Mostly dead standing poplar and spruce. We are pretty limited in Alberta. We make sure it is dead and very dry. We lived in Ontario for a few years and sure loved the maple and oak. If anything seems a bit heavy, we sort it and stack to be used next year. We go ahead and split it, which helps it to dry out.

@@tinyhomelivinginalberta3451 Thank you!

Thank you. I really enjoy using this stove.

Thank you Lisa.

Thank you.

Thanks you so much.

Thank you.

Thanks Monica.

Thank you. I couldn't be happier with it!

Thank you. What my videos don't show is my injured rotator cuff on the left, my left elbow is totally wrecked, my left forearm and my right wrist. It's very painful for me to do anything and I sure am out of practice. One of our houses, I tiled the entire main floor of the house! Way too old for that now.

Thank you so much. When I think of what we used to do during a day, it is pretty slow going.We build our conventional homes from the ground up and put in long days but we were a lot younger!

I can't believe how lucky we have been. Fingers crossed.

I am not 100% confident it's going to work! LOL Pretty expensive experiment that is for sure.

Yes, sure hope us slow old farts beat the weather!

It seems to be working well again but the smoke damage is terrible. We are just in the process of finishing up the tile in the shower and it is really bad in the bathroom too. Once we turn the water on in there, it is going to be a ton of work washing every surface. The tiles behind the wood stove are extremely dirty too. I will be so glad to get it all clean!

Oh I bet!

LOL Oh I hear you. I feel the same way about the new tiny house! A bit at a time is all us old people can manage. Man am I feeling my age!

8 foot by 16 foot skids/pallets. 4 of them.

I was a total newby 3 years ago too. This tub will come in handy for bumblefoot too. We had to do our first bumblefoot surgery this past summer and I was trying to hold the chicken for more than 20 minutes in water to soak the foot. The longer it soaks the better. This will make it so much easier next time.

I'm so glad it was of help to you. I did a search for videos, thinking I can't be the only one! I have cleaned it out using the little access under the oven twice already since the video so keep on top of it. In the spring or if the flue lever gets stiff again, we will remove the top again and do another deep clean. I love the stove and it functions great but the dealer sure is of no use.

Yes, sure feeling our age!

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

We built the tiny house ourselves and the cost, just for material to build the tiny house was about $115,000. We are selling it. The land was $42,000 and the well was already on it. Impossible to find a deal like that anymore, even without a well. Our neighbours sold their 5 acres around the corner 2 years ago for 98k in 2 days and there was no well. Our solar system was about 16k and the 20 foot shipping container to house the batteries, system, well pump and pressure tank was 4k.

Yes, the entire group of turkeys gobbles every time a drill, saw or any tool makes a noise.

Thank you so much Sally. It has been hard. As you know, it always is.

The dead fall in our tree line is poplar and the standing dead at our neighbours is mostly pine but no sap in this stuff. We are hoping to go get some birch cut but haven't had time. Never heard of coppicing. Will have to look that up. Can't switch out stoves. Too much other stuff going on. It was actually easy to take the top off. The most frustrating part was no help from the dealer and absolutely nothing in the manual. I sure know now though! And it is working great again.

This is exactly what soot cleaner is made to avoid.

I was actually thinking I keep it too hot but at least I know now. I did a video last year. Got it up to 550 in the oven to make pizza. At least I know now. Manual had no schematics showing inside the stove. Sure glad we took the top off! Had to get help to do it because it is so heavy.

@@tinyhomelivinginalberta3451 Yeah Our Obadiah 2000 did not come with very good directions. When baking, bank the stove down to gain the right temps as well as tinker with the air intakes. I cooked on a old elmira when I was a kid. When we moved to our remote homestead in Alaska and purchased the Obadiah it took me a few weeks to get back into the swing of things. As soon as I finish baking I will leave the lever closed for the oven and let it get good and hot. Then I close that part down so the oven cools and the flu is run in the normal burning mode. I still keep it burning pretty hot. Since I started doing that I have a lot less build up. I was thinking old school from my childhood. Burn low and slow to save wood. I would rather cut more wood than deal with the flu every few weeks. Does your stove have a designated gate or valve to direct the heat around the oven?

@@curmudgeinnak yes, I was practicing with it last year. Did some baking and canning with it. Got the temps I needed. I didn't find it that difficult but we have owned wood stoves for 25 years. There were no drawings or instructions of any kind except a little box that said to close the vents etc. I have not had much of a chance to play with it this winter other than to light a fire and come back occasionally to add wood. Hopefully will be getting around to that soon. Been a crazy month with Chris being diagnosed as asthmatic but turned out he was in heart failure. Another video to update folks on that.

It can also be caused by negative pressure in the building. Have you tried with a window open? Does it have a air intake on the back side? Is that to close to the wall if it does?

I was thinking that because the tiny house is so airtight but this didn't happen last season. Thanks for the input.

I am going to try to get the follow up video loaded tomorrow. My video card reader was not working and had to get to the city to get a new one. You will certainly want to see that. My dream was an AGA but they start at 11k American I think. Just not in the cards. I have some videos of me using it on the channel already and will be doing a lot more.

Yes, maybe. I was shocked when I went to youtube looking for some videos that might help with this particular stove. The dealer that sold it to us was not the least bit interested un helping. 'Did you check the pipe' was it! So there is certainly a need for a video about this one. I will look for yours too when I think of it.