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Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> Here in the trenches one burns what is available. In my stoves we burn dried 
> or green, soft wood or hard wood, twigs, limbs, knots, stumps, and everything 
> in between.  In extreme weather or when the fuel isn't the best of the best of 
> .... we even put a lump of coal or two to get the fire going.

I do too, now.  James learnt<g> me that it was okay. :)


> The result is that we use more wood.  We are miles out in the forest and so 
> if anyone doesn't like the particulates they can go sc**w themselves.   But 
> most of all none of the stoves are airtight and so they draw unlimited oxygen.  

We are also out in the woods.  I figure one forest fire puts more 
particulates out than I would in two lifetimes burning year-round.  As a 
caveat, referencing indoor particulates, I do have to say that I have to 
dust wayyy more than I ever did before, so someone with asthma might 
have trouble with indoor particulates.


> That coupled with the fact that the flues are in the MIDDLE of the house and so 
> never get much cold, there are no condensates in the flue.   When I clean the 
> flues after a winter's use, tere is never more than a handful of  fine ash, 
> otherwise the chimneys are as clean as a whistle.

Same here...we never have much more than a tiny bit of ash in the 8" 
flue.  It's a straight up, rolled steel flue, and we try to burn a 
really hot fire at least once a week, even this time of year.

Bev
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