The RPF Firewood Thread

[brushfire]

Cody has a few equipment reviews and a lot of various timber framing /gardening /firewood videos.

Some in this thread may find his channel interesting

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMI...VHtvgSVf6TgfUg

[phill4paul]

Was gifted some firewood not long back. A friend of a friend had to put their dad in a home and said I could come get all the firewood I wanted. Managed 4 pick-up truck loads for myself and four for a friend. Already spit and aged hardwood. Good deal.

[presence]

On about 600 sqft of low pile commerical and some indoor/outdoor carpet I just rolled a bucket of black fibred roof coating:



I torch melted the edges to stop it from running... best damn firewood tarps money can buy

[phill4paul]

Ha! Was thinking about this thread today. Just brushed the chimney and stove pipe, replaced the window gasket and have the stove ready for the cold weather. Timely bump presence. +rep.

[moostraks]

Bought an awesome wood stove we need to hook up on the second floor but haven't quite made it there for like 3 maybe 4 years now. We need to get the project done. We have a fireplace on the first floor we had to use in a pinch in the first years we were learning and repairing the gas boiler system. First serious frost yesterday morning. The cold is a comin'...

[ClydeCoulter]

Bought an awesome wood stove we need to hook up on the second floor but haven't quite made it there for like 3 maybe 4 years now. We need to get the project done. We have a fireplace on the first floor we had to use in a pinch in the first years we were learning and repairing the gas boiler system. First serious frost yesterday morning. The cold is a comin'...

Just do it!

I have to clean the house and shop chimneys, and finish the lean-to for the tractor and implements. I just finished putting in the frostless hydrants to the cows and the shop today (have more covering to do, but almost done, will wait for the rain to pass and then finish covering the last 4-6" out of 36", about 400' of line)

[oyarde]

Ha! Was thinking about this thread today. Just brushed the chimney and stove pipe, replaced the window gasket and have the stove ready for the cold weather. Timely bump presence. +rep.

Going to brush my chimney Sat

[JK/SEA]

I have 10 cords ready. Fired up the stove yesterday for a test run, and burn out the cob webs in the stack.... I'm just north of Seattle by 30 miles. 2 story house. I get my wood delivered chopped and dried. 2 1/2 cords @ 450 bucks. I did chop down some LARGE cotton wood trees early this year and got about 4 cords out of it. Yeah, cotton wood is ok...Its free BTU's. The rest is fir.

Bring on winter..

[ClydeCoulter]

I have 10 cords ready. Fired up the stove yesterday for a test run, and burn out the cob webs in the stack.... I'm just north of Seattle by 30 miles. 2 story house. I get my wood delivered chopped and dried. 2 1/2 cords @ 450 bucks. I did chop down some LARGE cotton wood trees early this year and got about 4 cords out of it. Yeah, cotton wood is ok...Its free BTU's. The rest is fir.

Bring on winter..

I'm currently paying 50.00 per rick (2 ricks is a chord) skinned (no bark) hardwood (red elm or ash, once in a while cherry).

It is good that you are ready!

[oyarde]

I burn , mostly , Hickory , Cherry , then some Walnut , Maple ,white Oak ,Beech, then mix in a little Poplar and Sycamore if I have any left from my last bonfires of the yr. Apple trimmings get saved for smoking.I have even burned Birch , Osage Orange , Locust , Paw Paw and about anything dead , I normally never cut live trees . Just burn all the dead stuff from my two closest properties , the other one is two far away to justify burning the gas to get wood . Guy down the way from me a few miles, towards the bait & tackle ( to the West) charges $50 a rick for Ash and it sells , I noticed last weekend all he had out for sale was already gone. I will be cutting and splitting again this coming weekend , have been for a good while already , but took last weekend off for a Funeral for a close friend

[JK/SEA]

Its starting to get cold at night now. Mid 40's. I wake up at 5:30am every morning and the temp in the house is hitting 72 in the morning. Almost fired up the stove, but then as the day warms the temp gets to 81 with the wood stove going, so its now a balancing act. When the wife starts telling me its cold in the mornings is when i will go into full tilt burning non stop....

I like to maintain the house temp at or near 80 at night depending on any cold snaps, and those will be coming very soon...

I still dream about moving to Hawaii....Kauai to be exact.

[oyarde]

Its starting to get cold at night now. Mid 40's. I wake up at 5:30am every morning and the temp in the house is hitting 72 in the morning. Almost fired up the stove, but then as the day warms the temp gets to 81 with the wood stove going, so its now a balancing act. When the wife starts telling me its cold in the mornings is when i will go into full tilt burning non stop....

I like to maintain the house temp at or near 80 at night depending on any cold snaps, and those will be coming very soon...

I still dream about moving to Hawaii....Kauai to be exact.

I am happy if I can keep it around 68 to 70 in the winter and 75 to 77 in the summer.If the Mrs was not here I would be even worse.

[presence]

Its starting to get cold at night now. Mid 40's.

We're religious about no heat April 15th to October 15th. This year it looks like we'll be able to push it off until October 19th. Its chilly but all south facing windows are nice!

[ClydeCoulter]

I am happy if I can keep it around 68 to 70 in the winter and 75 to 77 in the summer.If the Mrs was not here I would be even worse.

That's about where I try to keep it, also.

[JK/SEA]

That's about where I try to keep it, also.

i hear ya, but these 'old bones' need heat now...i''m with Oyarde on the keeping it cooler, but yeah...i'm married...lol...

[ClydeCoulter]

i hear ya, but these 'old bones' need heat now...i''m with Oyarde on the keeping it cooler, but yeah...i'm married...lol...

My wife is starting to get used to it. But I can't handle the temps being too large of a swing going in and out of the house. Of course, 68 to 20 is still a pretty large swing, but not as bad as 80 to 20 (it's not 20 here yet, but... you know what I mean). If I need to get warm quick, in the winter, I get next to the wood stove for a bit.

[pcosmar]

Going to brush my chimney Sat

I made up a tool,, Works better than a brush for my chimney.



I did replace the rope with a SS cable.

[moostraks]

Just do it!

I have to clean the house and shop chimneys, and finish the lean-to for the tractor and implements. I just finished putting in the frostless hydrants to the cows and the shop today (have more covering to do, but almost done, will wait for the rain to pass and then finish covering the last 4-6" out of 36", about 400' of line)

Woah, you've been busy. Current project is trying to get dh to help finish the art room we are remodeling on the second floor for our homeschooling. He gets pissy when I come up with too many projects at once and the room with the heater is largely storage right now, so bottom of ta list it goes. Hopefully we won't get stuck wishing we bumped that project up. The stupid zone control went out on the boiler so we are running on only one for now until we get that part in a few days. Thankfully the boiler has not picked the brutally cold days to pitch a tantrum, but each year it is something that needs replaced...

[ClydeCoulter]

I made up a tool,, Works better than a brush for my chimney.

(image of cool tool removed for brevity)

I did replace the rope with a SS cable.

I have to use a brush, my chimneys are SS. The house is metalbestos, and the shop is triple wall.

I think your tool might damage the metal stacks. But, it looks much easier than screwing on extensions. I always start getting cramps trying to screws those dang things on. The house chimney is ~22'.

[pcosmar]

I have to use a brush, my chimneys are SS. The house is metalbestos, and the shop is triple wall.

I think your tool might damage the metal stacks. But, it looks much easier than screwing on extensions. I always start getting cramps trying to screws those dang things on. The house chimney is ~22'.

You could redesign one to fit your Chimney,, most probably. Mine is square tile, inside concrete block. . and this cuts the corners where a brush won't clean.

I get a lot of build up,, and clear it regularly.

BTW,, it is an old slide hammer and some re-purposed worn out lawnmower blades.
(pack-rat ftw)

[osan]

I have 10 cords ready. Fired up the stove yesterday for a test run, and burn out the cob webs in the stack.... I'm just north of Seattle by 30 miles. 2 story house. I get my wood delivered chopped and dried. 2 1/2 cords @ 450 bucks. I did chop down some LARGE cotton wood trees early this year and got about 4 cords out of it. Yeah, cotton wood is ok...Its free BTU's. The rest is fir.

Bring on winter..

Anywhere near Monroe? I used to sweat up there.

[presence]

I have to use a brush, my chimneys are SS. The house is metalbestos, and the shop is triple wall.

I think your tool might damage the metal stacks. But, it looks much easier than screwing on extensions. I always start getting cramps trying to screws those dang things on. The house chimney is ~22'.

On the subject of extensions... I use 1/2 copper with male and female adapters. In the top female adapter I have a 1/2 x 1/4 bushing. the brushes you buy at home depot are 1/4' straight pipe thread which screws into the 1/4' tapered pipe thread well enough. My copper rods are much more tough than those fibre glass ones you can buy commercially.


Lit the fire today. Woke up to 55' in the house... that doesn't cut it




From this day forward the fire shall burn!

[pcosmar]

Lit the fire today. Woke up to 55' in the house... that doesn't cut it

Mine has been burning for a couple weeks already. since early October.
I usually light it about now.. but it has been cool all summer, and fall isn't warm either.

[luctor-et-emergo]

We have tried to use a flexible (tho rigid) plastic hose (polypropylene, about 1", used for gas/water here) with a brush on top. The theory is that you can push it up from the bottom. It didn't work here because we have a flexible SS liner that goes up in a slight spiral, creating a lot of drag on the tool. Sadly this meant I had to climb the roof, some 28ft or so.

So far the stove hasn't been used, I don't have a clue why though. I am amazed though that the price for firewood here is about the same as in the US. We pay about 180euro per cord for decent birch/oak. I would have expected our firewood to be much more expensive. Maybe it helps that very few people here still us wood fired stoves. Well still a few but probably less than in the US.

[ClydeCoulter]

I wish I had gone with 8" instead of 6" on the house. I usually have to clean the elbow and cross pipe in the basement around Jan each year.

[ClydeCoulter]

We have tried to use a flexible (tho rigid) plastic hose (polypropylene, about 1", used for gas/water here) with a brush on top. The theory is that you can push it up from the bottom. It didn't work here because we have a flexible SS liner that goes up in a slight spiral, creating a lot of drag on the tool. Sadly this meant I had to climb the roof, some 28ft or so.

So far the stove hasn't been used, I don't have a clue why though. I am amazed though that the price for firewood here is about the same as in the US. We pay about 180euro per cord for decent birch/oak. I would have expected our firewood to be much more expensive. Maybe it helps that very few people here still us wood fired stoves. Well still a few but probably less than in the US.

I need to find a better way.

[luctor-et-emergo]

I wish I had gone with 8" instead of 6" on the house. I usually have to clean the elbow and cross pipe in the basement around Jan each year.

The house has a 6" flue here as well. If I'd have to rebuild it I would also upgrade to an 8 inch flue as well as putting in an access panel on the first floor. Not having an access panel really sucks. It could still be a flexible liner since that's pretty nice with movement inside the building but access half way in is really nice. My pizza oven is going to get an 8" flue anyways, otherwise the risk of smoke in your face is too big .

[JK/SEA]

Anywhere near Monroe? I used to sweat up there.

Monroe is about 20 miles east of me.

This time last year i had the stove going daily, in the mornings. This year however its warmer than usual, so, i'm saving wood. Always nice when that happens. Still in the 60's during the day, and low 50's at night....i can't can't justify starting it up daily yet...

[osan]

Mine has been burning for a couple weeks already. since early October.
I usually light it about now.. but it has been cool all summer, and fall isn't warm either.

But... but... global warming!

[osan]

Monroe is about 20 miles east of me.

This time last year i had the stove going daily, in the mornings. This year however its warmer than usual, so, i'm saving wood. Always nice when that happens. Still in the 60's during the day, and low 50's at night....i can't can't justify starting it up daily yet...

About 6 or 7 years ago we had the wood stove running on and off all summer. It was chilly at night.

I suppose I should now prepare for a global warming entry team to make its presence felt in the next few minutes. It's been nice knowing y'all.