Altissimus
TreeHouser
My house on top of a mountain , old , drafty , two stoves. Considered naming the place "Wind Wastes Wood"
Wood stove heat
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Nutball
TreeHouser
Get a windmill for some electric heat.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
Would be good revenge / recycle
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TreeHouser
W cubed.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
A luxury mansion built well over 100 years ago had this black iron tube with spaced orifices that sent out LP flame to set the wood ablaze. A brass key was used to open a valve in the mantle to allow gas flow. The orifices on the burner were clogged allowing the flames to shoot out of the secondary air intake at the beginning of the manifold. Cleaned out with drill and all is well. This setup can be very dangerous as gas can pour into your home if you don’t have a non deviating routine of turning the gas off as soon as the logs are lit. Also, better have a flame in the fireplace (paper or other materials) before turning gas on to avoid a flash.
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Cobleskill
Treehouser
My father in law had that set up in the 70s house he built. Worked well. I think the iron pipe drooped from the heat.
Nutball
TreeHouser
I was wondering about that. Maybe they should have located the pipe in front or back blowing gas back under the wood pile.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
They said their previous pipe dropped as well. The sch 40 black iron seems to be holding up well.
Nutball
TreeHouser
Couldn't hurt to put some supports in the middle. I have to be careful how hot I burn the wood stove because the damper assembly can easily start sagging because it wasn't designed well enough.
Burnham
Woods walker
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The wood burning fireplace in the Lake Quinault lodge has a propane gas manifold under the log fire grate. It burns all the time, with a few 3 foot logs 6 or 8 inches in diameter above the gas. They burn down until another few are added again. I have no idea if the manifold has needed to be replaced ever, and I rather doubt that the gas is part of the original fireplace. But the building has been there since 1926.
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The bark sure does tho, but usually it falls off when it's dry.
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TreeHouser
Locust is good burning. 🔥
Steve Mack
Life Member.
After mentioning my old chain board when Deva posted about deer stands on palms I thought I'd better find a new use for it seeing as they wanted over $1100 for one.
It's getting cool but we've had a lot of rain so no frosts yet, usually by mid April it's fairly cold.
Anyway brought some wood in just in case. Split a bit of Stringy smaller to get the real wood going.
It's the main wood around here but I'm used to Ironbark so get some from a farmer about an hour away, burns twice as long. No Ash much with either.
It's getting cool but we've had a lot of rain so no frosts yet, usually by mid April it's fairly cold.
Anyway brought some wood in just in case. Split a bit of Stringy smaller to get the real wood going.
It's the main wood around here but I'm used to Ironbark so get some from a farmer about an hour away, burns twice as long. No Ash much with either.
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TreeHouser
First fire
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TreeHouser
It’s niiiiice!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I need to start one in the fire ring. But its still in the 90s here. Hopefully 80s soon
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I think today was the last day over 100
Watching the lows for a fire night
Watching the lows for a fire night
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TreeHouser
It’s 51 dipping to 40 tonight. Tuesday night low of 28. It’s coming!
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Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I wish I had a fire going. Came blhome just now from a wedding "party", to no heat. Might be getting a "free" owb. Because I'm an idiot.
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TreeHouser
I fell asleep in my chair next to the fire. Old man status? Check lol
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