Diary of a Wood Burning Stove!

The cold weather last week meant that we have appreciated our wood burning stove even more than usual!  There were a few days when I lit the stove much earlier in the day than normal, taking the chill off the house and gradually warming it enough that we still didn't need the central heating on in the evening.  Following last winter's freezing weather, that is exactly what we had hoped the stove would allow us to do rather than often having to put the heating on during the day.

You may recall that we had planned to try leaving the stove in overnight at Christmas but the mild weather put us off.  Well a couple of days ago we managed to get the fire going again in the morning from the embers.  We quite often use a few smokeless coal-type briquettes in the evening and these do tend to stay hot for a long time.  Over the weekend we noticed that there still seemed to be a reasonable amount of warmth coming from the stove first thing in the morning, and my husband managed to get the fire going again with just a little newspaper and kindling.  Bingo!  Soon the fire was roaring, and that was without even trying to keep it in overnight!

PREVIOUS DIARY ENTRIES

31st January - Disadvantages? Not really!
18th January - Fireguards

5th January 2012 - Too much draught!

21st December - Christmas Eve plans

13th December - Cleaning blackened glass

5th December - Laundry drying!

21st November - More fuel types and a feathery visitor!

14th November - Trying out some different fuel

7th November - Warming the house

31st October - Cosy living room

12th October - Where to keep all that wood...

19th September 2011 - The first lighting of the season!