My top 10 wood stove accessories...

[Toxic2]

The only thing sitting by my stoves(3 total)'are a blowtorch with self iginiting head and the shovel to clean em out and push the odd log around.

i know people that go right nuts with there "building a fire". I dont got time for all that ki.dling and paper...hahaha..well i do but i like to do other things too

 

[1project2many]

Hatchet for making kindling, fireplace poker made from concrete rebar, an old paint brush to brush ashes out of corners and edges when the stove's cold, a small shovel and an old, baked porcelain coated, refrigerator drawer for ash removal, and a homemade sifter:

 

[Big_Wood]

have you guys ever tried those fans that transfer heat energy into mechanical energy. the last house i was living in had a 2 door garage. there was a room between the house and the garage that just had a regular size door to access it. that room was always ice cold no matter how hardcore i cranked the stove and was where i did most of my work. wood stove was on the opposite side beside the first garage door. was a ****** lay out IMO but i figured i'd give the fan a shot and it actually circulated air enough to move heat into that room. i recommended the fan to my mom and step dad because they heat a home with a tiny stove. far rooms were always cold but now they are warm as well after the fan. my step dad said he needed 2 fans to maximize the heat movement though.

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[Bob95065]

I have seen those fans and wondered if they worked well. I think I remembered them being expensive.

I have a brass fireplace set that came with a poker, shovel and brush that I got from craigslist for free. I also have an open-top ash can that I shovel the ashes into and a small galvanized can the ashes stay in for a week prior to disposal. I also have a steel firewood rack that I fill about every day in the winter. We have a small box that stores old newspapers and kindling. That's about all I need.

Outside I have my firewood stored on a skid that I cut in half and set side-by side in the breezeway between the house and garage. I can stack a face cord there. I go outside and bring in an armful of wood every morning. I usually have to bring a face cord up every two weeks. I also have a kindling box out there that I made from lumber I salvaged from an old shed I tore down last summer.

Bob

 

[tla100]

I will add my kindling rack..... 5' wide and 4' tall, well 5 1/2' tall in middle.

 

[reddogrunner]

nice rack

 

[tla100]

Thanks...heh

 

[mn woodcutter]

I will add my kindling rack..... 5' wide and 4' tall, well 5 1/2' tall in middle.

That much kindling would last me for 20 yrs! My stove doesn't get cold from October til April. Nice clean looking kindling though!

 

[Bob95065]

I will add my kindling rack..... 5' wide and 4' tall, well 5 1/2' tall in middle.

That's what I need. I light a fire at least once a day in the morning and sometimes around dinner if it was a warm day. I go through a lot of kindling.

 

[aikiman2000]

i have needed to restart my fire 4 times since october 1st.
instead of kindling, i garb some sticks laying around in the snow.....a scoop of charcoal bits that i salvage anytime i accidentally let the fire stall.
charcoal pieces on bottom in center, sticks on top, small round split in half 4 total for this layer, and a large half round over the top. on the sides i put news paper, and a few pieces of card board.
use the torch on the charcoal untill its red, light the news paper to start the draft, the newspaper lights the card board which makes a hot powerfull draft, and the air to the charcoal to the sticks to the small half rounds.........it works like a charm.

on the first of october i bought a wood furnace...the one englander sells through homedepot.......i can get 30-40 hour burns.....normally i load at night, check in the morning...and often dont reload untill night again.

it uses as much wood in 24 hours as my old vermont casting 2461 did in 4-6 hours. and of the 3 3 wood burners i have had in this house...this is the first one that has the capacity to keep up with this place...its very leaky.

 

[tla100]

I really only use 4-5 sticks in morning and maybe at evening when I load up again. I have pretty much only lit a handful of fires this year also. Throw pine sticks on hot coals, in back of stove, with a couple strips of newspaper, load wood on top and leave door cracked. Rolling fire in 5-10 minutes. I lay 2-3 vertical, then 2-3 horizontal over them then my wood. gives a little air gap in between.

The kicker is my buddy cut half that up for me, and he has about 10 bundles of 16"x16"x16" ready for me but I am running out of room....heh

 

[Whitespider]

1. I have welding gloves laying by the firebox... I already had the gloves, I have a welder. Yeah, they protect the hands from heat, more importantly, they keep your hands clean. I use the long ones around the firebox; that way if ya' bump the the door edge your arm also stays clean.
2. No need for a carry bag... my firewood is all stacked in the basement a couple steps from the loading door.
3. No need for the firewood rack either... I can stack it so it don't fall.
4. A poker?? Naw, don't have any use for one. I did weld up a rake thingy for rakin' the coals.
5. Ain't no place for a steamer trivet on a shrouded wood furnace.
6. Rather than a steamer pot my wife sets disposable small loaf pans in the heat registers.
7. I do have the galvanized trash can... but it's down by the furnace so I don't haf'ta walk outside to dump ashes in it. I can see why his is outside though... that was some cloud of ash dust he made.
8. Ain't got need for an ash bucket and shovel... I have a pull-out ash drawer.
9. Flue thermometer?? Gadgets ain't my thing.
10. Glass cleaner?? For what??

So here's my list...

1. Welding gloves
2. Coal rake
3. Trash can
4. Liquid fire accelerant
5. Bic lighter
6. Beer cooler

 

[tla100]

Bob95065 I can hook you up with some bundles, but living on the left coast may take a little gas $$$$$.....

Spidey, no need for the cooler when there is a Kegerator in the garage.....

Liquid Fire accelerate????? paper and pine is all I need....heh

Oh, I did burn off an old cast iron 7-8" skillet tonight, set in coals, scrubbed with steel wool, set back in coals, washed off, put a lot of Coconut oil on, put on grate in firebox until stop smoking, re-apply Coconut Oil, burn off one more time and cool. Looks like new.....new omelet maker

 

[Whitespider]

Spidey, no need for the cooler when there is a Kegerator in the garage.....

I have one of those little "camper sized" 'frigerators that holds 'bout 50 cans-o-beer. It's out in the garage/shop most of the year... but, this time of year, the beer tends to freeze out there. I put it in the basement a few steps from the firebox... 'cause... well... if'n I'm gonna' go down there to load the box, I might just as well make the trip a two-fer

Liquid Fire accelerate????? paper and pine is all I need....heh

Paper 'n' pine?? I reckon ya' rub two sticks together also?? Maybe a flint 'n' steel?? You are aware this is the 21st century... correct??
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[jwade]

I use one of these for a wood box. Zero mess holds a few days wood.
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+1 on the large trash can load it up out side roll in a days worth of wood no dirt no dust no wife complaining

 

[Bob95065]

Bob95065 I can hook you up with some bundles, but living on the left coast may take a little gas $$$$$.....

Thanks for the offer but I think I'll pass. Probably too far away.

I have friends that are contractors and woodworkers. I ask for their offcuts for kindling. I split the dimensional lumber down. It's dry and mostly cut to length. If they don't give it to me they have to pay to dump it. It stays out of the dump when I comes to my house. This arrangement is a win for everyone.

 

[isaaccarlson]

We don't use a shovel, since our ash pan gets it all. Just pull it out and take it outside to the ash depository. The ashes slide right out and make little dust. A poker is handy on any stove. Gloves? Who needs em! a good wheelbarrow or wagon or truck will move wood to the house just fine unless you store your wood in the basement. The best "accessory" for a wood stove is a good chimney!

 

[Axfarmer]

+1 on the gloves. Ash bucket, that little coal rake is awesome. Don't laugh too much but I remove the ash with the long handle burger flipper on the right.

 

[tla100]

Axfarmer, is that an old Fisher? My old man use to sell them in the '70's. I think we still have one in the shed that came out of my Grandpa's old farm house

 

[Axfarmer]

tla 100, yes that is my old non EPA Fisher Papa Bear stove/ woodeater. It will take a 30" stick but I only cut around 20". With this beast in the basement the main floor stays about 73-75 degrees!