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Author Topic: What kind of wood do YOU like to burn in the winter?  (Read 22756 times)
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VE7 Kilohertz
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« Reply #50 on: January 10, 2006, 10:02:33 PM »

Mahogany, ebony, rosewood and spruce mostly. I have a bunch of old, priceless guitars I needed to get rid of.

I just about fainted until I read you were only burnign priceless guitars. Man, having Rosewood and Ebony growing in your backyard must be great.  Grin

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Paul
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« Reply #51 on: January 11, 2006, 10:57:04 AM »

Mostly maple here with some ash, beech, yellow birch, and occasionally oak mixed in. I prefer the rock maple over the softer maple because it burns a lot longer. Right up there with ironwood, dense stuff. Fill the stove at night and forget it.

White birch is nice for the fireplace, smells good and makes purty green flames when the bark burns. Just doesn't last long.

I avoid softwoods like pine or hemlock because of the creosote problems. The last thing you want on a cold Janurary night (or any night, for that matter) is a chimney fire.  Shocked
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Steve - WB3HUZ
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« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2006, 09:54:30 PM »

Actually, I just got about a cord and one-half of oak and hickory. Now I have to stack it!
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« Reply #53 on: January 13, 2006, 11:50:34 AM »

For the last ten years I have been burning nut coal.
The electric heat I have sucks and looked for a cheaper way to do it.
I tried a wood stove for two winters but that was labor intensive.
The tree guys sell wood they cut down in the summer and tell you it's seasoned.
Hard to light ,risk of a chimney fire from the sap.
You got to stuff six logs in every three hours or it would go out.
Then deal with the ashes.
Pellet stoves are easy but that's a big reach around because it's a man made specialty fuel.
You can't burn other fuels in the stove. You need it , they have it , and you pay the price.
I wanted to use a heat source that was local to me and plentiful so the price would be stable.
1995 a ton of chestnut coal was $119.00
November 2005 I paid $156.00 delivered to my coal bin.
I burn about 2 1/2 tons a winter November thru March.
The stove is a Stratford brand imported from the U.K.
It holds 100 lbs of coal and has a blower to extract the heat from around the fire box.
Once every 24 hours I shake it down using the handle on the side of the stove.
Put one five gallon plastic bucket of coal in.(30 lbs my guess)
Empty the ash pan and it's done.
The average temp is 75 F all winter long.
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« Reply #54 on: January 13, 2006, 12:34:32 PM »

Mahogany, ebony, rosewood and spruce mostly. I have a bunch of old, priceless guitars I needed to get rid of.

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