It is about time to join this club for real and not just be a reader. I live in Sweden northern Europe. So first of I apologise for my broken English. It is not my native language. Sweden is on the same latitude as southern Alaska. We need to heat our homes 10 month a year. I have a wood cooking stove in our vacation house. It is from around ww2 and the chimney is written 1892 so that is probably when they made it. We only use a around 2 face cords a year. I start this thread so you can see differences and similarities in how I handle firewood. In Sweden it is a saying that if you cut down the trees in the winter. Have it cut and split before Easter and under a roof before midsummer you have nice dry firewood to Christmas. We also have a tradition to burn for just a couple of hours and then stop burning to let the stove and chimney cool of. I will add more photos as I work with the firewood but for now I can share some pictures I have in my phone.
Welcome Chris!! I used to work for a guy from Sweden. Nice trailer you have there. Only 2 face cords a year, burning 10 months? Wow, I wish I could do that....I have used 12 times as much this year...
Welcome Chris. Great place here !! I like yourself was a reader as well and then saw a thread I was interested in so joined in order to post a comment and have enjoyed it here ever since. Even met a fellow member who just happened to be a mile up the road. OK , I will ask. You live in Sweden but in your picture you have Stihl...…… what no Husqvarna ?
We only burn wood in our vacation house. So that is why I only use 2 face cords. In our house in the city we heat with a mini split heat pump. It is really efficient so the heating cost is around $400 a year. So it is no need for any firewood there.
Hello and welcome, Chris. Others have benefitted from this document - Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage It, and others, can be found in the "Resources" at the top of the page. As far as poor English, join the crowd. English is the primary language for most of us, and we butcher it.
Very nice Chris.. My father's side originated from Sweden. I've always wanted to visit some places of our lineage.. maybe someday Hope all is well with your family. Pics of map depicting towns our family originated and a lineage paper.. and a pic of som red oak scored yesterday ..lol...
Thank you everyone for your warm welcome. Husqvarna city is only 60 miles from where we live and my wood stove is a husqvarna. But for saw, yes I use Stihl. Oakman69. Dals långed as the map shows is around 75 miles from where I live. In case someone ask. I am well ahead of the 3 year plan. More 15 year.
Hi Chris and welcome to the FHC! Great to have you! Lots of fine folks on here. Some nice looking country and wood you have! Looking forward to seeing more of your posts!
Welcome Chris. I'm curious about the tradition to burn for a couple hours and then cool down the stove and chimney. What is the reason you do this please?
Welcome to the forum Chris. First I must say that our son has been to your country several times and loves it there! And as for your broken English, I do not see anywhere it is broken. You do very well. I've worked around many Swedes in MI and have yet to meet one I didn't like! The only thing that amazed me when reading your post is about that cooling of the chimney. Like Holland Dell I am very curious as this is extremely strange. I can not think of any good reason to let a chimney cool. You need it warm in order to have good draft. Also letting it cool would promote creosote if anything. Again, welcome.
Hi Chris, Thanks for the pics! I find it interesting to see how others in different countries use firewood.. Really nice looking stacks of wood! Maybe a little smaller and shorter splits than what we typically use here (typical of Europe). That stove looks seriously heavy duty! No wonder it lasted so long. I wonder how many hours it holds a fire? If you only burn 2/3 of a cord a year at the vacation house, looks like you have a few years of wood cut and split? Here's a red oak stack I did last year. Splits are 19 - 20" long or so.
