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Two small firewood deliveries
Today’s video documents a typical day for a firewood business as they manage multiple tasks involving fuel wood distribution.
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Mid winter update and kiln data analysis
In this video update, Jim describes managing a firewood business during a harsh, snowy winter that has halted regular production. He details ongoing equipment maintenance, including repairs to a log loader and the challenge of navigating an icy yard with a track loader.
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Harman wood stove fire brick repair.
Have you ever looked into your wood stove and said out loud, “Oh oh!”. Well, I had this bucktoothed stove looking back at me back on the end of November.
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Burning wet firewood
Here’s a good example why you should not burn wet (green) firewood. This wood I had set aside out in the field, air drying for about 8-9 months. Maple wood mostly. Most people think that a year or less is all that’s needed to “season” firewood.
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Buns near the oven
Bread time At least once a week, its bread making time. During the winter, with the fire in full use, the floor around the firebox is always toasty warm. A good place to let the dough relax and rise.
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Bird flew down the chimney
A little bit of excitement for a holiday Monday morning. We were watching recently discovered bluejay birds nest within sight of our living room window. Then we heard a sound in the chimney. Maybe a bird trapped? I opened the rear damper so it could see the light down at the fire box. We had to wait a few minutes for it to make its way down. I opened the back damper of the stove and it made its way into the fire box…which still had old ashes in it. The bird didn’t appear to be too dirty. Don’t know what type of bird it was though. It was mostly dark with slight hints of a beautiful luminescent green.
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Its cold outside so stay warm inside
fireplace I suppose had I used a tripod instead of hand held for photo taking, it wouldn’t be so choppy.
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Our Harman Fireplace Wood Stove goes BOOM! (updated Mar 13, 2024)
Our fireplace was WETT Certified installed. Everything done right and approved by the insurance company. The unit has its own air intake and a chimney that goes straight up. The problem is [was] that the after gases do not burn off properly as this little video shows. At the time of this blog post we have had the stove for 6 years, its always done this. Some call it whuffing, or wuffing, or huffing. [Edit note Sep 05 2013: To clarify, not every time but its gotten worse the last couple years.]
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