Wood stove heat

[Altissimus]

My house on top of a mountain , old , drafty , two stoves. Considered naming the place "Wind Wastes Wood"

 

[Nutball]

Get a windmill for some electric heat.

 

[Altissimus]

Would be good revenge / recycle

 

[flushcut]

W cubed.

 

[Treeaddict]

A luxury mansion built well over 100 years ago had this black iron tube with spaced orifices that sent out LP flame to set the wood ablaze. A brass key was used to open a valve in the mantle to allow gas flow. The orifices on the burner were clogged allowing the flames to shoot out of the secondary air intake at the beginning of the manifold. Cleaned out with drill and all is well. This setup can be very dangerous as gas can pour into your home if you don’t have a non deviating routine of turning the gas off as soon as the logs are lit. Also, better have a flame in the fireplace (paper or other materials) before turning gas on to avoid a flash.

 

[Cobleskill]

My father in law had that set up in the 70s house he built. Worked well. I think the iron pipe drooped from the heat.

 

[Nutball]

My father in law had that set up in the 70s house he built. Worked well. I think the iron pipe drooped from the heat.

I was wondering about that. Maybe they should have located the pipe in front or back blowing gas back under the wood pile.

 

[Treeaddict]

My father in law had that set up in the 70s house he built. Worked well. I think the iron pipe drooped from the heat.

They said their previous pipe dropped as well. The sch 40 black iron seems to be holding up well.

 

[Nutball]

Couldn't hurt to put some supports in the middle. I have to be careful how hot I burn the wood stove because the damper assembly can easily start sagging because it wasn't designed well enough.

 

[Burnham]

The wood burning fireplace in the Lake Quinault lodge has a propane gas manifold under the log fire grate. It burns all the time, with a few 3 foot logs 6 or 8 inches in diameter above the gas. They burn down until another few are added again. I have no idea if the manifold has needed to be replaced ever, and I rather doubt that the gas is part of the original fireplace. But the building has been there since 1926.

 

[Tree09]

Locust doesn't seem to make any ash. Or not much. Getting the job done, if you don't mind being a slave to the stove.

The bark sure does tho, but usually it falls off when it's dry.

 

[cory]

Tonite I'm burning locust that sat in my neighbor's woodpile, uncovered, for approx 15 years. It's hard as rock and burns perfectly

 

[flushcut]

Locust is good burning. 🔥

 

[cory]

It sure is but seriously, you'd have to see this decrepit pile to believe it and yet the wood is rock solid, dry, a burns a treat. Plus, it received a 1.5" rainfall the day before I used it