A bit off topic but still about wood. I know these are popular in canada. I am looking for some information on how to build a log mosaic. It's branches...
Good points. We expect a lot now days. In N MN where I live, old houses are at most 105 years old. They are small, even with additions. And wood was plentiful....
My county, Orange, NC, is rapidly yuppiefying and getting PC. In an effort to reduce landfilling, they mulch all the wood that gets to the dump and sell the...
Hi -- I regularly put my ash on my yard -- generally right before a big rain if I can time it right. However, I am now preparing my gardens -- tomatoes, and...
Hi, I've got about 10 years on a Napoleon 1100 insert. I've replaced the baffles, bricks and door gasket as needed over the years. Lots of burn time and use...
Hello All,  When I built my house in 2005 I had the mason put in a double chimney so I could have a fireplace in basement and another on 1st floor. After...
I need some recommendations on zero clearance fireplaces that include a heatilator and possibly catalytic combustion unit. I want the ambiance of a fireplace,...
Hello.I am a new member to this group and would like to share a handy wood cutting tool that I have found.I own a Yotul wood burning stove that will not take...
I've burned more wood in the last week than in the 4 previous weeks because of the weather. I was expecting a cooler day yesterday but the sun came out and...
Hi group, I was looking for an idea to produce charcoal for cheap as i was paying a lot of money and not finding good quality. I find the video below from...
I've only had pine building scraps which are great for kindling. Â But as far as a dead tree trunk is concerned, it is probably not dry. Â I'm currently...
This weekend I was pruning several trees -- mainly shagbark elms and hybrid poplars, but also an apple and a wild cherry. I was doing this mainly to help make...
My post went into the spam again! Â What gives? Â Maybe I should change my email address. AndyA My post went into the spam again! What gives? Maybe I should...
I began taking down the dead pine in my woodlot. Much of this is dried with the bark just about gone. Burns nice and clean. Starts coal or other hard wood...
With my old stove, just a basic air tight box, I had the chimney going up about 4 feet, then over about 2 feet to the masonry chimney. We often stuffed that...
This January has followed the same trend as that of the last three months. This month, my heat need has been 63% of my average January heat need during the...
Hey Group- Looking for a bit of advice or "s.w.a.g"(scientific wild ass guess). I should start by saying I heat my home right now on wood exclusively and live...
Hello Group, I live in upper NY state and use a Pacific Energy Super 27 stove. I'm pretty sure it's been asked before, but I can't seem to come up with the...
I had surgery 11 days ago and the recovery isn't going as well as I had hoped. Â So the worst thing about wood heat is 20 degrees below zero weather when...
Good morning. I let the dogs outside this morning and noticed small, thin flakes of ash on the snow. They were black in color and disolved in my hand. The...
Hi, I'm trying to move air from the woodstove room into another room using a 6" duct, I got a Dayton fan which moves the air well however it is really loud....
Friends, So, tonight, have been running my vermont castings dutch west. After getting it up to temp, put it through the catalytic (closed damper, adjusted air...
A version of this article was written for a Canadian newspaper. Contains good general information about the science of wood burning for home heating. The site...
paid them in full for 2 wood furnaces and they never shipped them. had to file complaints with the better business bureau and the tennessee attorney general ...
In extreme cases a pipe damper can act to restrict the daft on a chimney that that is pulling really hard, and sometimes that is the only option for...
