Enjoying a Wood stove ?

[JCM 9,758]

I have seen a few wood stoves on here but not as many as I would have suspected from some of you. So far ours have come in handy this year mostly using the one in the basement and a little on the first floor. We do have a new Boiler as of December of this year. More on that later. With 5 heating zones and 1 for domestic hot water. The electric hot water tank was removed a couple of years ago ,tired of the electric bill. A few pictures of ours, a 1975 Vermont Castings in the basement and a Vermont Castings Intrepid in the living room, first floor. Almost forgot the Jotul 602 in the Cabin. Post them up .

[adsm08 2,282]

I like my wood stove, but it's really only good for keeping the living room warm. With the proper use of the ceiling fans I can get the warm air back to the kids' rooms too, but the rest of the house stays fridig.

 

What I really love is the New Englander wood furnace in the basement. No fancy glass plate in the door, but the hot air outlet is piped into the duct work for the heat pump, so the whole house stays toasty.

[ebinmaine 69,219]

Well as you know we have several woodstoves here. 

The BBT/ Trina has fully restored 3 in the last few years.  

 

Here's the thread on the 1883 Clarion. 

 

 

 

 

Her most recent piece is a 2002 Regency. 

 

 

 

Here it is after the complete restoration and in place. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's our late 70s Fisher Papa Bear woodstove that was in the basement.  This is now in the new workshop space. 

Today I spun it around and approximately  placed it. 

 

 

It's now setting just over 36" from the back wall and 37" from the side. 

There'll be a thimble at the top left corner of the back wall.  

 

 

[Skwerl58 737]

We have a wood burning stove that has our hvac duct work routed to it. The stove has vents in the fire box that allows the heat to circulate into the system. The stove also helps heat our water. It was made by a local man in the 80's from boiler steel and can handle 24" wood.

[Razorback 1,048]

We have a pedestal wood stove..... enjoying it right now!

[WHX?? 49,582]

Are we including pellet stoves Plunge? Well they do burn wood so what if it's compacted saw dust? 

I started selling them in 2000 at my Lennox dealership before the craze took over and flooded the market with guys selling them off their front lawn. This was the first one that I bought. How was I gonna sell them without tring one out??

 

Still in my living room cranking out heat to this day. One in the shop as well if I run short on seasoned oak. 

 

We doing wood fireplaces too Jim? 

Edited Saturday at 03:54 AM by WHX??

[Kenneth R Cluley 546]

I know this sounds crazy, but I heat with a wood stove in FL. Here is my Lopi, Patriot. Been burning steady now for almost a week. Hopefully we will get back to normal soon here! 

[JCM 9,758]

You can Hi-Jack /  Screw up my threads anytime Jim .   @WHX??     Only because of @Achto 's  flame paint job. You lucky duck.

[CCW 1,310]

@JCM  Boy to I miss our wood stoves.  Used them for years until this house.  Just not the proper layout the wife would accept in the living room. Have to live with the occasional fire in the fireplace.

[JCM 9,758]

I was brought up with a fireplace. Said to myself someday I want a wood stove. When I was 17 I went to my first hunting camp in Northwestern Maine and was hooked good on a stove. Total of 8 between homes and camps over the years.    @CCW   

[Horsin'round 136]

Been burning it hard the last few weeks.  Older Jotul rated at ~78,000 btu's. It's been suggested that chasing firewood is one of my favorite  hobbies... it does keep me out of the gym though. 

[Razorback 1,048]

17 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Well as you know we have several woodstoves here. 

The BBT/ Trina has fully restored 3 in the last few years.  

 

Here's the thread on the 1883 Clarion. 

 

 

 

 

Her most recent piece is a 2002 Regency. 

 

 

 

Here it is after the complete restoration and in place. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's our late 70s Fisher Papa Bear woodstove that was in the basement.  This is now in the new workshop space. 

Today I spun it around and approximately  placed it. 

 

 

It's now setting just over 36" from the back wall and 37" from the side. 

There'll be a thimble at the top left corner of the back wall.  

 

 

I love ALL of those, but my absolute favorite is the parlor stove..... I would gladly trade (I think) our pedestal stove for a nice parlor stove. And, IF I could ever design a house, I would have a wood cook stove as well as a gas range.

[ebinmaine 69,219]

19 minutes ago, Razorback said:

I love ALL of those, but my absolute favorite is the parlor stove..... I would gladly trade (I think) our pedestal stove for a nice parlor stove. And, IF I could ever design a house, I would have a wood cook stove as well as a gas range.

 

 

Trina stopped using the beautifully decorated Clarion because it uses TWICE the wood of the other two. 

And WOW is it HOT 🔥 anywhere near it.  

Just good old fashioned lack of efficiency. 

So that's been redesignated as a very nice decoration in the living room. 

 

I forgot to mention we do also have another stove in the shed for future restoration. It's a big old Crawford brand kitchen cook stove.  

 

[JCM 9,758]

Very nice Jotul   @Horsin'round       And yes it does keep us out of the gym.

 

[JCM 9,758]

Have been burning those same size logs as you have their. Save them for Cold temps like these, plus you don't have to reload anywhere near as much as the smaller split ones . @Horsin'round 

[Beap52 962]

Right after Pam and I married, we added onto our 4 room house.  When the mason laid up the fireplace, we ran two extra chimneys.  One for the gas heat and the other for a wood furnace.  My father-in-law had a hedge (Osage orange) row that supplied wood for the furnace.  There were times when Pam would be cracking open windows in winter because it was a bit warm inside for her. 

 

Well, those days are gone.  When I built our current home twenty years ago, we went gas.  There is nothing like wood heat.  Gas is a far second place but still much better than electric heat pumps. (We have a hi-bred dual heating whereas the heat pump cuts off at 27 degrees and our gas furnace takes over heating the house.)  We utilize the gas fireplace pictured below and keep that room warmer than the rest of the house.  I took this picture about 15 minutes ago.  Reason we gave up on wood stove/fireplace is this is our retirement home and cutting wood doesn't sound as much fun as it once was.  We don't have available wood supply and buying wood isn't practicable.  Setting the thermostat at 72, sitting in the recliner then watching the flames come to life seems to work for us.

[Wayne0 634]

Keeps my Living room, Dining room and Kitchen toasty warm. (needs a polish!)

mThe Intrepid keeps the man cave warm too.

Edited Sunday at 09:40 PM by Wayne0

[JCM 9,758]

Gotta have a man cave.     @Wayne0

[ebinmaine 69,219]

24 minutes ago, JCM said:

Gotta have a man cave.     @Wayne0

 

My whole darn house and barn and yard and everything is a man cave.

 

 

 

[rjg854 11,622]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

My whole darn house and barn and yard and everything is a man cave.

 

 

 

Does BBT know you've posted that?   

[ebinmaine 69,219]

5 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

Does BBT know you've posted that?   

 

 

BBT DECORATED it!!

[c-series don 9,168]

This is our second Vermont Castings stove. The first one we bought new when we built our house, had for around twenty years and sold it after I regasketed it a few times over the years but finally I couldn’t get it air tight enough to bank down and run all night. We really liked that stove and bought the same one new about eight years ago. It runs 24 hours a day in the winter. One of the things that’s nice about it is that you don’t have to shut it down to clean out the ashes. Simply swing out the door underneath the stove and the ash pan comes out. Then slide this cover over it, it locks in and then you lift it out, very easy. One winter years ago we ran it from the beginning of December until April without it ever going out. 
 Up until two years ago I always cut, split and stacked my own wood, usually burning 3-4 cords a year. I’ve had a steady supply of free long lengths of wood delivered for free from various people. Unfortunately I’ve had some pretty bad back problems lately and performing those tasks would likely render me unable to do anything for a few days but lay in bed. So reluctantly I bought wood and had it delivered and stacked. Yes at that point I could have just bought fuel oil and not had to do anything but turn up the thermostat. But running the stove is something my wife and I love. There’s really nothing like wood stove heat, whether it’s a cold winter night or just coffee in the morning near the stove. But probably the best is coming home at the end of the day after working outside in the cold and sitting next to the stove, usually I’m asleep in 10-15 minutes!! 
 @JCM Thanks for starting this thread, I enjoy seeing other people’s stoves and surroundings!