Last fire of the year? Bittersweet

[lobsterlogger]

Hey fellas. Have a OWB and its.time.to switch to the oil boiler for the summer. This thing is in idle mode 9 out of 10 hours and that is not what it's meant for. Is there a.good and easy way to rid this thing of creosote. Sick of multiple.masks and scraping and grinding. I'm hoping there is a easy way or a chemical way to clear up air passages and rid it of some of the black tar that is everywhere. Any info is appreciated

 

[ihookem]

At the end of the season , I put in a lot of paper and burn it hot for a while. The creosote will burn off . Mine turns into a rust color ,, kind of. Then I just scrape it off for the seaosn. However, it is still snowing here in SE WIs. today and 40 degrees . Frost last night too. I have enough wood that I will just burn knotty junky wood that doesnt stack real well. I also burn popple that is in the back yard dying so I dont use good wood for April 22nd. I would just use the furnace, but the wood boiler is hooked up to radiant heat and it is just so much nicer heat. As I get older, I cant stand the forced air furnace heat anymore. The gas fireplace is ok though.. Even in May, if it gets cold , I just start a fire after work and by 8pm the floor is toasty and so nice of a heat. The guests that visit ALWAYS say, what a comfortable home.

 

[ihookem]

Still burning, it's 39 degrees and wind is off lake Michigan.

 

[SS396driver]

Stopped for a few days because it got warm . It’s been lit for the last four days

 

[ihookem]

Stopped for a few days because it got warm . It’s been lit for the last four days

My mom grew up in Utica. I like parts of New York, but the politics can stay there.

 

[SS396driver]

My mom grew up in Utica. I like parts of New York, but the politics can stay there.

NY is a beautiful state . Politics suck everywhere

 

[dave ensign]

Politics reminds me that I am at least smarter than 1/2 the population, probably all of it.
Still burning some at nite.

 

[GenXer]

Still burning here. Only the one stove.

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Ny politics suck because of the large city’s. All politics don’t suck, just the left wing stuff.

 

[sundance]

We're still burning. Not hard, but still burning. Probably will for about another week. Wife keeps saying she's ready to be done, keeps lighting the stove because the house is chilly. Saves burning fuel oil!!

 

[Captain Bruce]

We'll use the stove on cool nights just to warm up the Lake House......dampness vanishes......

 

[dave_dj1]

I made the decision to not put any wood in the OWB last night. It will have hot ash in it for a few days but I should be able to shut the circulator off later today.

 

[sundance]

Fire's been burning all day as we watched it snowing off and on. Probably light it the next few mornings but the last fire is getting close.

 

[JRM]

We got snow 2 nights in a row. Had a warm spell 2 weeks ago so the stove got shut down. She's all cleaned out and put to bed.

 

[sundance]

This might be our last for the season. Or, maybe tomorrow.

 

[SS396driver]

Been burning the last three days unusually cold weather . But tomorrow sunny mid 70 and for the following week about the same

 

[ihookem]

It is 48 degrees now and the sun is hardly down . I might start one tomorrow morning .

 

[GenXer]

One stove lit here early this am. Wet and feels like +3C outside.

 

[sundance]

This might be our last for the season. Or, maybe tomorrow.View attachment 1084172

Reckon we're done. Wife cleaned out the stove and sent the rest of the wood back to the shed.

 

[olyman]

Ny politics suck because of the large city’s. All politics don’t suck, just the left wing stuff.

the leftists on here, will disagree!!!!!!!!