My house came with a cute little wood burning stove, called an Earth Stove.
Being the middle of summer I didn’t give it much thought. Coming from Florida, all I know about is air conditioning. But burning wood for heat? That means buying firewood, getting it home, cutting it up, and then stacking it. It means sweeping and cleaning ashes, and the figuring out what to do with the ashes. I needed to collect newspaper and kindling, and learn how to light a fire. Oh yes, and then there is the essential sweeping of the chimney.
My pioneer skills are poor at best. But, I am determined to make friends with my stove.
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kaytaylor 11.29.08 at 11:14 am
A handy appliance in parts where they put ‘em, Liana. Especially Colorado in the winter! Is this your first winter there?
kaytaylor 11.29.08 at 11:20 am
PS, Liana. Your jewelry is terrific. Love the bangles! The rings are pretty nifty, as well. Keep us posted.
Jeff Demand 11.30.08 at 12:14 pm
Liana,
Wood heat a lot of work but then again so is paying $$$ for oil. If you work at home and can feed the beast every couple of hours an hour a day outside in the winter doing ‘wood work’ is a nice break. All of the pioneer skills gets easier as it gets colder.
Watch out for the flash points of your resin fumes, a wood stove makes the pilot flame in a hot water heater seem like kids play. Not a show stopper, just keep your eyes open. ( I haven’t yet made any large craters nor achieved sub orbital velocity, and I probably try too hard :- )
Jeff
Kors van Kreuningen 12.01.08 at 4:36 am
Liana,
Having been in the heating business for many years, I looked at your neat looking stove and wondered within myself if you’ve observed the proper clearances from combustible materials? It is hard to tell from your picture.
Your state/or county may have some info. on woodstove installations or the instructions that came with the stove usually do.
I have burned as much as 12 cords a year, but since installing a heatpump I haven’t put a stick of wood into my wood furnace.
Korky
Roberta 12.01.08 at 11:43 am
Be careful.
I once burned my house to the ground with a wood stove. The stove pipe had an elbow joint in it. Very bad thing.
Also, I was never so sick as when we burned wood in our house to keep warm. I may even have permanently ruined my lungs.
Wood heat is NOT all it is cracked up to be. Romantic yes. Healthy, not so much.
Just my opinion.
Kathryn 12.22.08 at 3:17 pm
Hi
I have one of your wood stoves and recently had it cleaned out. straight afterwards there was a very strong smell which was similar to fish. the smell has died down since but it is still noticeable and is causing headaches if your in the room for too long. It doesnt seem to smell while the stove is actually burning. What is this smell and how can I get rid of it?
thanks. k
liana 12.22.08 at 6:17 pm
Hi K,
These are nice little stoves, once you learn how to use them.
Being from South Florida, I had to get help learning to use mine.
Your stove smells like fish? Phew!
I have no idea what caused that. You might be smelling the creosote? Or, maybe someone thought it might be fun to cook their trout on the wood stove?
You might try some potpourri in a pan of water on top of the stove.