Describe "big guys"? A smaller stove might only cleanly burn a 3" round or split. Bigger stoves with pretty good air movement might work with 5 or 6" rounds...
... I go through enormous amounts of paper, card and kindling, and leave the door open a crack for a good 15 minutes when lighting the fire, otherwise the...
Gordie, IMHO, nothing works as well as wood for kindling. Split up some of your big stuff to make intermediate sized pieces if necessary. Paper can be used,...
I agree- I use pieces of wax I'll salvage from my wifes used candles. Or you can purchase a 5lb block which would last indefinitly. One or two 1/2 inch chunks...
I'll chop more wood down -- still going through too much of it, but it is getting easier to second-guess what's coming & adjust as I go.... I think... Will...
We all see all the messages, here is fine (best). Down wood (should) dry quicker than fresh. Drying season is pretty well over. Tarps don't help Bark off dead...
I'm new here and this has probably been covered before but if not,,,, I susbcibe to several local Yahoo Freecycle Groups and people, mostly come springtime,...
Some points for drying wood as quick as possible. shorter lengths smaller pieces split no bark air circulation around the drying stack sun on the stack...
Hey men (and any women in here). New to the group. I'm in the rural part of west Texas just south of Odessa. A very short winter season, but believe it or...
Ok -- it's finally the weekend & both my husband & I have time to work - ha! So, we are taking the chainsaw (& the axe & the hatchet -- & if I thought it...
... Don't be surprised if there's not any ads for firewood this time of year but you can run your own "WANTED HARDWOOD" ad for free wood. You might get some...
Hello - Is there 'inherently' any problem with allowing the Class A chimney to run down below the chase/thimble onto a pair of offsets in the basement and...
Hello: I am new to this site and wonder if there is any advice about finding an insurance company that will insure my rental property that has a wood stove?...
I think most insurance companies accept wood stoves as long as they are properly installed. I know State Farm took photos of ours. (BTW, State Farm later...
Placing a chimney through a window(temporary) is illegal in most parts of the US. The temporary installation tend to create the effect of an outside...
If you stove is in the basement, then run your chimney to the basement. If your stove is on the first floor, place the support box in the first floor ceiling...
There could be two issues. The stove could be old or not installed properly. How would the insurance company know? So do you have documentation of a proper...
I am trying to avoid messing with the roof. If not a window to go out the side of a building, is there any other way? Even if I had to cut a hole in a wall...
If you don't "mess" with the room, you have to "mess" with a wall. Sure, there are safe ways of going through a wall, but they probably are no easier than...
There is no problem with running the class A all the way to stove if you wish you can even use the stove as the support for the chimney (I think) There is a...
It is not the best approach, but take a look at the "outside wall kit". In the kit you get a base support, a T connection and a wall thimbol as well as the...
Thank you for your input Ken. Please remember I am talking about an application here in west texas where "draft" will not be a problem ... and the season is so...
Please explain how a horizontal flue is a problem (Isn't the flue the butterfly "valve" which lets us adjust the draft?)? The wood stove I possess has the...
can you direct me to a link to find dealers who sell these "outside wall kits" ? LC Â *************************************************************** ...
My interest has been peaked. It has been recommend that I add what sounds like an extra combustion chamber to the top of my pot belly stove but I don't quite...
You do not need (nor want) a damper ("butterfly valve") on a modern (or even an older airtight) stove. There is no need for it (they are back from the days of...
You can not add a secondary burn chamber to your pot belly stove. You have a dinosaur of a stove, and it can not be retrofitted to burn like an EPA certified...
Yes you are right my pot belly is not suited the be more than what it is. To try and make it do any more...Well I can't! As it is I call it old smokey. The...
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