I use oak and hickory either dead standing or cut and split the same year that many would say is green. ive burned this way for 35 year. I little poplar to regulate i wouldnt have a stove i couldnt keep burning overnight.
@@HilltownCT I've never seasoned my wood is my point. I cut in summer fallen but fresh enough, split it burn it same year. I burned some one time dry as a bone.splinters for sure and burned fast. I. In NC foothills so don't need to crank it up often. I love burning 🔥 wood
@@HilltownCTout here in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite, we have lots of blue oak. I have literally hundreds on my 20 acres. It burns great, but creates SO MUCH ASH! I’ve never burned any wood that made as much ash as blue oak.
With my newer type stove I have very little floor space below the door and reburn tube above and I hate it because after a couple days of burning, you already have a ton of ashes and can't get but a couple 2 or 3 pieces of wood in it and I have a 3500 sq ft size .
Depending on what I’m burning, sometimes I take out a scoop or two of ashes each time I fill it. It’s a PITA, but I would run into the problem you describe if I didn’t. With oak, I clean it once a day. With softwoods, I go a few days.
I am new at this! I have a wonder wood stove it has a heat gage in the pipe. I was told not to let it get in the red so that means temp around 4 hundred or less to keep it out of the red. I put three pieces of wood in it and it’s hot!!! Way past what it’s supposed to be. My wood I have had a couple years not knowing what I’m doing so can u tell me how hot it can be when loading it! It burns so fast about an hour or two the woods done. What am I doing wrong? I’m a little scared of it lol not wanting to go to bed with it going but my furnace is out and this is all we have right now!
When it’s over 30°F outside, the upstairs gets a little warm. If it’s colder than that, which is most of the time, I’ll take all of the heat it can give.
New to this (remote living). I was told i need more space for oxygen to get the fire going. Do you mind to explain how you light the fire and get it going? Thanks a million. @HilltownCT
Bet your chimney is going to have glaze in it! If you're getting an 8-9hr burn time then you can pretty much guarantee it's not burning hot enough to prevent glaze buildup.
I burned only wood last winter for heat and got 8 hours and when I cleaned my chimney this year I had a couple cups of creosote. And I have about a 12ft chimney. New stoves with either reburn tubes or catalysts are beasts
@@denverbassheadI am a professional chimney sweep with over 38yrs experience, working with my father who started the business over 45yrs ago, so I see this stuff every single day, multiple times per day. Glaze is a stage or form of creosote that is like tar on the inside of the flue tiles that has turned into rock. You can brush it all day long until your teeth fall out and it won't even begin to touch it. So you could only be getting a couple cups of creosote out like you stated but that doesn't mean there's no glaze in the chimney! You've got to look up AND down the flue with a super bright flashlight and see if it's completely bare down to the orange tiles showing everywhere, without a coat of glaze on them anywhere. Glaze will usually have a shiny appearance, and will sometimes be just a very thin layer, but it's still glaze. And wood flues are supposed to be cleaned (no matters what stage, or type of creosote) when they get a ¼" buildup, fireplaces when they get ⅛" buildup, and oil flues when they get ¹/16" buildup. If you DON'T have any glaze then it may just be because your chimney is so short that there's not much retention time for the smoke inside the flue. Or maybe you're considering "burn time" to be from when you first light the fire until every ember has burned out. 🤷♂️ Stoves that burn the smoke (if working correctly) are good because you get less creosote & more btu's but that doesn't make for a longer burn time. Also, with the stoves that burn the smoke by means of a catalytic combuster you have to be careful of what you burn, no paper with colored ink on it, etc, etc, or else you can "poison" the cat & wreck it. And even if you don't burn anything you're not supposed to & you do everything right the cats still usually only last like 6yrs or so, then you have to buy another one (which can be very pricey) and that's IF you can still get them. (We've seen some that you can't even get a replacement for!) Which is why we recommend the stoves that burn the smoke by means of the re-burn tubes over the ones with cats. Other qualities that make for a good stove are ones that are made out of steel, not cast iron, (because cast iron will warp & crack & break on you) One with firebrick inside the stove, not grates, (because the grates can burn out) and one with a glass door that stays clean. A lot of them have glass doors (which is good because you have the ambiance and you can also see exactly what's going on with the fire at all times without having to open the door everytime to check) but the glass doors on a lot of them soot right up & then you can't even see through them. A good brand that we deal with all the time (that has all those good qualities I just talked about) is "Osburn" They have done away with a lot of the issues that other stoves have.
Yeah, this guy buys the best seasoned oak. $600/ Cord. He lives in Connecticut and has money. Out here in real America we make a fire last all night by building a coal bed and not being tethered to the dictation of the manufacturer.
As a beginner, this was VERY helpful. Thank you!
Best $$$ I ever spent was buying a wood stove! No other heat like it and you can cook on it, if the power goes out you will stay warm!🙌🏼
Yes, nothing feels like wood heat!
Well stacked.
You sound like Charlie Sheen lol Good video though!
I thought the same thing
I heard kurt russell 😂
Lol
Thank you for sharing this information with us
Stay warm❤
I use oak and hickory either dead standing or cut and split the same year that many would say is green. ive burned this way for 35 year. I little poplar to regulate i wouldnt have a stove i couldnt keep burning overnight.
I love oak too. It takes a while to season, but it’s well worth the wait in heat output and low ash.
@@HilltownCT I've never seasoned my wood is my point. I cut in summer fallen but fresh enough, split it burn it same year. I burned some one time dry as a bone.splinters for sure and burned fast. I. In NC foothills so don't need to crank it up often. I love burning 🔥 wood
Oak is great some of the longest burns I’ve had , it’s like gold around here hard to find any that hasn’t been claimed
@@HilltownCTout here in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite, we have lots of blue oak. I have literally hundreds on my 20 acres. It burns great, but creates SO MUCH ASH! I’ve never burned any wood that made as much ash as blue oak.
Will try this tomorrow
The last few days I would have killed for a wood stove.
I feel bad for you guys in TX that aren’t accustomed to the bitter cold.
With my newer type stove I have very little floor space below the door and reburn tube above and I hate it because after a couple days of burning, you already have a ton of ashes and can't get but a couple 2 or 3 pieces of wood in it and I have a 3500 sq ft size .
Depending on what I’m burning, sometimes I take out a scoop or two of ashes each time I fill it. It’s a PITA, but I would run into the problem you describe if I didn’t. With oak, I clean it once a day. With softwoods, I go a few days.
@HilltownCT if I would have noticed that I would have just bought a old type like my dad's with plenty of room below the door
How do you do that without it over firing? I cant get that right.
What model wood stove is that? It's a really nice looking stove.
Thanks. It’s a Lopi Medium Flush.
Stay warm buddy!!!
be nice to know which hardwoods you use.
Makes sense!
As long as my eco fan is still spinning in the morning, I know I've done good
8-9 hours. sheeeshhhh i’ll get like an easy 24 with my stove
I do all this and I'm still struggling to get a 7 hour burn with the catalyst stove such that it remains in the "active" state
Am I the only one who thought this was Charlie Sheen talking at first?
How about air intake?
I am new at this! I have a wonder wood stove it has a heat gage in the pipe. I was told not to let it get in the red so that means temp around 4 hundred or less to keep it out of the red. I put three pieces of wood in it and it’s hot!!! Way past what it’s supposed to be. My wood I have had a couple years not knowing what I’m doing so can u tell me how hot it can be when loading it! It burns so fast about an hour or two the woods done. What am I doing wrong? I’m a little scared of it lol not wanting to go to bed with it going but my furnace is out and this is all we have right now!
Get some fresh logs , those old logs are probably too dry and burn right up
does it over heat your home when u load it right up ?
When it’s over 30°F outside, the upstairs gets a little warm. If it’s colder than that, which is most of the time, I’ll take all of the heat it can give.
@HilltownCT good to know thanks
New to this (remote living). I was told i need more space for oxygen to get the fire going. Do you mind to explain how you light the fire and get it going? Thanks a million. @HilltownCT
One chunk of ole knotty head pine lightered knot....😮
Does the lengths the chimney have anything to do with burn time ?
No.
No
My flu is about 24 inch straight outside .
It's difficult to get an overnight burn.
I use beech and Thorn Bush ..
I like the smell of Thorn
Look into catalytic stoves. Over 20 hours of burn time.
Yayy!
I only burn oak, every piece is an overnighter 😂
Invest in a masonry stove, burn it once or twice if extremely cold and it gives radiant heat for 18+ hours.
Same amount of wood too!
I’m lucky to get 7 or 8 hours out of the stove average I have to reload every 5 hours
Which means I wake up once a night after loading late
All wood puts out the same amount of BTU's per pound
Bet your chimney is going to have glaze in it! If you're getting an 8-9hr burn time then you can pretty much guarantee it's not burning hot enough to prevent glaze buildup.
I burned only wood last winter for heat and got 8 hours and when I cleaned my chimney this year I had a couple cups of creosote. And I have about a 12ft chimney. New stoves with either reburn tubes or catalysts are beasts
@@denverbassheadI am a professional chimney sweep with over 38yrs experience, working with my father who started the business over 45yrs ago, so I see this stuff every single day, multiple times per day. Glaze is a stage or form of creosote that is like tar on the inside of the flue tiles that has turned into rock. You can brush it all day long until your teeth fall out and it won't even begin to touch it. So you could only be getting a couple cups of creosote out like you stated but that doesn't mean there's no glaze in the chimney! You've got to look up AND down the flue with a super bright flashlight and see if it's completely bare down to the orange tiles showing everywhere, without a coat of glaze on them anywhere. Glaze will usually have a shiny appearance, and will sometimes be just a very thin layer, but it's still glaze. And wood flues are supposed to be cleaned (no matters what stage, or type of creosote) when they get a ¼" buildup, fireplaces when they get ⅛" buildup, and oil flues when they get ¹/16" buildup. If you DON'T have any glaze then it may just be because your chimney is so short that there's not much retention time for the smoke inside the flue. Or maybe you're considering "burn time" to be from when you first light the fire until every ember has burned out. 🤷♂️
Stoves that burn the smoke (if working correctly) are good because you get less creosote & more btu's but that doesn't make for a longer burn time. Also, with the stoves that burn the smoke by means of a catalytic combuster you have to be careful of what you burn, no paper with colored ink on it, etc, etc, or else you can "poison" the cat & wreck it. And even if you don't burn anything you're not supposed to & you do everything right the cats still usually only last like 6yrs or so, then you have to buy another one (which can be very pricey) and that's IF you can still get them. (We've seen some that you can't even get a replacement for!) Which is why we recommend the stoves that burn the smoke by means of the re-burn tubes over the ones with cats. Other qualities that make for a good stove are ones that are made out of steel, not cast iron, (because cast iron will warp & crack & break on you) One with firebrick inside the stove, not grates, (because the grates can burn out) and one with a glass door that stays clean. A lot of them have glass doors (which is good because you have the ambiance and you can also see exactly what's going on with the fire at all times without having to open the door everytime to check) but the glass doors on a lot of them soot right up & then you can't even see through them. A good brand that we deal with all the time (that has all those good qualities I just talked about) is "Osburn" They have done away with a lot of the issues that other stoves have.
Put a few lumps of coal in that stove and watch it get warmer and last way longer burn
I use a large unsplit log that takes up a big portion of the gap
I've done that. It roasted me
1 log all nite slow burn .
Just reduce the air flow..
Wow you actually get to sleep 8-9 hours? Uou retired or something?
Yeah, this guy buys the best seasoned oak. $600/ Cord. He lives in Connecticut and has money. Out here in real America we make a fire last all night by building a coal bed and not being tethered to the dictation of the manufacturer.
Put a few wet logs in there. They burn slower.
Yes, but the Smoke?