Heating the House With a Wood Stove | 84 Yr Old Joe | Video

22 Responses to “Heating the House With a Wood Stove | 84 Yr Old Joe | Video”

1. vicmuri says:

   January 4, 2009 at 7:37 am

   Joe just use thin kidlen, a few sheets of newspaper and a match and your good to go. The time it took you to turn that one on. I would of been done turning on mine and finish watching a movie.
2. Halcyonwanderer says:

   January 5, 2009 at 3:17 am

   Since he’s been doing this for, well, longer than both of our years combined, I’d say he knows what he’s doing.

   Besides, that looks like an old cast-iron stove, those were made back in the days when an entire house was a match waiting to go off. Not up to modern standards? Hardly. But that doesn’t mean anything is ‘wrong’.
3. bluzy25 says:

   January 7, 2009 at 7:57 pm

   THanks JOe!
4. djbishop says:

   January 10, 2009 at 3:15 am

   Just watching that wood stove warmed my bones!
5. KARStarla says:

   January 11, 2009 at 11:09 am

   are you nuts??!! You take your pipes apart evry month? Your the first person I have ever heard of that does that, I never heard of that before…really?
6. ChiefWiggim says:

   January 12, 2009 at 10:08 am

   Yup,soot collects on the inside of it and if there are any sections that are horizontal it could be half clogged. I just stand them up in a bucket and knock the side of them. I usualy take my pipes apart every month just for saftey. Be sure to use screws to hold the pipes togther and if they dont have any use self tapping screws,2-3 per connection.
7. KARStarla says:

   January 15, 2009 at 6:10 pm

   Wow! Thanks, I wouldnt have known that, you mean take apart that long black pipe that diverts the smoke outside?

   I had a Chimney sweep come out 4 years ago and after he cleaned it I never used it again, would he have picked up (or pointed out) what you just pointed out to me?
8. ChiefWiggim says:

   January 16, 2009 at 8:04 pm

   and also before using your wood stove check you stove pipes for rust holes or lose screws,it would be best to take it apart and clean it. Some pipe becomes brittle after a few years.
9. ChiefWiggim says:

   January 17, 2009 at 12:35 am

   OK there are a few safety hassards in this video. The saftey mat isnt big enough under the stove. Theres a rug almost under the stove,not good. The stove is to close to the wall and theres paper and stuff haging on the wall that could get hot enough to ignite. The couch is way to close. To realy help regulate you heat you should have a damper in the outlet.open the damper any time you open the door to prevent smoke from backing up.
10. ChiefWiggim says:

    January 17, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    I’m glad I could help.
11. KARStarla says:

    January 17, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Thank you ChiefWiggim! I appreciate your help, we had our first fire in 4 years because we were sorta nervous about it, your a grea help, bless you!
12. ChiefWiggim says:

    January 20, 2009 at 3:30 am

    add in more and once the stove is hot then you can close the stove pipe damper all the way and you will get alot of heat!! For over night fires best to use unsplit pieces and push all the coals toward the back so it will burn slower,startes burning from one end to the other side.
13. ChiefWiggim says:

    January 22, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    I always start mine with newspaper,open up the paper then crunch it up into a ball and throw it in,use around 5 sheets of paper. Then take some scrap wood like around (6-8)8″-1 foot long pieces(cedar is the best)and lean it together like a TeePee over the paper. Open the damper if you have one on the stove pipe and lite the fire,oce lit close the door and be sure the air inlet is open. Ones the fire is going good then add a small piece of hard wood to the fire,then a ocne that is going well..
14. ChiefWiggim says:

    January 25, 2009 at 4:06 am

    I have bought 5 cord of wood at $160 a cord this year,If I were to burn oil it would be a tank a month(250 gallons). Wood is alot cheaper!!
15. ChiefWiggim says:

    January 25, 2009 at 4:58 am

    Make sure your chimney is clean,there may be a nest or debree blocking the outlet. Best to clean twice a month with a chimney brush to prevent chimney fires.
16. jas7890 says:

    January 26, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    This is helpful gonna buy one. Who knows with the economy we may need to go back to these things again. Thanks
17. KARStarla says:

    January 30, 2009 at 4:47 am

    Wow! Im so thankful you replied because we really need to save money this year and I thought there was something wrong with our woodstove, been too scared to start a fire.

    How does one start a COLD fire? lol I wouldnt know how to start a fire any other way then a HOT one. I did see you use that long torch thing, where would I get one of those? To start a SMALL fire is how many logs? Maybe a handful of twigs and a single log?

    Wish you were here with me lol
18. thingsjoelikes says:

    January 30, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Smoke filling the room is a common occurance when the chimney is cold. it is important to start a small HOT fire, get the chimney warm, which in turn starts a “draft” or “draw” going up and out. Always keep a window fan handy. Watch this video again and I hope it helps.
19. KARStarla says:

    January 31, 2009 at 9:25 am

    We have a woodstove and twice we had the smoke start filling the room, what the heck did we do wrong? lol We are afraid to use it because we dont know what causes it
20. ratheads says:

    February 7, 2009 at 5:20 am

    Thanks for the tips Joe ! (gotta love the oldtimers)
21. WorldBurnoutTour says:

    February 9, 2009 at 11:33 am

    You only have to do it if the stove is cold… once a month… newspapers create dangerous embers which can catch the roof on fire.
22. grampakev says:

    February 11, 2009 at 1:14 am

    whats with the torch?