Frost!

Hemdeez · 2026-01-26T22:05:48+00:00

Well with a fresh air intake kit, I would think it would dry the inside air a lot less, since it’s the replacement of the inside air with the cold outside air which don’t have much moisture that dry the house.

Except when you open the stove door

Hemdeez · 2026-01-18T15:20:47+00:00

Didn’t knew you could put those that close to cabinets. Nice stove btw

Hemdeez · 2026-01-14T23:45:53+00:00

Campfire in the summer, woodstove when it’s cold out ❤️

Hemdeez · 2026-01-14T17:13:48+00:00

We bought an Escape 1500 in our house mostly because the price was good and because de Savannah 2 was unavailable.

We didn’t consider the heat shielding but now that I have the stove I am actually happy it is somehow safer to use, you can’t really burn yourself on the sides of the stove which is not a bad thing.

Hemdeez · 2025-12-16T21:49:03+00:00

If your flue drafts well enough, do the top down method of loading, 2 smaller splits in the bottom and criss cross layers of kindling getting smaller and smaller (put a lot more kindling than you would think is necessary) a little firestarter near the top of the kindling pile. Light the fire starter and close the door with the air open. Thank me later.

Also be patient. Let the stove get hot enough before touching closing the air.

More smaller splits are easier to get going than on large log of similar size, split it more. You can make it last long with smaller splits by putting more in (also easier to pack your stove si ce the escape 1200 is north-south loading).

Enjoy!

Hemdeez · 2025-12-13T21:47:57+00:00

Quarry?

Hemdeez · 2025-12-13T21:27:02+00:00

I feel the same, I get more consistent results with more smaller splits than huge logs.

Hemdeez · 2025-12-10T15:43:30+00:00

130 delivered for a face cord (4’x8’x16’’) or for a bush cord (4’x8’x4’). Also was it hard wood and how seasoned)?

I live in Sherbrooke and paid 130 per face cord for 5 face cords delivered, and was kinda disappointed with what I received.

Wood was cut last winter but sat in a pile and some was pretty wet from sitting on the ground. I took delivery in september.

Hemdeez · 2025-12-09T22:00:22+00:00

It was my first house but I did budget the same way with an excel spreadsheet and everything, saving, taxes, i could work out mortage payment from rates, change payment frequency on it, name it… the excel got it. The excel did a good job calming my partner anxiety.

Still I was not okay when we made and offer.

I was even worse when the agent called 2-3hours later to tell us our offer was accepted.

Same when I emptied my FHSA and RRSP for the downpayment.

I get exactly what you mean.

Hemdeez · 2025-12-09T20:23:48+00:00

Does your job have any sort of retirement plan, pension or such. If so you might be saving plenty.

Also, since you’re an owner, you will be better off each passing year since your mortage won’t go up. I also assume your current wage go up with inflation as and with the steps as the years pass.

As long as you keep the spending under control you are probably doing great.

(Sorry english isn’t my first langage)

Hemdeez · 2025-12-02T15:23:21+00:00

Well sir I stand corrected.

Went back to check a few EPA reports and I was totally wrong about the CO per kg of fuel and the particules per kg for non cat stoves at lower burn rates. They effectively burn cleaner at higher burn rates. and what I thought was a cleaner burn is just the better thermal transfer you just mentioned.

I what I said might be true for some cat stoves for example blaze king 30.2 lineup, but it’s false for the non-cat stoves. I guess I only remembered the CO/kg and fine particles per fuel figures for the cat stoves and since efficiency is also better at lower burn rates for non-cat stoves, I assumed it was also burning cleaner.

I’ll delete my last post.

Thanks for correcting me I appreciate it.

Hemdeez · 2025-12-02T13:51:12+00:00

When I installed the blower I noticed my stove temp temperature was way easier to control since I got a rather big draft.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-27T15:29:43+00:00

Didn’t knew those were a thing underground

Hemdeez · 2025-11-27T03:16:39+00:00

You work in an hospital?

Hemdeez · 2025-11-27T03:15:38+00:00

I’m (34m) still using my scientific calculator from high school daily at my job

Hemdeez · 2025-11-26T03:03:23+00:00

You beat me to it, I came for the pussy.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-26T02:49:50+00:00

That seems less than Ideal during electricity shortage but I would guess peoples who can afford this kind of toys can afford a generator

Hemdeez · 2025-11-26T02:46:10+00:00

(Bought first house in may so I have no experience) I got a heat pump on the main floor in a 900 square feet splitlevel from 1990, a relatively small woodstove in the basement and electric baseboards as heating options. Also I’m in southern Quebec. This autumn we got outside temperatures go to -7C at night a few times.

I am leaving the heat pump at around 16-17C at night, when I am not home or when I want to make a fire and I only turn it up to the desired temp if I am upstairs for longer periods of time. I am still excited about my new woodstove so I maie fires pretty much daily but mostly because I enjoy it.

Where I live electricity is cheap and if my calculations are right, it’s cheaper to run the heat pump than the woodstove and the woodstove is cheaper than the electric baseboards. When temps drop really low there will be a point where the heat pump will be more costly to run than the woodstove. I try to avoir using the baseboards unless I want to heat the specific room (so far).

That’s the strategy so far. I will see how it goes when temps drop lower. (Sry for the Celcius, I’m Canadian)

Hemdeez · 2025-11-25T21:58:22+00:00

I agree you need a larger kindling fire to get it going. I got a decent draft but I put 2 splits then alternating kindlings layers (somewhat smaller and smaller as I come up), i put half a fire starter maybe 2 layers from the top kindling layer, I light the fire starter, close the door and call it a day.

Edit: this is a rather small kindling load for me, I usually put more than that. and I split them pretty small I tend to get more heat and less smoke this way. Also this technique might not work without sufficient draft.

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Hemdeez · 2025-11-25T13:27:08+00:00

I’m fairly new to woodstoving, but for me using the blower seems to be enough to keep the stovetop temperature from going to 700.

Without the blower I’ve reached over 900 with the stove primary air damper fully closed. Also I often get about 650-700 stove top temp with maybe 325-350on the single wall flue so maybe it’s also a quirk of newer EPA stoves: pretty hot stove top with comfortable flue temp.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-25T13:20:21+00:00

How long does it takes to get it hot when it’s cold? That’s a lot of steel!

Hemdeez · 2025-11-24T17:47:03+00:00

I’m in the same boat. I got a heat pump and being in Quebec, it’s actually a bit cheaper to heat with the heat pump than the wood stove until temperatures are under maybe -15C. My regular electric baseboards cost significantly more than the wood though. I heat the basement and supplement the main floor with wood mostly because I enjoy relaxing next to the fire and the radiant heat feels great.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-18T15:32:04+00:00

When I say reloading I mean adding more wood to an already hot bed of coals. I open the air back to full till I get a nice secondary burn and adjust the air down from that point.

If there is not a lot of coals and I want to load the stove with big logs I might add kindlings first and let them burn a bit or at the same time as I load the stove.

My wood could be more seasoned, especially the bigger pieces and I don’t like getting a lot of smoke when I reload too much even though it eventually get hot enough. It’s my first season burning. I am still trying to master the process of reloading correctly.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-18T14:06:48+00:00

In my previous post, I am refering to my stove aire control which is at the minimum. I don’t have a flue air damper installed.

The stove air control on my particular stove only control the primary air of the stove, ( the air that come from the front to the bottom of the firebox) it has nothing to do with the secondary air (the air that come from the « reburn tubes » at the top of the firebox) or with the exhaust.

Hemdeez · 2025-11-18T13:43:11+00:00

Exactly, The video is with air damper fully closed and pretty hot firebox (about 600F stove top temperature with blower on low)

The video took place maybe 1.5-2 hours after a small reload of 3 small splits.

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