The Cost Of Operating An Illegal Wood Stove

[@7wingsaseagles89]

We're the only animal species that protects our stupid.

[@7wingsaseagles89]

@@Anamericanhomestead there's your next t-shirt idea.

[@dcimedic]

That’s true but the only problem is stupid people have neighbors who can suffer the consequences of their stupidity.

[@lindalai9092]

@@Anamericanhomestead Yea, they would be culled that.

[@oldstudbuck3583]

Yup and most of them are liberals

[@7wingsaseagles89]

@@oldstudbuck3583 if you look up the definition in the dictionary uninformed you'll find a picture of a liberal.

[@dustyroads5753]

I've heated with a woodstove for 50 years. I'll be heating with one for another 50 regardless of laws

[@lindalai9092]

Hope your place doesn't catch fire dufus.

[@dustyroads5753]

@@lindalai9092 if it does I'll build another one. Keep the chimney clean and there's really no risk of it anyway 🙄

[@jarheadlife]

Linda Lai wow that is pretty hateful for someone who has been there doing it!!!

[@paullogieri248]

@@lindalai9092 If he's been doing it for 50 years then he probably has a clue about how to do it safely. You - on the other hand - shouldn't be playing with matches.

[@lindalai9092]

Paul Logieri fo

[@oldhippie8774]

I emigrated from the Netherlands to Hungary (I saw the problems that are now coming 15 years ago), this is a country of wood burning, now during the "Special Operation" which we simply call War and gas shortages arise the government has decided to convert the schools heating systems back to wood burning We are members of the EU and most states have reacted negatively to this decision, but fortunately Hungary has a government that thinks of the people first and just goes its own way. The government here is doing a lot of things that the EU disapproves of because we don't line up and go along with the madness that is happening now, many countries are out of control. I am a city slicker who has come to love the simple country life and I take care of myself all by myself and here I get every chance to do so.

[@lyndseymarieburke1834]

The EU can go to hell! 😡

[@lyndseymarieburke1834]

I will never remove my Wood stove! I do not need some politician telling me what to do!

[@GardenKatt]

My parents bought and redid our house when i was a child around 50 years ago. The electric company actually tried to sue my parents saying they where stealing electricity because the bill was so low in the winter we " had" to be stealing it somehow. My parents had them come in the house so they could feel the power of the wood stove throughout our home. When we buy our next home i am making sure we also have a wood burning stove.

[@charlesc6954]

Counter sue for defamation and fraud

[@andytoms4218]

The cheek of it the corporations are the biggest thieves !!!

[@johnalarcon5006]

Your parents were smart and so are you !!!!! I have both a wood fireplace and a vogelzang wood burning stove and i always have fire wood cords lots of it, i also have solar and bought it outright for 31,000 and some change but now here in California they are discussing a bill that would make everyone that has roof top solar panels pay a tax of around 48 dollars a month because the utility companies are losing revenue, its shit like this that makes me want to burn more wood to heat my home!!!!! il keep my wood burners !!!!!!!

[@johnalarcon5006]

Just make sure your new home isn't in California because they dont want any more wood burning , they are trying to outlaw natural gas too !!!!

[@rcnelson]

I know of people around here removing their wood burners and going total gas or electricity. They're nuts.

[@mez5590]

Thanks for the reminder! I just figured out my parents stove with a catalytic burner. They are gone so last year while heating their house I found that I was burning A LOT of wood. Would have needed 20 cords or so for the winter. Then I researched the catalytic thing and bam! Uses about a tenth and it’s basically steam that comes out of the chimney…

[@makeitpay8241]

20 cords? i live in new hamsphire and we burn 5 cords a year. that is to heat a drafty 101 year old house. were you trying to heat 10,000 square feet in the north pole?

[@danielkingery2894]

​@@makeitpay8241nope...he's just an idiot.

[@outdoors_review]

Simply, stop asking for permission. Free men dont need permission.

[@KD-cg9iq]

Hello Army, That's the country of freedom for you, make America free again !

[@homeistheearth]

Yes the freedom steal is real.

[@bainsworth8853]

and if i took the stove, the state declared unfit for use, tho it was almost new, then I would be the thief

[@RobertJohnson-th2yf]

That's a great idea. Don't tell anyone that you have a wood stove, just put it in and burn wood! Then when your house burns down, the insurance company can deny your claim because you never informed them that you had a wood stove. Genius!!!

[@RobertJohnson-th2yf]

@Mickie Judd It sounds like you did the right thing. I would like to make one suggestion, look into a pellet stove. It burns wood pellets. A bag cost about $4 to $5 dollars depending where you live and a bag lasts about 24 hours. Best of all, it's not a problem for insurance companies. With a regular wood burning stove the wood isn't free, it takes a lot of work and time to get enough wood for a whole winter. Good luck.

[@sallyj632]

My parents have a wood stove. When we were kids there was a really bad ice storm that knocked out power for a full week. It was so bad they closed the schools because so many had no power. While everyone around us ran and bought up all the generators, my dad lit the wood stove in our basement. We hung out down there and stayed nice and warm. No worries about freezing pipes, etc

[@johnalarcon5006]

Your parent were smart and didn't need some bureaucrat to tell them what they could or couldn't do to survive!!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL☝👍

[@sallyj632]

@@johnalarcon5006 Exactly

[@HankHill-jh4kf]

We had a bad ice storm too. Good ole maine winters. My dad installed a stove after that winter in the summer and now as an adult my home has almost the same stove he bought. Funny how things work out

[@eggarage6135]

Was it in 1998

[@johnalarcon5006]

I have to say it again your parents were smart and didn't reply on anymore to stay warm and keep their children safe when big or small disasters occur, i live in the city and always have no less the 2 - 3 cords of burning wood to stay warm and to use as a fuel cooking source, i also have a propane stove and have enough propane bottles to literally cook for one year if i had to cook on my portable stove, survival is a mind set of those who prepare for the worst-case situations!!!!! Just like your dad did,! mad respect ❤

[@kimberlee7385]

I can't get over the price. $20 a ton and around $100 to deliver? That is amazing!

[@penrodautorepair3170]

I pay 35 a bundle an 75 for delivery

[@80milekyle70]

@@penrodautorepair3170 what state!?

[@penrodautorepair3170]

80MileKyle Michigan. I pay 35.00 per cord an have 10 brought in an 75.00 for delivery

[@1995Duncan1995]

It never crossed my mind to just have it delivered like this. Granted it doesn't get too cold in east Tennessee but there are some wonderfully crisp nights

[@Seagod32]

@@penrodautorepair3170 damn I'm in MI too. That's a really good price almost unbelievable, you live north of mt. Pleasant?

[@suezinger8598]

This fire pit is one of a few covered pits that is on the list kzbin.infoUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM of approved products for Disney Fort Wilderness. The product served its purpose well and provided excellent fires throughout the evening. We were able to open the door and do s'mores, but I had to be careful because the handle was a bit hot on occasions. Additionally, I wish they had replaced some of the standard nuts with lock nuts in some places. We lost the door handle after just a couple of days of usage. Not a deal breaker, just a recommendation. I still give it 5 stars.

[@Vlabar]

I never had wood heat until I moved out of Chicago to Indiana. Now I have one on our homestead and love it.

[@corbindallas1954]

Welcome 👋

[@patrickd4699]

Welcome to Indiana. Don't turn our state into Chicago please...

[@plgard]

I was thinking the same thing… I completely understand people wanting to leave Chicago, and relocating 30 miles to Indiana. I can not understand why they bother to make the move and then try to bring “Chicago” with them, but it happens all the time. ...Maybe it’s a plan‽

[@gerrymiller4523]

Yay, Indiana!

[@adamUDavies]

Drive in the right lane , the left lane is for passing. Get it ? I think it's time for me to move 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@marktaylor8315]

I just got my first wood stove. I love it! Heat my whole house, and even cook on it from time to time!

[@gretavains8707]

Me too. Down under Australia. Different. But things are so expensive in Australia.

[@lilblackduc7312]

@@gretavains8707 I've heard lots of stories about our oppressed cousins in Australia. I personally wish you ALL the best, and then some...🇺🇸 😎👍☕

[@fostexfan160]

@@gretavains8707 Cant be any more expensive that UK.....anthracite for the stove is now £600 a ton and house coal over £700 a ton!! But in England, house coal sales are banned.

[@gretavains8707]

@@lilblackduc7312 thank you. We need it.

[@williamhollman6679]

A man that can feed himself and take care of his own cannot be controlled....period

[@patrickbodine6010]

They know that.

[@chadsykes2067]

May I ask if you have worn a mask 😷? You'd be surprised what "free people" will do because the government tells them to.

[@patrickbodine6010]

@@chadsykes2067 never. I will not comply.

[@MaynardFamilyHomestead]

Well said.

[@charlesmckinley29]

Masks mess with the facial recognition software. If you have to go into the cities a mask isn’t such a bad thing.

[@chrisdaniel1339]

My previous home in NH was built in the 80's and had a sizeable Vermont Casting wood stove that handled the brunt of the heating in the winter time. Rarely did the wood stove go cold there were always some coals left to get it going after getting home from work after it was stoked to the brim the night before. We burned 4-6 cords of seasoned, split hardwood and we also got slabs from a family friend that owned a rough sawn pine sawmill. Wood is a wonderful way to heat a home. If people did not take the bundles of slabs to use as firewood the mill would burn them when they ran out of room usually once per year, might as well get the benefit of heating homes

[@MichaelTheophilus906]

That stove was not efficient. Have you ever thought what it would be like if everyone had a wood stove? When Jimmy Carter was president, many folks got wood stoves. We could hardly breathe the air outside the house, because of all the wood smoke.

[@chrisdaniel1339]

@@MichaelTheophilus906 It was a hell of a lot less expensive than using #2 fuel oil to heat the house with the furnace and hydronic baseboard heaters. Using locally sourced hardwood and slabs from the sawyer only 2 miles away also meant we were not using as much foreign oil that in itself used massive amounts of petroleum to transport it on a tanker from the middle east to NJ, then get refined, then get put on a truck in NJ for the trip to New England, then get put on a delivery truck. We also had a sizeable property so if we cut our own firewood and were more self sufficient. Using a heat source that is out of government control and stock market price fluctuations is a great asset to a home owner. Using slabs that are a waste product to heat homes with instead of burning them in an outdoor bonfire is an efficient use of resources. Maybe where you were it was smokey, but not where I was in NH.

[@MichaelTheophilus906]

@@chrisdaniel1339 I agree, but there are 10,000 houses where I live.

[@DungeonMiser]

​@@MichaelTheophilus906then it's time to deport 20 million of the illegal everyones

[@lunkerjunkiestv186]

"Illegal wood stove" that right there should tell you everything you need to know about the US government!!

[@jonm8513]

Yes, it tells me that the US government is illegal. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

[@dodopson3211]

@Jim but never forget: they are the land of the free 🤣

[@kenbellchambers4577]

The US government is being deliberately subverted from every direction. That is because as bad as the USA is, it is still the least bad of many choices. We all believe in the pursuit of happiness.

[@johne.osmaniii7217]

Ken Bellchambers the term “pursuit of happiness” actually referred to the “ownership of land”, ...

[@kenbellchambers4577]

@@johne.osmaniii7217 Whatever the original meaning, it is a great objective.

[@iatemyphonegaming]

My grandma always heated her house with a woodstove. She lived on a 2 acre plot with a ton of trees. We always helped cut tree fall and she used the wood to heat her home in the winter. Free fuel, can't beat it.

[@whatnow5313]

There is no "free" fuel.

[@johnalarcon5006]

The only reason the government doesn't like it is because they can't tax it ! It has nothing to do with pollution or safety issues, case and point I bought solar about 10 years ago for over 31 thousand dollars, now here in California they want to tax everyone that has roof top solar , this is the reason why people don't trust this government, they are thieves!!!!!!

[@johnalarcon5006]

@@whatnow5313 Free from government taxation then!, this is why they are pushing to outlaw wood burning stoves and fireplaces it has absolutely nothing to do with pollution or safety issues

[@whatnow5313]

@@johnalarcon5006 Absolutely 100% wrong

[@journeyman2003]

May be free, but it is a lot of hard work to cut, delimb, cut into pieces and split, then pile where you need it.

[@NTM2009]

Its actually 100% legal to still heat with wood in your house. As for the cost, I paid $600 for load of logs 5 years ago and I'm not even half way through them yet do less then $100 a year probably around $50 a year and I also use the same wood for camp fires in the summer

[@Ken-rk3by]

One thing if you can afford it is to buy a pedestal-type wood stove because it can be set up to draw outside air for burning, stopping cold air from being drawn into the house. Some of the four-legged stoves do have an optional attachment to pipe air into them.

[@MichaelTheophilus906]

During the Carter years many folks here installed wood stoves to heat the house. Some of them installed ducts to draw cumbustion air from outside. This created a positive air pressure instead of the normal negative air pressure, that cause cold air to be drawn into the house. I used a different system. I opened a window in a back bedroom about 2". The stove drew air from the bedroom on the floor and convection flow caused hot air to be drawn back to bedrooms.

[@auntbarbara5576]

Came for solid advice & info, but stayed for that awesome shirt! 👌

[@Clarinda787]

A friend told me that if you lay some short logs with the end towards the glass window it will burn the black gunk off the glass. I tried it and it worked. So much easier than scrubbing that gunk off by hand. Also... about once a month when you have a rip roaring fire going with a real good bed of coals, toss a handful of rock salt in on the fire. It keeps the chimney clean.

[@matthewshapiro1676]

Wet a piece of newspaper and dip it into some ashes from the fireplace. Now scrub the firebox window with it. Creosote should come right off. Mid to high-end wood stoves no longer require cleaning of the window, either. The fire's natural draught up the chimney draws make-up air into the firebox; some of the inlet vents are placed directly above the wood stove door. This has the effect of causing constant flow of clean air across the glass, which in turn prevents soot from accumulating.

[@nastyab8003]

A couple of aluminum cans will also do the trick...

[@joshwithe7468]

Potato peels and egg shells work as well

[@joesinakandid528]

AND - that salt will eat up the stovepipe in a New York heart beat.

[@nastyab8003]

@@joesinakandid528 not really noticable as it is never in it's liquid form... It seems like more because unburned creosote is a protective coating.

[@monwell27]

Grew up cutting and splitting wood all summer with my dad to heat our house growing up. I’ll gladly do that again after paying for gas the last few years. Saving to build out on our own land in time

[@James-Jacobsen]

I got this off of the EPA website. You can still use any woodstove but the manufactures are being forced to only make cleaner burning stoves. Has the EPA banned or made wood burning stoves obsolete or outdated? No, the regulations that have been enacted by the EPA have only made wood stove manufactures produce a cleaner burning version that is sold in the US.

[@LPMutagen]

Thank you. Saved me wasting 12 minutes on alarmism.

[@meilyn22]

Lol, he called people stupid but couldn't do a few minutes of research to figure out that wood stoves aren't banned.

[@DwynNWynns]

It none of the EPA business. For anyone who don't think this is open a outright bend to registration and then ban, you should see why Liberal states and the EPA is trying to do with gas power vehicle.

[@meilyn22]

@user-ts4yf3fe9u What a s t u p i d comment. Hey, I am not allowed to burn poisonous gas towards my neighbors, so EPA bad.

[@flatoutautomotive]

That's why I burn wood in my coal stove its like a traditional wood stove.

[@northwoodsyankee3528]

New York has outlawed stoves statewide in 2022. As a single dad I feel ya on trying to juggle everything.

[@mrsw2923]

The fire department came by and told me we were in a burning ban and could not use my wood stove. I showed him it was my only source of heat. He said I was exempt from the ban and told me to have a nice day. That was thirty years ago. Today they might just arrest me.

[@williammeek4078]

It is more like they would fine you and give a warning that you would be financially responsible for any fire damage from a fire your stove started.

[@bobbyallen7977]

@@williammeek4078 if a wood burning stove is in your house and compliant with the house insurance standard and there's an accident you can still be covered

[@williammeek4078]

@@bobbyallen7977 finding insurance that allows it is the big if.

[@bobbyallen7977]

@@williammeek4078 yes that's true but I live in a very rural county and I could have that insurance but they want me to do stuff to my home that I'm not gonna do to satisfy their policies just to pay for something their gonna want to fight or undercut me for if something happens.I don't do well with these issues so I don't bother

[@dbcooper206]

As long as it’s the only source of heat for your home you’re still good. I own a chimney and masonry business.

[@mikeobrien3744]

I have seen many "rocket mass stoves." Mostly cement that use almost all the heat produced. I like those designs.

[@marktwain2053]

They use ceramic mass stoves in Scandinavian countries, that you burn a very hot, fast fire in. The mass retains the heat and releases it slowly. I'm sure that they would be very expensive to build here, and some idiot government drone wouldn't pass inspection on it.

[@hannahansan242]

Rocket mass stove. In Alaska we built them out of 55g drums smaller 35g inside and lots of mud. That slow heat release is great. We use 1/3 of wood then when we first moved here. Back in Colorado too. They are safe.

[@hannahansan242]

Not scared. Anybody can make them pick a reliable plan and go with it. Never ever been worried about trying new things. Ventilation is main concern. We used these for many years. We even make mud ovens for living.

[@Felix_Effex]

Like my great grandparents had in Russia.. there was a big ledge you can sleep on too.. bricks and cement- yup.

[@Gebraldo420]

I live in northern Maine, and a basic cord of word, cut at 12" length, and 16" circumference, cost about $200 bucks a cord, and you just can't beat wood heat, I started using slab cuts, and I went from $850 a year to heat ( I heat 7 months ) all the way down to $240 with slab cuts... Only issue is that I gotta clean my chimney 5x a season cause of the bark and carbon soot

[@glendapeterson1180]

I don't mean to argue with you, but I think the real reason is the powers that be don't want you to be independent in any way.

[@HarrisonCountyStudio]

👍🏽 yep... but it takes low I.Q., local politicians to fall for these “feel good” policies. Don’t be afraid to speak out to your elected officials. Most live in a bubble and have no clue .

[@armandovanhaaren7028]

She means from utility companies

[@peachykeen7634]

Bingo.

[@dmoore6581]

Yup

[@oneofmany1087]

people need to STOP PAYING THEIR WAY!

[@sonlitacres9290]

Politicians regulating stuff they know nothing about.

[@PeterLawton]

I wish politicians could only regulate things they know. For example, they would not be allowed to weigh in on wood stove regulation unless they actually used a wood stove for a few years. As is, city dwellers regulate rural life, without good reference.

[@NoctilucentArts]

@@PeterLawton That's why scientific data is used. You don't have to "know about stuff" to interpret data.

[@jumpercable20]

I'd say that covers about Everything, except lying, cheating, stealing, and corruption, something most of them are very good at.

[@bradleyhayman2682]

KZbinrs commenting on things they know nothing about

[@PeterLawton]

@@NoctilucentArts I think ya do. Lawmakers imposed rules for new gas cans to reduce spilling and their "scientific data" led to more spilling. Maybe their data was wrong, or maybe they don't know how to use data.

[@adonian]

I remember when I moved back home to Georgia from Hawaii in 1992 winter, I stayed with my uncle for the winter. He had a nice potbelly in his mobile home, and that damn thing would heat the whole house. I loved it. You could look outside and see snow and pine trees everywhere and be toasty warm. Too bad I moved to California a few months later. I hope to go home again permanently when I retire. I want some acreage in the Blueridge mountains.

[@queenofshiba6694]

Living in the North Ga Mountains is Amazing raised in Cherry Log and now live in Jasper.. My daughters live in Ellijay and Blueridge !! Hope you make it your home again soon there is nothing like it

[@marktwain2053]

I lived in Northeastern California through my "Formative" years, but that was before it became the People's Democratic Republic of Mexifornistan. I refuse to even visit that cess pool now!

[@hislittlemrs.9235]

@@marktwain2053 I still live in the rural part of what you call a cesspool. It's a beautiful state that is being destroyed from within. Never had a prob with woodstove, lived with them since 70s. Only source of heat.

[@ricktallent8748]

Come back home!!! I grew up in East Tenn and lived in Texas on the Gulf Coast for almost thirty years before moving to NW Georgia about 8 years ago. It's great to be back in the mountains and living in a small town that's like Mayberry. Consider Lafayette/Walker County, GA. It's beautiful and off the beaten path!! AND, the cost of living is lower than you would think!!

[@stevemcconnell5547]

Mark Twain Mexicans took back what we took from them not one shot fired are bad 😞 home grown Cali life long blame the leibral s blue sucks long live red open your 👀 look at Texas new CA with 💩 whether 🥵🥶💨🤠

[@bluetrue6062]

Heated with wood for years. Was a chimney sweep in the 1980s. Outstanding advice here. Well done. Subbed!

[@Milosz_Ostrow]

I think in most jurisdictions one can circumvent wood burning bans, at least for the time being, by setting the stove up to cook food, even if you don't actually use it that way every day.

[@MichaelTheophilus906]

Where I live there are so few wood burners, the government doesn't care if you use it when there is a power outage.

[@johnprice867]

Well I don't know about other places but here in northeastern Nevada it is true that a culinary fire is the only exception to a red flag burn restriction red flag conditions mean very low humidity in Gusty or high winds so no absolutely none open burning....

[@misterhipster9509]

Had wood stoves for years, transitioned into a outside wood fired boiler w/base boards and some rooms w/heated floor. A GREAT improvement.

[@LibertarianUSA1982]

I grew up with a wood stove. My parents still heat their house with wood. Growing up, during the summer I had to go to the mountains and cut firewood. My parents have always had at least 2 years worth of wood on hand.

[@09simid]

Illegal!? That is wildly tragic.... Nothing is like the heat from a wood stove. It just feels warmer. I can feel the heat from the fire from my stove right now.

[@strakill]

Just had a stove installed in my 1100 sq/ft modular in North Idaho and after it was all said and done the cost was right at $5K. That is basically $4200 for the Kuma Aspen stove, chimney, hearth pad, and another $800 for the install and permit. There is probably cheaper routes but I wanted as good as my money could buy plus I get a lifetime warranty.

[@michealdraconis6179]

When life becomes illegal become an outlaw

[@olivefarmer3491]

11:11 A simple idea. A species together fighting the forces of Evil. A species taking control of its destiny. And making OUR world good. Please, share this today, everywhere. We human hearted WILL WIN this war. But it will take all of us. Nothing else will do. olivefarmercrete.blogspot.com/

[@rutexas7157]

Tyranny is upon us and the regime under false pretenses of protecting us are blatantly killing us - a death of a thousand cuts.

[@KD-cg9iq]

Hello Michael, That's the country of freedom for you, make America free again !

[@michealdraconis6179]

That would depend on the length of the blade John most pocket knives only have a 4”blade which are legal

[@WW5RM]

@JOHN Q PUBLIC what state is that?

[@NickyJUSC]

WOW! Talk about learning something new. Thanks!

[@azimuth361]

"Stupid should hurt" That was my motto as a Platoon Sergeant.

[@elinys2843]

I think your stove isn’t an open flame heating source: the flame is inside the fire box, behind a closed door. So no worries. Maybe you should consider double walled chimney pipes, so that your stove uses air from outside (preheated by the exhaust gasses) instead of air from the room. This makes it even more eficient and reduces the risk of CO building up/ O2 dropping inside your house. That’s the safety rules in Europe.

[@kymselvage6535]

He doesn't know what he is talking about. Its pretty funny he's talking about stupid people in his video and he himself seems to be that himself.

[@paullogieri248]

@@kymselvage6535 It's possible that whoever recited the policy to him is the stupid one. I built a woodstove that's airtight, has gasification features (so it burns clean) and it's as illegal as can be. Screw 'em. I kept my house warm for ten years with that for about $300 a year and only stopped because fuel oil got so cheap that it became tough to justify the amount of work required. Thanks to Brandon, we have a new jobs program. My new (second) job will be cutting, splitting and stacking firewood. That Brandon is a genius. Hail to the Cheat baby!

[@bluegrallis]

Double wall pipes that draw outside air in for the fire, are part of STUPID. You are actually cooling the exhaust gases, causing more chance of creosote build up in the chimney. I burned wood for decades, using a double wall insulated pipe and had very little trouble with creosote. I also live in a 100 year old farm house that has no problem supplying combustion air for the fire. If you burn wood in a modern well insulated home, just and an air intake for the firebox, that doesn't cool your flue gasses while they are trying to escape up the chimney.

[@richardturner8630]

Its a direct burn appliance. Gasification boiler is much more efficient.

[@jonothandoeser]

But would a fireplace be illegal? That's insane!

[@bryanb7471]

Wire brushes should not be used on metal chimney, it scratches up the inner liner and leads to premature wear. Poly (plastic) brushes are designed for metal chimney, wire for clay.

[@WinterWren]

I'm commenting from Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 . Here on the island most communities are facing a wood stove ban . Luckily for us we're on the less inhabited North Island and so far no bans yet . Our insurance Company is the other threat.

[@juanrojo1053]

Thanks for the video, heating up my home with woodstove for over 5 years, it is more expensive in Europe yet by far much more cheaper than any other option for home heating.

[@fatandhappyfarm3471]

we heat with wood and love it. You are right there us always somebody trying to protect us from are self's.

[@daveblevins3322]

All my guns were lost in a boating accident.

[@stevevelobahn1814]

Are you sure you didn't lose your woodstoves in a boating accident? I can certainly understand the confusion. I used to make my canoe trips in winter much more cozy with my woodstove, until it capsized!

[@robertsanders339]

Damn that's funny .. it happened to me to

[@BigBlueDog8]

They can have mine one bullet at a time.

[@olivefarmer3491]

11:11 A simple idea. A species together fighting the forces of Evil. A species taking control of its destiny. And making OUR world good. Please, share this today, everywhere. We human hearted WILL WIN this war. But it will take all of us. Nothing else will do. olivefarmercrete.blogspot.com/

[@winnileesboy]

Thank God for wal mart

[@galenyoung4838]

My state has no laws against wood stoves. My township has no restrictions on wood stoves. We did not have home insurance for our first 15 years, because we thought the insurance company would not allow them. But when I finally did apply for insurance, they had no problem giving us a policy. We have a Double-Barrel Vogelzang, the upper drum has copper tubing that heats water that circulates through our radiant heated flooring.

[@billfox4678]

Been heating with wood about 32 years. It's not just about the cost, but it fills the home with an even steady warmth. Watching the flames in the stove in the evening with a nice glass of wine is very relaxing, (something that is missing in this busy world). You won't have to join a gym if you cut , haul ,split, & stack your own firewood. (outside in the fresh air & sunshine definitely enhances physical & mental health). It's also great for the environment. (gets rid of dead & diseased wood). AAAAnd It doesn't release any more CO2 into the atmosphere than a tree that rots away on the ground. ( there's only so much carbon that's available in a given piece of wood).

[@douglasnovak4584]

You nailed it 100% For some of us preparing a wood supply is better than golf! We had really fair and dry weather this past fall and my friend and I cut wood 41 days in a row. At age 67 I am in better shape than at age 47. My bowflex sat idle for 7 weeks and we both have a ten year supply of wood cut, split and stacked. I bought an outdated (too small) grain storage bin and torched it into a half moon shed that holds 27 cords. As inflation keeps humming along I believe my wood cutting hobby will become profitable. We are getting good use from our 44 year old wood splitter that we bought new.

[@ItsMeNanaD71]

Thank you for the information shared. As a single gal saving up & making plans for my homestead now, this is very helpful info to have. I'm still learning & greatly appreciate it. God bless!

[@diannawilliams761]

You can do it! Start an area, garage, extra room and pick up something you'll need offgrid and stick it in there every week or once a month. It will grow fast and so will your dream. Sale what you wont use and buy something you will. It's amazing how your priorities will change. It only took me a year & I HAD to go couldn't wait any longer, wasn't ready but God taught me so much through the struggles. You can do it!

[@sam-and-angela]

We look forward to the day we get to put a wood stove in our house! Great deal on the slab wood too -- wow!

[@zxacxk]

Wow I just bought a cord. Great info, thank you!

[@iambeeman1]

When it comes to stupid laws, as a nation, we need to stop asking permission.

[@homertalk]

@Curtis Clark You need to find the specific puke that's so bent out of shape over your coop and see what he's up to. Bet things aren't just right around his house.

[@ScentitarFragrance]

@Curtis Clark sue if you have to. Bureaucrats, mayors and governors are egotistical power-hungry fools

[@crazyboy-gz3jm]

I Don't ask. If they fine me (not usually) play stupid. They are, so turnabout is fair play. Had a inspector get mad and raise hell. Then showed him was heating water no fire in home. Still mad but couldn't do anything about it. They changed law the next year. A$$holes.

[@crazyboy-gz3jm]

@@homertalk Put a camera on his house. Record everything 24/7/365 he is DIRTY. BUST HIS A$$. SHOW IT ON LOCAL T.V. AND PRINT. 45 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION. LOOK UP BUILDING PERMITS IF HE IS BUILDING BEFORE YOU TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. HE WILL LOSE ELECTION. AND NEW POLITICIAN WILL NOT MESS WITH YOU. SHOW THEM YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY THAT GAME.

[@CSCINF]

The politicians work for the people. They are not royalty

[@woodchucktinman9893]

Looks great, I usually get so busy that my spring cleaning of the furnace is in September. I have a Newmac wood and coal burner. 21 years and running strong. A couple of years ago I bought a brand new identical one, so whenever the first one fails I simply lift the plenum, slide the old over, the new one in place.

[@seq165432]

Sister has one of those expensive wood stoves. Lives outside of Willow Ak. Nobody there is telling you you can't use a wood stove! MAN, it puts out some heat. All sealed up - emits no smoke!

[@marilynjohnston1858]

What brand ?

[@aquariusrizing]

I love wood heat. I have back to back fireplaces ( one in the big front room- kitchen, the other in my office). But the chimneys are crumbling, and it is expensive to get them safe, and to buy a stove for what is really a mild winter. There's no warmth like wood heat. In middle Tn we often got lake effect temps and snow for months. And lost power often. We had to heat with wood.

[@t.b.a.r.r.o.]

In the 70's I took an old coal fired parlor stove and rebuilt it to burn wood. Changed the airflow, added a smoke shelf, made it "nearly air tight." As in when I closed the vent it went to simmer. I had to put a whole house circulating fan between the bathroom floor and the kitchen ceiling (where the stove was) to even out the house. We could crank it up and heat all three bedrooms, or bank it down and do about half. At night it would make it over night so long as we didn't stay in bed till noon. The big advantage, the main reason I took the time to rebuild/mod and use that stove was because it had an off standing enamel coated cast iron front plate, same on the door. and a steel wrap-around the sides and back. Plus a top grate that could open for a tea pot. The front plate and steel wrap never got hot enough to burn the skin during a quick touch. Our kids were young. We felt safe with them around that stove because of the shield. It was a good looking antique too. Still lots of that design around in need up rebuild/mod. I saw one almost identical to ours a month ago. $300 I think. I almost bought it but like you said, wood burning is nearly illegal cause the idiots in gubment think we're stupid.

[@noahhowellstone1264]

Bought a house last year..will move into it next month. I have a huge wood stove I can't wait to try it.

[@tallcedars2310]

Ah memories, I loved it when we moved to the country and started using wood heat only. Nothing like it, you will never look back.

[@noahhowellstone1264]

@@tallcedars2310 you are correct I love it

[@No-timeforimbeciles]

We live in very rural France, nearest city, 90 miles away, nearest town 25 miles, we have a wood burner in the living room, & a wood fired cooker range with a back boiler that very effectively heats up 9 radiators around the house, fitted it all myself, wood is the cheapest form of heating in this area, surrounded by thousands of acres of forests 😁

[@gretavains8707]

How amazing

[@davidgribble263]

Well done !!!

[@vestratproductions9445]

I live in NC and the developers have really built a lot of houses but everyone of them have a fireplace in them.

[@tylerjackson4168]

Been heating with wood for years. Slabs from my local saw mill are free!! Mostly hardwood. I use the pine to get a fire hot fast in the morning or when I get home from work. Creasote has not been a problem, intentionally burn it couple times a winter. (Leave the door open with hot fire)

[@tallcedars2310]

A friend almost burned their log home down when heating with slabs. Caught a chimney fire just in time so they no long use slabs. Will mention your method of using them as slabs are inexpensive if one can find them.

[@samlogosz8422]

I've had my wood stove now for 22 years. Its more than payed for it self. I save about 2.500 a year on my electric bill and I like the wood heat.

[@Northof25A]

Damnnnn straight!!! Love it!!

[@hopeboman6464]

Zach..thanks for this video. We have our First ever Wood Stove and appreciate your sharing this maintenance info video! We had no clue. Now we can have the knowledge and peace that comes from knowing how to maintain our wood stove. Blessings and Shalom!!

[@hosiehosie9855]

inside your stove/wood heater there should be a damper/metal plate to stop the flames going straight up the flu, remove that before ever trying to clean your flu. If to much soot/creosote falls onto it it can block the flu and or make it extremely hard to remove. never burn green ( non dried) wood

[@SirCricket]

Bought a new 1985 Ashley steel stove. Works extremely well and still looks newish! Got to 15 below 4 nites in a row and it was still cozy throughout my house. Wood heat is the best!

[@ernststravoblofeld]

They're legal everywhere I've lived. Sometimes there's burn bans for air quality or fire warnings, but that's not usually in the winter.

[@alexlindekugel8727]

one township i planed to live in had a no fire place stove or burner ban. needless to say dident move there lol.

[@ghettomamma1627]

I've read in homesteading magizines where hanging your clothes on the line was ilegal unless you had a privacy fence it was also ilegal to catch rain water but if they called it a rain gauge they could get away with it

[@ernststravoblofeld]

@@ghettomamma1627 homesteading stuff is full of persecution porn. Most of it is entirely false, some has a grain of truth. Water rights are totally weird, and there can be restrictions on water collection, but there's always an exemption for non commercial operations. In fact, there's tax incentives for water collection in some places. The clothes line thing sounds like one of those 100-year-old laws nobody has enforced in our lifetime.

[@ghettomamma1627]

@@ernststravoblofeld I think those types of laws are le in the cities

[@ernststravoblofeld]

@@ghettomamma1627 some, but some are statewide. Check your actual laws. It would more likely be county than city. That's the problem with a country like ours, you have four levels of government to check for applicable law, plus water districts and the like. I trust homesteading sources about how to keep chickens, and when to plant. Not so much for law and water rights. It's just too local.

[@jamesdavidson3246]

When I was 19 I received my first income tax return. I bought a wood stove with the check. I will never get rid of it either.

[@markkoons7488]

Having lived with woodstoves for 40 of the last 50 years, I wonder why people don't set their stove on a base 2 or 3 cement blocks high to make feeding and removing the ash easier. Any opinion?

[@johnlogan1179]

The cold air is stays near the floor. The closer the stove is to the floor, the more cold air is sucked into the stove thereby warming the home more efficiently.

[@markkoons7488]

@@johnlogan1179 Ah so! My current shop has sprayed insulation to make it relatively air-tight and a combustion-air intake under the floor . Four independently-controlled ceiling fans stir the heat.

[@DonTharp]

Heated a 3200 sqft home with a wood stove for years. Good old osage orange wood.

[@susanfarley1332]

My grandparents had a wood burning whatever(I don't know if they are called a wood stove or what) and it was outside their home. It had a blower that blew the heat through a duct into their home. Once the fire was started in it they closed it up and it would burn for hours. It seemed very efficient and it was separate from the house by at least 6 feet.

[@bray1952mj]

I can remember back in 1980 when we lived in upstate NY, it was early winter, and the chimney needed to be cleaned, we lived in a two-story house, I went up on the roof and while I was up there it started to sleet, that was a pucker moment getting off that roof.

[@user-jo1hm3co6z]

Lol I'm in upstate NY also and boy it can get windy

[@mythoughtsonfaith1031]

stupid does hurt, it hurts the intelligent and responsible ones. Where I live, wood has been banned for years..... When stupid hurts stupid people they scream and yell, and make everyone else pass laws to protect them from their own stupidity. Have you or anyone you know ever said "there should be a law against that" then you too might be part of the problem. Never ever say that phrase. If you think there should be a law against something, then make the law for yourself, but dont push it on everyone else.

[@albinorhino8732]

Spoken like a Libertarian!

[@beebob1279]

Excellent point. The left loves to push this aspect of our lives. Constantly telling us how to live.

[@kenycharles8600]

I have been saying that for years. Glad others are too. Also, don't ask "How stupid can people get?". They think it is a competitive event.

[@beebob1279]

@Raymond greenridge Believe it or not there are places where any burning of wood is banned. You and I are lucky. I can burn wood at my home and the mountain house if I want to. Anyone up the mountains tried to ban wood burning would lose their political career. Or the locals up there are so independent and want to keep it that way that the politicians would have to fear for their own safety.

[@shoshanafox727]

@@kenycharles8600 LoL 😄

[@ianbell2288]

Might want to take a look at a company in The UK called Recoheat, they have a wee device, that easily fits on to your chimney, and extracts all the heat, and distributes, it though the room. Game changer!

[@Lirin1122]

I rented a room from someone years ago who had a big Wood stove. All the years I was there the most that happened to that stove was getting the ashes out and cleaning the glass! I'd never had a wood stove but after showing me what to do, it became my responsibility! I knew it needed to be really cleaned but wasn't mine.

[@adellaadams8018]

We are not judging! I cleaned out my parents fireplace for years. My dad would get wood from construction sites and I would find a lot of nails in the ash. Dad, the joker , said that the nails kept the fire hotter. No but that did make sense to me.

[@diannawilliams761]

Can always get nails out of ash when starting to make soap, restraighten and reuse!

[@ericstevens1860]

I do what I want when I want to on my property and F--- what county officials have to say...

[@TravisFabel]

Kind of laughed about the rant as I sat in my relatively new home, next to the fireplace that is heating the living room right now. Lol

[@oldwarmonger8750]

I built wood stoves for 20 years.The owner was smart getting out of it in 2015.He took care of his employees money wise and closed her down.

[@squirrelcovers6340]

Woodstove are still top sellers and getting top price. It's a great business to be in.

[@knightmare1015]

Very nice sir. Here in Virginia, wood/coal stoves are legal. We use to have a wood stove but it caused a lot of problems and we switched to propane while we had some home repairs done shortly after I became disabled. I spend roughly around $350 US dollars per year on propane heat. We have three 100 pound (22 US Gallons) tanks and each one lasts about 30 days before having to switch it out.

[@unknownuser2737]

No way propane is the most expensive heat there is I heat with propane and it's very expensive. I think you mistyped your amount it should be $3,500. I have a 500 gallon propane tank outside and I have to fill it four times through the winter. It's around $800 to fill my tank. And I keep my thermostat set at 68 degrees

[@mmadavey]

Yeah. Propane is 3.30 a gallon where I live. I have a very efficient boiler and I probably spend $2500 a year. It also does my hot water all year long. You must have a very small space your heating for such a small yearly cost. I guess being in Virginia with mild winters doesn’t hurt either.

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

Beautiful! I look forward to a day when I can have a wood stove that I can cook on. For now, we have one inserted into our fireplace.

[@martyeich23]

Been heated with wood since 1983. Recently installed a Drolet Heat Commander solid fuel furnace. We burn cutoffs from a local pallet mill to heat 2750 sq ft of house for about $400 a year. The EPA tax credit was a nice bonus.

[@ER-yq1lc]

I used to keep the window clean all winter with ash, water and piece of newspaper, then just toss the newspaper into the fire.

[@scottm-nc9451]

My great grandfather and grandfather built the house I grew up in was heated by a wood cook stove ( until replaced by propane ) in the kitch. and a wood stove in the family room/ lvrm .. 4 bdrm upstairs got their heat from them as it had an open center 2 rooms on each end of house ... It is still in the family it always goes to the oldest boy in the next generation .. if that person isn't interested then the next ...right now my oldest brother..has it, his son nor my son are interested so my daughter will take over.. I might add it is in a self trust so the property can't be sold. Who ever is in it is required to put $100 a month in an escrow for maint. and repairs plus a min. of 6 head of cattle.. ( I have always told my brother I'd arm wrestle him for it...lol )

[@ghettomamma1627]

Oh wow my grandma raised me till I was 8 she died and her Adobe house is still standing in New Mexico. I asked my dad if I could have her Ben Franklin stove if noone else wanted it he brought it to me. We're planning on piping it through a window.

[@GaryMeadowsMusic]

Most of my neighbors around here have Woodburners out in the country in Northern Ohio. I bought a nice airtight "fisher brand" for $300 years ago, still works great. Never heard of it being illegal...

[@michaeldowns2389]

I made one for my shop out of half a 250gal propane tank its tight and has worked well for years.

[@JWimpy]

Another good use for those log slabs is siding. They make a wall look like a log building and shed water as well. Also as a decorative wall covering on interior walls to mimic log building.

[@cynthiacrawford6147]

Nice

[@justinsane7128]

That's what my 1929 cabins exterior is vertical slabs

[@SilentKnight43]

Years ago we had an entire basement interior finished with old cedar barnboard (not slab). Had a nice rustic look to it. If I tracked mud in the house my mother would ask, "Were you born in a barn?" I'd reply, "Have you seen the basement?" Back in the 70s old cedar barnboard was a relatively cheap way to finish walls - now it's worth a fortune.

[@JWimpy]

@@SilentKnight43 Great story, thanks for sharing. Where I live, here in the Arkansas Ozarks, it is everywhere and free to gather. There are old barns falling down all over the area. I took down an old chicken building that was on my property when I bought the place and made a ton of wood projects out of it. A friend of mine is about to push over a barn and I told him I would come to clean up the debris for him just for the wood. He was glad to let me have it.

[@SilentKnight43]

@@JWimpy If you're in the right place at the right time sure...scavenging is great. Likewise, we have a lot of old (century) barns in our local area...falling down. I used to re-purpose old scavenged wood all the time for backgrounds and props in our photostudio. Awhile back my neighbour tore his back deck down and I hauled all the wood into our garage, replaned it and used it for all sorts of projects.

[@ralphwatten2426]

It's one stupid person that ruins it for everyone. Burns his house down, blames the stove, the chimney whatever gets a lawyer and boom; nobody can own a stove.

[@olivefarmer3491]

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[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Maybe people need to take a test, kinda like a license based on knowledge regarding the wood stove and how to maintain it. And verification of safety. These things should be explained in grade school, with fire safety. Part of the package.

[@zarroth]

wish it were that simple. about 10 years back the EPA was trying to ban and fine wood burning in Alaska, in remote places that don't get regular deliveries of things like fuel oil. They're so very useful with all their nonsense aren't they :P

[@jacobspranger1267]

Yet they allow people to fry frozen turkeys in the garage.

[@homertalk]

One person shits the bed and we all have to wear diapers.

[@taylorsutherland9447]

An efficient stove has some form of secondary combustion. Smoke is just wasted fuel...regardless of if there are still coals in the morning. I've heated with 100% wood for many decades in Northern Maine.

[@michellemorrison5841]

Hey old timers trick for cleaning soot from chimney, potato peels and banana peels the potassium breaks down the creosote and pretty much just falls down back into stove to get cleaned out or burned up completely easy peasy, and it can smell nice too lol, I've done this myself a couple of times and it does work very well, the potassium bonds with creosote and allows it to be broken down or burnt up while operating stove...

[@renewyourmind1815]

I'm a single mother & just moved into a new home with a wood burning stove. Hopefully I can get this lighting thing down well! It's a bit frustrating right now trying to keep it started & keep up with 'all the things.' I keep watching videos on it to hopefully get it soon.

[@waynes.2983]

A propane torch like plumbers use to sweat copper pipe works wonderfully for starting your woodstove fires.

[@ferky123]

You can make firestarters really cheap. Save the bottom of a carton of eggs. Fill the cavity with cotton balls or dryer lint until it fills up the cavities. Melt paraffin wax and fill the bottoms until level, will take about a pound of wax per carton. Cut the cells apart with a utility knife. To light just bundle into a half sheet of advertising and it will produce fire for up to 20 minutes.

[@jameskelly9800]

Dry wood, seasoned 2 years. It should be split. The corners let it take a light easily. Before you light the fire, burn some crumpled paper in the back to warm the flue and increase the chimney effect. Lay your fire carefully, with tinder, paper, and any leftover charcoal from a previous fire under/ in front of the dry firewood.. Do this at the point where the draught air will hit it when the door is closed. open the draught fully, With a match or lighter, fully and quickly ignite your tinder and close the door. The warm flue will draw the air through the open draught and turn your tinder into a blowtorch, igniting your split firewood. One match every time. No special accelerants or equipment needed.

[@brianpenland973]

Good to see people still know how to take care of their woodstove. Thank you for your videos, showing just how people have survived, for thousands of years.

[@peetsnort]

Millions of years

[@matthewshapiro1676]

The wood stove was only invented 500 years ago, and it didn't become widely adopted until the late 1700s during the industrial revolution.

[@sixforks6543]

@@peetsnort ....huh?

[@peetsnort]

@@sixforks6543 broke is the American slang

[@sixforks6543]

@@peetsnort You didn't take your meds today, did you?

[@rubbnsmoke]

My advice is to get a simple 1/4 " plate of steel to lay on top of your stove to protect the actual top of your stove from the moisture of the pots of water you place on there. If the plate gets rusty it can be easily cleaned while the original stove top remains protected. You're obviously going to have to get and apply some high temp. paint to this plate to protect it from surface rust that will happen pretty quickly if not protected. But this will definitely protect the top of your stove and add to it lasting a lifetime.

[@Fastlane05]

We had this exact stove installed in Dec 2021. LOVE IT!

[@jrace2718]

Hey, thanks for the tip on stove polish. I had never heard of that before. I like your channel.

[@mistersolarpv]

I was an adult before I lived in a home that was not heated by a woodstove. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest we would fall a few trees for the winter. I loved splitting wood it was good for the mind and spirit. I have a woodstove now but because I also have a natural gas furnace I only use the stove a few times a year.

[@brit7202]

My dream comes true and i finally get a wood stove this week when we get the house.

[@NicholasP1983]

I live in Kitsap County (Washington State) and today I learned something about Pierce County and Tacoma. It explains a lot

[@al-8026]

Thanks for the non toxic stove top cleaner option..I'd been wondering what I should do. Bit harder to find here over the pond though.

[@seanmercyhoyt6785]

For those that have burn bands in their areas can often get around them with a wood burning "cookstove" as these are often exempt. Read the fine print ;)

[@OutdoorsandCountryLiving]

Everyone has their hand out waiting don’t they. We burn wood as well and have for years. I will continue to burn wood. Lol. Thanks for sharing and stay safe!

[@crazyboy-gz3jm]

Funny you can burn sawdust in a old water heater tank heat water then use that to heat a large tank in home also in floor radiant heat. Pi$$ the POLITICIAN'S off every chance you get.

[@caryboozer6734]

Dude, you know your stuff, great video, I'm so glad I found you

[@mikefreeman3772]

20+ years living in central Missouri using only a Longwood wood stove for heat and some cooking (oak; hickory; some maple or sycamore from tops). The simpler the better. Slab wood: in hardwoods ... the higher the bark content the higher the smoke/soot/creosote. Also, slab wood use requires more draft air/combustion air required. Listed are three great references to help some folks review additional wood heat info. & safe use. The New, Improved WOOD HEAT (John Vivian); Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (1985); and Wood Technology (Pansin & Zeeuw). Fox Fire Magazines 1, 2, & 3 are also great. Most of these works are now difficult to obtain.

[@beckyboop3517]

We have log burners here in the UK or though very few people have them. We are supposed to be smokeless though and i doubt many burn the so called smokeless stuff. My sister has one and burns *normal* wood. They can't make money out of you if you have one.

[@TheStormisComing24]

I did not not know about the ash and water trick lol. Ouch! Stupid does hurt! lol Thanks for the tip :)

[@ubarukenchi3559]

I'm new to off grid life. I got a pot belly with a cook top. I really like your set up.