Re: Good Morning

first an upmost, a well insulated house does not need continuos heat. if you
are in the moutains are your heater won't keep you warm all night, find out
where you lose the heat, and fix it. swan had the right idea, stones and
masonary hold heat a long time. carla had a good idea, too flu control is
very important. now banking a small woodstove only polutes more. thats no
the idea at all. so fix the problem. i have extra insulation on the inside
of my tipi, its made for winter months, my fire had a rock tunnel to bring
in out side air. my opening was almost shut, the tipi held the heat and i
did not have to have fire blazing all night, coals covered with ash burn
very slow, and burn all night. once the tipi was up to heat i even closed
the opening more, to concerve heat. back to basics. fire is your freind. but
beware cali laws are not, and a smoking woodstove can quite possibly get ya
a ticket if they wanted. that why they require catalytic converter on wood
stoves there now. spiritrising


"Dia" <fraglthndr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1137865467.331187.78640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You are Right Carla,
> I meant I have no Damper in my Flue.
> I used the wrong word, but I had the right picture in my head.
> Fortunately some folks seem to be able to see those pictures in other
> peoples heads...and know what they mean despite what they said...
> I bought a damper, but am leary about punching a hole in my stove pipe
> to put it inside...
> Hey Spiritrising...
> You have an excellent point...if a fire can be banked well, right out
> in the open, it should be bankable anywhere...being as airflow is not
> necessarily the main obstacle. I have tried putting all the coals up
> against the back wall of the stove box, and covering the pile of coals
> with ashes...which had always worked for larger stoves...but on this
> one, they keep burning out before morning...oh sometimes there are a
> few little tiny ones...and even some bits of wood coal that have gone
> out...but so far, I have not been able to keep a bed of coals going for
> more than 4 hours.
> So, is it something you can explain online? Or maybe I can go to the
> boyscouts or a native american fire tips website and see if there is
> any advice there...
> At least now, since you say it can be done, I am motivated to look for
> info.
> Thanks for the insipration.
> Love and Light,
> Dia
> Carla wrote:
>> Connie wrote:
>>
>> > "Dia" <fraglthndr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:1137784087.010987.85040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Spiritrising - my fireplace has no flue...(I have limitations)
>> > > and no one has told me how to keep the fire going within this
>> > > context.
>> > >
>> >
>> > No... flue... (?) Are you still alive?
>>
>> I think she meant to say "no damper."
>>
>> Certainly, both a damper on the stove pipe and some sort of adjustable
>> air
>> feed going into the front of the stove help control rate of burn.
>> Ironically, the slower the fire, the more efficient it is (longer heat,
>> saves on fuel), but it is also more polluting. It's the fast,
>> hot-burning
>> fires that keep the flue clean and the particulates out of the air.
>>
>> I've banked many a fire in a wood burning stove. It works really well
>> with
>> a large, heavy stove; smaller, lighter stoves don't lend themselves well
>> to
>> banking, though it can be done with proper air control and really hard
>> woods. Not to say -I- am able to accomplish it, but I've seen others do
>> so.
>> I thought it was really magic, though.
>


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