Hi all!

THIS IS A TRUE STORY. I can verify it because I'm to blame. I spent the entire summer/autumn cutting down trees, bucking and splitting them into 4.5 cords of birch and spruce/pine mix. I had bucked the logs into 18inch rounds for splitting...

only to discover my wood stove takes 16inch pieces.

So now I'm sawing EVERY piece of wood down... is this what "they" call Fix-on-Failure?

What a twit!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), January 05, 2000

Answers

Kurt,

Don't cut yet. You might be able to angle those 18" pieces into the 16" stove opening and prop them up slightly inside so they'll be usable. I do this all the time with mine. But this advise is probably too late -- you've already recut all of them, right?

-- (don't@despair.com), January 05, 2000.

That's beautiful, Kurt! I'll think of you every time I haul in a load.

-- Faith Weaver (suzsolutions@yahoo.com), January 05, 2000.

Oooh!

Wait until I tell you the story of how I learned how to cook in my fireplace!

LOL!

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), January 05, 2000.

Kurt, second snafu, don't you have to let the wood "season" before you can burn it? Otherwise, you got green wood, that won't burn right for Jack!

-- Green Wood (mostly@smokes.com), January 05, 2000.

You can never really have enough small wood. Much more versatile. I busted the glass on my woodstove on Christmas Eve trying to get a log inside. Damn fool. That cost me $90.

If your going to burn Pine and Spruce make sure you check and clean your chimney often. Is hardwood scarce where you live? Pine would be my last choice.

-- Scottsworth (NewEnglander@Ct.com), January 06, 2000.