BYC Café

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee! It says 32F outside... Hot coffee!
DS@ came up with our GS and helped get the Starlink cable set in its permanent line.
Steep metal roof and all that kind of fun. My job was to keep the active toddler from climbing the ladder to his demise and then later on, keep him from being in the way of two trees that we dropped at a friend's house. Lots of fun zooming around and the child was exhausted and filthy, possibly covered in some caulking, by the time they headed off to home. I call that a success!
I slept well too...
DL, I hope your DH recovers quickly and thanks for the reminder on the gasket, we should also replace ours this year. Hugs!

 

[DobieLover]

It says 32F outside

Steep metal roof and all that kind of fun

No. Not at all!

possibly covered in some caulking

Been there. Done that.

Well now it's starting to pour.
I've decided that if push comes to shove, I can fire the stove without the cat installed and just leave it in bypass mode.

 

[aart]

Ding ding ding ding ding.
It's all about the money.

Ooooo you're on the DIYer shit list now!
I'm on that list for the local heating/plumbing outfit.

I've decided that if push comes to shove, I can fire the stove without the cat installed and just leave it in bypass mode.

What's the "cat"?

 

[Beaker99]

At the front, top of the fire box behind a flame shield. Actually right now it's on the hearth!
When the stove is first fired, it is fired in the bypass mode and left there until the temperature goes into the "active" zone, which is over 500F. The full active zone on the stove is 500-1000F. I've never been over 1000F on the stove but apparently you can overfire them. Maybe by running full bore open air with lots of high surface area, dry kindling instead of cord wood would do it.

Or burning something like Osage orange. Dunno if you have it there. Burns crazy hot.

 

[DobieLover]

Or burning something like Osage orange. Dunno if you have it there. Burns crazy hot.

That's not native up here. Ash is the most common firewood here ATM. Dead ash.
We also burn oak, maple, cherry and walnut.

 

[DobieLover]

What's the "cat"?

The catalytic combustor. It burns the smoke when the fire box reaches over 500F, the low end of the "active" zone that runs to 1000F.

 

[DobieLover]

DH sounds terrible. He's got a very wet sounding cough. His eyes are watering from coughing so much. I wish they'd get him back there.

 

[Mtn Margie]

DH sounds terrible. He's got a very wet sounding cough. His eyes are watering from coughing so much. I wish they'd get him back there.

to you both.

 

[pennyJo1960]

DH sounds terrible. He's got a very wet sounding cough. His eyes are watering from coughing so much. I wish they'd get him back there.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning Cafe.. Still dry here 23% humididty.
Real dry means fire danger in the mountains.