wow i had no idea it got that cold there.
is burning pine as bad as ive been told?
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jjett84724
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I burn pine at my house during the winter with no problems. We like it because it is easy to start and burns hot. We cut a lot of beetle kill pine. Just tip it over and load up the truck and trailer. It also splits really easy with a maul. I really like the stuff.
BIG JAKE
Let’s go Brandon!
On a day like that it doesn't stay that cold. Warms up to 28 to 38 depending on what's going on weatherwise. The little stove doesn't quite cut it when it's that cold unless you run it continous. When my wife was not working it ran all the time and then when I'm home I'd take care of running it. I get up around 4am and she goes to bed around 11/11:30. So heaters maybe would fire once or twice a night. Now we pay a little money for gas, but that's the way it is. I didn't size the stove for current lifestyle otherwise i'd have gone a step up size wise. I got no interest in pelletstoves though-just another middleman.
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Yep. Well said, sums it up well.
Ohiowoodguy
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Creosote in the chimney is caused by a thermo-chemical reaction when the water vapor condenses in the cooler chimney along with carbon particles in the smoke. Turpentine, pine tar, and the species of wood have nothing to do with creosote build-up or chimney fires. Improperly seasoned wood and/or cool, smokey burning does it.:greenchainsaw:
BIG JAKE
Let’s go Brandon!
Agree with last sentence and the first, but you take a log loaded with pitch and watch what happens to your emissions-even in a hot stove. Try burning railroad ties and see what happens to your chimney-saw a guy do that once. Around here alot of people burn pinon which tends to have alot of pitch in it. Back when I was sweeping chimneys, the dirtiest were the ones burning pinon. Stove design has alot to do with it, but a non-cat stove can't always burn it all before it gets out of the combustion chamber. A given size catalytic combustor can only handle so much fuel vapor before it starts crudding up/overloaded. So we agree to disagree. Seasoned fuel is best as minimal energy is required to dry the wood so it can burn, which gives you hotter fires. With woodstoves, temperature is everything. If you don't see a lazy blue flame floating below the baffle plate above the fire you're either not at a high enough temperature or your wood is very dry. Pitch, if there is enough of it, can vaporize at rates exceeding available oxygen for secondary combustion to occur.
mga
wandering
my bro-in-law heats with wood also. his chimney is simply a single walled stainless steel pipe extruding from the basement and up the side of the house. at every seam, you can see the creosote oozing out and at the bottom where the elbow is it's even worse. the cause of that is exactly what you're saying: the pipe gets cold and the chemicals build up inside. however, being the cheap hardhead that he is, he refuses to listen to any advice on how to correct that problem. it's also an accident waiting to happen.
