Nancy Today: Lighting the woodstove without kindling

[Justinpatsfanatic]

Ummmm....this is funny :P

[TheBlink121]

@linn1000 lol it dosent, it comes from incomplete combustion i.e oxygen+fuel->carbon monoxide and water (and energy). the smog is carbon and is very toxic. it is the first sign of carbon monoxide. complete combustion has the reaction oxygen+fuel->carbon dioxide+water + energy. incomplete combustion occurs when there is not enough oxygen. and there is to much hydrogen. (2 hydrogen for every 1 oxygen . ) it sohlud be the other way round and you will get no smog

it has nothing to do with temp :P

[firewoodguy2009]

better to fill up your stove with thin wood

and get a real hot roring fire than add big pcs of dry wood fill up the stove

[ultrakool]

that sofa is a little close there, nancy.

[NancyToday]

@ultrakool The sides and back of the woodstove radiate NO heat! Wonderful!

[casualsbucket]

your a nut :-)

[NancyToday]

@casualsbucket What was your first clue?

[casualsbucket]

@NancyToday hahahahhahaha takes one to know one...........:-)

[snowypetrel]

I like you and your fire. I have a home made steel wood burner and kndling can be expensive if bought at the local supermarket, but there are huge recycling containers filled with newspaper and when I walk the dog at night i pick out five or six big newspapers. Cafe's have daily newspapers too which they give away. I'll try the no kindling approach, thanks.

[NancyToday]

@linn1000 Thanks

[dave777blaster]

looks like your a fire bug

to me

[ts808heaven]

that chair less that 24" from the fireplace is scaring me... everytime I open my door heavy smoke comes out, how come? thanks.

[NancyToday]

This stove has a double wall that makes the outside cool. You need to open your chimney or the vent before opening the door.

[dubd303]

where u live in canada eh i live in commox valley bc

[NancyToday]

Around Ottawa and Algonquin Park Ontario

[40markava]

Cotton ball with some Patrolium jelly great fire starter cheap too!

[40markava]

love the Easter bonnet

[arkansastrash320]

I like your stove its so cozy to watch the fire.We heat with gas in the fron of our house and have a 2 eyed laundry stove in the kitchen.Our house is old and without the woodstove burning we would be cold.I have a lot of wood and starting to cut and split before winter will have videos to share on youtube.

[NancyToday]

We only have the one woodstove which heats the whole house.

[arkansastrash320]

Thanks and i like your stove with that glass front to see it buring is very relaxing and cozy.Thanks paul

[saradekali]

Wow! That one wood stove does it all for heat? I just had one installed a few hours ago. We have National Greed down here in upstate NY and I was tired of them ripping me off in the winter. Plus my first house had 3 fireplaces and I missed that. A wood stove is the next best thing to having fireplaces. I'll be getting the tax credit too. I see that you don't use kindling but I prefer to it along with newspaper. Thank you for this heart warming video.

[JEFF1Z]

I like those stoves can keep a can of water on top to keep air from being dry in winter

[lmyhoosier]

i dont know if those are cast iron or not. i do know that it is lined with fire bricks. i use the cast iron ones because they put out alot more heat and i can cook on them.

[lmyhoosier]

the best way to clean those glass doors are a razor blade

[NancyToday]

Really? I'll try it.

[lmyhoosier]

oh yea, just scrape it like your scraping a sticker of a window. then wipe over it with a dry cloth

[UKExile06]

@NancyToday best thing to clean the glass door is ordinary stove cleaner the type that you use on the stove that you cook on. Works a treat.

[lmyhoosier]

i hate those kinds of wood stoves, cast iron for me!

[Fujisuka]

Your chair to the left is too close to your stove. You should move it.

[NancyToday]

If it were any other stove, you'd be right. However, this stove with it's safety wall lets you put things very close to it!

[EbolaV1rus]

No I live in Washington state, however I did live in southeast Georgia for a number of years and the ozark mountains in Arkansas after that. I used to comb the woods for old pine fence posts and stumps for fatlighter. That stuff is awesome! It's so hard and the color is nice too, I bet it would make pretty jewelry.

[EbolaV1rus]

Gathering pine cones and soaking them in old cooking grease over night, then letting them dry out works good as well. You can also make your own "starter logs" by taking several thickness of newspaper, soaking them for an hour in water, then rolling them up tightly and letting them dry out VERY well. I used to keep an old metal garbage can on my porch full of fire starting stuff, even dryer lint when into it. Hunt around in your woods for "fatlighter" too.

[casagrandecats]

We had one of these in ct in our cellar. We ducted it through our entire house and didn't buy oil for about four years. Have to be diligent with it though. There were six of us. so we were. I don't miss the mess though. stay warm nancy and thanks for sharing. sandy

[Break631]

Thanks!

[spitgalore]

We don't have a fireplace nor a wood stove. We have a gas furnace. So we don't have the joy of chopping & storing firewood. There was also another video showing a lady with your type of hat in Canada. What do you do with all those ashes later? Thanks for sharing.

[NancyToday]

ashes go onto the compost then onto the garden.

[Modestfrugalmama]

This bring back memories. We had one as a child for heating and during the winter my Dad cooked the most wonderful food on it! I called them cowboy suppers..lol. I miss the smell of a wood burning stove today and wish we had one.

[cindyluwho58]

Oh that was nice.