Firewood?

[Bowsnbucks]

Pine causing creosote is an old myth that won't die. All trees cause creosote if burned incorrectly. Slow combustion, green or semi-seasoned wood, cool fires, lots of smoke, cold flue, poor air intake all cause creosote. Pine and spruce and fir get the blame because they burn very hot. Creosote builds up in the chimney after 4 or 5 years. The homeowner then burns a load of pine which burns very hot and ignites the chimney and the pine gets the blame.

Been burning spruce and fir for 20 years and I've never had a problem.

You hit it with this post. I don't burn pine or spruce for my main fires, but knowing how to regulate your fire is key to a clean burn. Easiest indicator of poor combustion - - a chimney belching lots of smoke. Not enough air getting into the fire, or wood that's not seasoned well are the usual culprits.

I use cull pieces of dimensionally cut pine and spruce from a mill source to start my fires. They're dry. Oak, maple, hickory, and ash are my woods for the main, long-burning heat fires. Stay warm up there in the NE sticks!!

 

[Telemark]

We burn Scotch pine, Norway spruce, and Sitka spruce. Sitka spruce is by far the easiest to get ahold of, but we do burn a fair bit of the others.

Heating the hunting cabin is mostly with Scotch pine. The tall limbless trunks are easy to fell, buck, and split out in the wilderness.

 

[hillrunner]

Pine causing creosote is an old myth that won't die. All trees cause creosote if burned incorrectly. Slow combustion, green or semi-seasoned wood, cool fires, lots of smoke, cold flue, poor air intake all cause creosote. Pine and spruce and fir get the blame because they burn very hot. Creosote builds up in the chimney after 4 or 5 years. The homeowner then burns a load of pine which burns very hot and ignites the chimney and the pine gets the blame.

Been burning spruce and fir for 20 years and I've never had a problem.

What about cedar? I've got a big waste pile of it after milling but I've been hesitant to burn it in the wood-stove since I've been told that's a no no.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

What about cedar? I've got a big waste pile of it after milling but I've been hesitant to burn it in the wood-stove since I've been told that's a no no.

I personally have no experience with burning cedar. But I would guess it's very similar to spruce, fir, pine, etc....fast burning, burns hot, low BTU's per cord, etc. I'd personally have no problem using that pile if you have it. You could also mix it in with hardwoods when your fire your stove...half hardwoods and half cedar.

 

[Thomasc19]

Love splitting wood; mostly black cherry, ash, and maple

Do yourself a favor and get some ibc totes if you have a tractor so you only have to stack the wood once - use the tractor to move it from the woods to the barn to your house to burn

 

[Jerry-B-WI]

What about cedar? I've got a big waste pile of it after milling but I've been hesitant to burn it in the wood-stove since I've been told that's a no no.

I used to use it for kindling at my cabin.

 

[Catscratch]

Love splitting wood; mostly black cherry, ash, and maple

Do yourself a favor and get some ibc totes if you have a tractor so you only have to stack the wood once - use the tractor to move it from the woods to the barn to your house to burn

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I've got to say those are some nice pics!

 

[hillrunner]

Love splitting wood; mostly black cherry, ash, and maple

Do yourself a favor and get some ibc totes if you have a tractor so you only have to stack the wood once - use the tractor to move it from the woods to the barn to your house to burn

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Those totes are a pretty good idea. You must be pretty accurate when cutting logs to length for them to all fit in there nice like that.

 

[Thomasc19]

Those totes are a pretty good idea. You must be pretty accurate when cutting logs to length for them to all fit in there nice like that.

Yes sir, I have an 18 inch bar on my chainsaw which I use to measure each cut. It gives me a bit of room too so if the log is an inch or two too long it will still fit

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Love splitting wood; mostly black cherry, ash, and maple

Do yourself a favor and get some ibc totes if you have a tractor so you only have to stack the wood once - use the tractor to move it from the woods to the barn to your house to burn

I've thought about doing something like this...maybe just with something larger. Any idea how much each tote can hold? 1/8 of a cord? I like the idea of being able to use my tractor to move firewood around. Thought about making something that could hold 1/4 of a cord or maybe 1/3 of a cord.

Then I could store it all outside instead of all 6 cords in my garage, and then simply move a tote in when I need it.

 

[Thomasc19]

I've thought about doing something like this...maybe just with something larger. Any idea how much each tote can hold? 1/8 of a cord? I like the idea of being able to use my tractor to move firewood around. Thought about making something that could hold 1/4 of a cord or maybe 1/3 of a cord.

Then I could store it all outside instead of all 6 cords in my garage, and then simply move a tote in when I need it.

They're about 4'x4'x4' so a little less than half a 4'x4'x8' cord I'm guessing. If we didn't have the barn storage I would build one out of a pallet and 2x4s and add a sheet of metal for a roof to keep the rain and snow off

 

[Natty Bumppo]

They're about 4'x4'x4' so a little less than half a 4'x4'x8' cord I'm guessing. If we didn't have the barn storage I would build one out of a pallet and 2x4s and add a sheet of metal for a roof to keep the rain and snow off

Thanks. They look smaller than that in the pics.

I think I need to look into this.

 

[Tree Spud]

When we built the shop, we had in floor heating put in. I keep that at 62 F. I also installed a wood burning stove. Love burning wood in this during the winter. I can get the shop temp up to 70 F without any problems. I have yet to put a recliner in front of it as I think that would be counter-productive to getting any work done.

 

[jackpine]

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[356]

Like DJN and others, we heat with a wood stove, and have central propane as the backup / supplemental heat on those cold days (like when it was -23 the other morning) and when we are gone (which is a lot). We burn about 2.5 cord per year, and about 250 gallons of propane each year to heat our home.

I like hedge, but don’t have much on the property. I also like to burn oak and sycamore. I’ll also burn cedar, elm. hickory and walnut. I definitely sharpen my own chains and use one of these during the season, and an electric sharpener one a year.



The wood stove at home….



The fireplace at the cabin.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I’m so bad about cutting my own wood but every year I swear I’m going to

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Here's our "kachelofen"...which in German means "tiled stove." We light two fires a day...one in the morning and one late afternoon. You burn the fire as hot and as fast as you can. The thermal mass of the unit captures that heat and then radiates back to the house for about 7 or 8 hours. Built in oven above the firebox for pizza, bread, wings, etc. Also a great little built in soapstone bench for warming up after a morning ski or walk with the dogs.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

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The fireplace at the cabin.

That's gorgeous!

 

[Catscratch]

Some beautiful places guys! Love the wood burners!

 

[Farmsteader]

When we built the shop, we had in floor heating put in. I keep that at 62 F. I also installed a wood burning stove. Love burning wood in this during the winter. I can get the shop temp up to 70 F without any problems. I have yet to put a recliner in front of it as I think that would be counter-productive to getting any work done.

If your heated floor is hydronic , you might be interested in this. I installed a hydronic heat system in the concrete floor of my little man cave in my pole shed years ago. Then a while back I inherited this wood stove and decided to install it here and integrate it to the hydronic heat. My main goal was to save some space in the 325 square foot room. I installed multiple lines of 1/4 inch copper tubing on the two sides facing the wall and mortared it in with a heat transfer cement. When the stove temperature gets up to temp the disk thermostat closes the contacts on the water pump and pumps the water though the floor. Now when the fire is cranking, I can put my hand on the back side and it is cool to the touch. If I had a chance to do it over I would have come up with a better why of making or hiding the two manifolds for all the copper tubes . The other day I had a friend up to stay for the weekend so I need to get the temp up for him to say here. The floor was at 25 degrees and I got the fire started at 8:30 in the morning, with constant fires I got the room to 80 and the floor to 60 degrees 12 hours later.