Diary of a Woodburning Stove!

I'm not sure if the temperature has really dropped much, but returning home after a week away to a chilly-feeling house was the perfect reason to light the stove again!  This time the smell of curing paint was much less noticeable than on previous occasions and we're also getting more proficient at lighting the fire. The newspaper and kindling worked a treat and we made sure not to use logs which were too big and which were thoroughly dried out this time!  (Check out our previous post on the various 'holding stations' for our wood)!

With a fire going nicely, it wasn't long before we noticed the lovely warmth emanating from the stove (fire guard in place of course and no open windows this time thanks to the reduced smell)!  As we had the stove lit during the day we were trying to keep the warmth in the downstairs rooms and this worked a treat, with a distinct rise in temperature apparent on coming back downstairs and into the lounge.  When we keep the fire lit into the evening as the weather gets colder we intend to open the internal doors downstairs to allow some heat upstairs - more to come on how effective that is in due course!

So definitely our most successful wood burning stove experience to date! Onwards and upwards...

PREVIOUS DIARY ENTRIES
12th October 2011 - Where to keep all that wood...
19th September 2011 - The first lighting of the season!