 20º here now and I am ready to load up for the night. Expecting around 12º by morning.
     
  7. firecracker_77

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    Not so much wind here but about 14-15 now.
     
  8. Loon

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    Got up and its -13ºC = 8.6000ºF fire wasnt the greatest, pulled what i could up front and threw a couple smalls in. House is back being warm :cool: Gonna have to get rid of some ashes after work today as calling for cold till next year ;)
     
  9. Gasifier

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    Brrrr. It is cold this morning here as well. I have 12° F right now. I have not stepped foot outside to see if the wind is blowing or not. And it is pitch black.
     
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  10. Scotty Overkill

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    Thermometer said 5° here this morning......71° in the house......
     
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  11. blujacket

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    Busting out some Hedge for tonight/early morning. Calling for lows of 4°-5°
     
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  12. MrWhoopee

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    We're havin' a heat wave, 24° F this morning! Lodgepole pine on duty, oak back on standby.
     
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  13. papadave

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    We're within a ° of our high of 13° today. Woohoo!
    House is just over 70 with a full load of Maple in anticipation of leaving the house for a few hours.
    That didn't happen, so I'm just watching the fire and thinking of having another cup of coffee.:thumbs:
     
  14. reckless

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    17 ash and red oak so far. Might have to break out the white oak and locust tonight tho :popcorn:
     
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  15. thewoodlands

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    We had 10 degrees this morning with some wind, still burning the Cherry, 72 in the basement this morning, 68 upstairs.

    I'm still saving most of the Sugar Maple and Beech planned for this heating season for the colder weather,(-10 to -30), or until the boss gives me the orders.
     
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    6 degrees right now going down to 2 tonight, Stove is stuffed with red oak, 75 in the house, stove is doing a great job :)
     
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    -17ºC = 1.4ºF right now and house is toasty :cool:
     
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    -27C=-16F, 3 hours north of Loon. Got both stoves runnin. Just opened both up to find a good bed of coals in each and the house is sitting @ 74. It s all good.
     
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    Back porch thermometer says 0° this morning. The boiler went through a full load of White Ash from 9pm to 6:30 am. A good, thick bed of red hot coals waiting for the next load was there. I put a few larger splits in last night.
     
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  20. Oldhippie

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    12/12/2013 Not much wind.

    Here's the gauge. The Stove is nicely full of coals I'll let burn down some more, I put a big azz Oak split right in the middle of the load last night, and a pretty good sized oak split toward the back. I'm not buring the junk now that shoulder season is gone at least for now. This is two year old oak, mainly hardwood.

    I've got the VC going downstairs, that will be ashes and a couple small coals. If I'm lucky a little kindling, and a supercedar chunk will revive it.

    Gauge.jpg Stove.jpg
     
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