Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-15-2022, 05:44 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-15-2022, 08:15 AM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-14-2022, 10:05 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-14-2022, 04:35 PM
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Thank you for posting those photos. So you pack...
Thank you for posting those photos. So you pack the stove that full before lighting it? That's surprising. How come there's no wood above the top starter? Is that just to get the draft going? What...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-06-2022, 10:30 AM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
12-04-2022, 06:59 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-27-2022, 07:33 PM
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Top-down fire
I tried a top-down fire today. The results were mixed. First, it can only be successful in a stove that's tall enough for one layer of large logs, one layer of medium, and, critically, a considerable...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-20-2022, 04:13 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-20-2022, 02:03 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-20-2022, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 152
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You raise some good questions, thank you. Yes,...
You raise some good questions, thank you. Yes, there's an ash drawer, and I asked above why there are no ashes in it.
The door does NOT have a tight gasket seal. Some mice took a liking to the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-20-2022, 01:56 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-19-2022, 02:39 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
11-19-2022, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 152
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Update on the Englander 13 NC woodstove
After reading a lot of reviews about my woodstove, I've concluded that a lot of other users find this stove quite difficult to manage, as Thinkxingu alluded. Some sample reviews that are similar to...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-18-2022, 06:26 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-18-2022, 06:18 PM
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Absolutely. I had a very large maple felled 3...
Absolutely. I had a very large maple felled 3 years ago because it was rotten. The pile sat there for 3 years in a wet area, cut to 14" but not split. I tried to find someone to take it away because...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-18-2022, 06:14 PM
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Well, Thinkxingu, once again you've educated me...
Well, Thinkxingu, once again you've educated me and I decided to take your advice. I made this video to show my new method for burning huge logs without splitting them. Excuse the state of my living...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-17-2022, 06:38 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-17-2022, 09:00 AM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-16-2022, 06:01 PM
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Now that I've had a month to practice heating...
Now that I've had a month to practice heating with wood, here's what I've learned. I think I was splitting the wood too small and burning it too hot, hence the rapid consumption of fuel. I switched...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-03-2022, 09:59 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
04-03-2022, 01:45 PM
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Stove temperature; humidity
Two questions:
(1) How about this stovepipe thermometer: https://www.amazon.com/WoodSaver-Stove-Thermometer-Model-3-16/dp/B0011BBAH4
(2) Is it OK to put a large aluminum pot on the stove for...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-30-2022, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 152
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Oh! Oh! Hooked a big fish! Fun! Well, it's...
Oh! Oh! Hooked a big fish! Fun! Well, it's manspeak if the question is rhetorical. Still, I will read that article with interest. I may even subscribe to Chainsaw Journal, to replace Down East...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-30-2022, 02:48 PM
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-29-2022, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 152
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For days when I don't feel like gassing up the...
For days when I don't feel like gassing up the 881 I use this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Homelite-14-in-9-Amp-Electric-Chainsaw-UT43104/202723256
A price even FLL would approve and safe for the...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
03-29-2022, 04:24 PM
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