Nice stove. My wife and I had a wood stove installed three years ago. We're going on to our fourth winter using it. There is no better feeling of comfort than coming in from a frosty Winter day to a wood stove cranking out the BTUs. Don't use anything other than really well seasoned wood. We buy split wood that is seasoned, stack it and still let it sit about a year before using it.
If you have a wooded lot and/or will process your own trees, or want to further split up some pieces that are too big, look up kenetic log splitters. I have a little electric kenetic log splitter and can make 2 trash cans full of kindling pieces in about 15 minutes. Also has the power to bust up tree trunk rounds into pieces. If you want to make kindling manually, I can also suggest https://www.kindlingcracker.com/ Way better than an axe, especially if you're not used to swinging an axe or want to have the kids help out making kindling
I process my own firewood from our lot of pine. I end up with a ton of bark and pine cones so need not worry about kindling.
It's a great feeling even if firewood has low money value because it's creation has high physical value
Thanks, I'm already used to using an axe. I'm using store bought kiln dried wood currently while waiting for mine to finish seasoning. I've seen the cast iron kindling splitter and I'm considering getting one of those, I'm trying to stay away from electric or gas powered implements.
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