Tag Archives: heating with wood

Wood Stove Season Ends

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Mark Zeiger

With the onset of warmer weather, we’ve gone without fires in the woodstove some days lately. If it’s particularly cool or wet, we might have a small fire in the morning or evening, but the season of heating the cabin … Continue reading →

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Sweeping the Wood Stove Chimney

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

Chimney sweeping is the most important preventative maintenance a wood stove user performs. Burning wood inevitably creates ash and creosote that congeals on the inside of the chimney as the hot combustion rises through the flue, creating a clogging, highly … Continue reading →

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