Kyle_in_Tex
Super Star Member
Wood has many ways of warming you up before you ever burn it.
Yes Kyle, that's very true. After I finished cutting and splitting by hand 2 1/2 pallets of wood, I was worn out, I mean so exhausted I ached. After supper I treated myself to a long tub bath in our claw foot tub. Then my wife rewarded me with freshly baked homemade cookies. I WILL work for food!Wood has many ways of warming you up before you ever burn it.
Yes Kyle, that's very true. After I finished cutting and splitting by hand 2 1/2 pallets of wood, I was worn out, I mean so exhausted I ached. After supper I treated myself to a long tub bath in our claw foot tub. Then my wife rewarded me with freshly baked homemade cookies. I WILL work for food!
Tony,Well Obed---after all this time I know you to be tenacious, but in this case I think with the number of chores you do, this is one you will `tire` of in the not distant future...Now if there is some `magic` I don`t know about, then the fire will take a fairly constant amount of attention, with the additional occasional shot of smoke in the house, and on your hands....I love the fire for it`s ambience, but after an all day one, I am looking for an excuse not to have another one too quickly, as the novelty wears off if it s overdone.....
You certainly deserve whatever you desire after all the trials and tribulations you have gone through, but I would bet a dollar to a penny after the first cord of wood is burned , the novelty of the pioneer will have diminished....It is very nice to have the option with a power failure, to be able to warm the room, but what you really need is a generator--not a splitter We`l see if you share your thoughts Tony
Tony,
There's some wisdom in your comments. I have little doubt that we will regularly use the fireplace. Yes, the FP still has some question marks. Recently it has been burning very dry ashe firewood fine. However, ashe burns a lot like pine. We have to evaluate how it does with mixed hardwoods. If I continue to see problems with getting enough combustion air into the firebox, I do have the option of removing the automated air control mechanism to allow more air into the FP.
I know my wife; she loves a fire. She is at home several days during the week and will keep a fire going. Thus I really expect to go through some firewood. I do believe a splitter is in my future. I'm just waffling on what to get.
Obed