We burn about a cord of firewood in our Jotul F-100 Wood stove every year. Our primary source of heat is the oil fired boiler in the basement, the wood stove is a supplemental or backup source. On those really cold nights, of which we have had a few this winter, it is nice to [...]
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I took this picture of our wood stove chimney. Once the little Jotul F100 wood stove gets hot this is the way it looks: wood stove chimney with fire going Clear. According to the US EPA certification sheet, (large .pdf file) the Jotul F100 Nordic QT puts out less than 3 grams of particulate [...] When I first installed our Jotul F100 wood stove, I had a heck of a time getting a fire going. I was using the traditional fire place method of building a fire, first some news paper, then some kindling, then a few medium sized pieces of wood, strike a match and viola: Fire. Try that [...] Our house came with a Franklin stove, which was improperly installed. The clearance behind the stove was not adequate, and there was an electrical outlet back there that was pretty much melted. One has to wonder how the house did not burn down. When we re-built the living room area, I decided to move the [...] We had really nice weather today, so when I got home from work, I took the opportunity to clean the wood stove chimney. If you use a wood burning appliance, the chimney needs to be cleaned at least once a year to remove any soot and creosote build up. It is important because creosote is [...] Update: I spoke with Jay, and he mentioned one thing that he found a bit annoying about his pellet stove. That is the noise that the blower makes. He stated that when the stove is really going, the blower can be loud enough that it is hard to hear the TV. With the price of [...] |
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