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

By: grampakev

grampakev — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:14:07 +0000

whats with the torch?

By: WorldBurnoutTour

WorldBurnoutTour — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:33:53 +0000

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.

By: ratheads

ratheads — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:20:31 +0000

Thanks for the tips Joe ! (gotta love the oldtimers)

By: KARStarla

KARStarla — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:25:49 +0000

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

By: thingsjoelikes

thingsjoelikes — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:21:19 +0000

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.

By: KARStarla

KARStarla — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:47:00 +0000

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

By: jas7890

jas7890 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:17:54 +0000

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

By: ChiefWiggim

ChiefWiggim — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:58:10 +0000

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.

By: ChiefWiggim

ChiefWiggim — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:06:50 +0000

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!!

By: ChiefWiggim

ChiefWiggim — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:59:23 +0000

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..