Thanks for the review on heating a small space with a single bio brick. I am considering these for use in my 13.5 × 13.5 bell tent. Your video was helpful.
@baconsoda11 жыл бұрын
Just got around to watching this. I have just bought a big ton bag of apple wood that has been air dried for a year. It's got two purposes, to supply apple for turning and firewood from the stuff I can't turn. I should have it this week but I don't really need it because the temperature is going to be 12C tomorrow and mild all week. I want it to get cold so that I can light my stove in the workshop. Those bricks great, I am going to get something like that for the house fire.
@islandhomesteader11 жыл бұрын
Unloading the pallet still looked easier than cutting and splitting firewood! Interesting product, glad you are enjoying it.
@georgettewood88948 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the instruction. You are very methodical and it shows. You have a dream cabin. Many many years for you to enjoy. You take care of your property well.
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
+Georgette Wood Thank you very much.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you they are stacked in my basement I had many fires this past winter and enough left for several more years.
@skinnyhobo10 жыл бұрын
Your voice makes me sleepy, but in a good way! I'd like to sit by the fire and listen to you read a book.
@DaleCalderCampobello10 жыл бұрын
skinnyhobo I get a lot of comments on the voice but yours is the first that I have put to sleep LOL.
@kylerider71257 жыл бұрын
skinnyhobo I was thinking his voice sounds like something from audible on amazon lol. Very relaxing
@monastery-i5d8 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this...delightful...Dale, you remind me of Thoreau in so many ways.
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
+Richard McCambly Thank you.
@gailtilmont19297 жыл бұрын
info about bricks Tacoma Firelogs are a combination of softwood sawdust and pound for pound they are comparable to any other pressed sawdust log available with the exception that some other logs have wax or binding agents to hold them together which will cause contamination in the flue and burning device. Pound for pound there is not much difference between softwoods and hardwoods, hardwoods do burn hotter and longer but that is a function of their density and no other characteristics. Some comparisons of wood weight per cubic foot, seasoned. Alder 26# Doug Fir 33# Cedar 23# Madrone 45# Maple 39# Red Oak 45# Apple 41# The softwoods average about 28.25#, while the hardwoods are more like 42.5# so it makes sense that you will get 50% or so more energy out of hardwood raw log. But once they are ground to fine dust and compressed to the same density all wood contains approximately 8600 btu heating units per pound and actually it is the pitchy softwoods like pine and Douglas fir that push the top end of the scale up to 9100 btus per # because of the higher energy density in their pitch. Tacoma firelogs are held together 100% by high pressure and at at 51.4# per cubic foot pack as much heat per volume as anything else available. So with all that said sawdust is pretty much sawdust and wood is wood. The most important detail is what does it cost per pound, how much of that weight is water and how convenient is it to store and use. Tacoma Firelogs win again. Buy by the box of 8 or by the bulk 1 ton pallet with 696 bricks
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for all of the information . I'm still using the original pallet of bio bricks about 25% of them left.
@MrChip12347211 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting! I'm sure that's great for keeping a the woodstove area clean as well! I cut my own cords of wood and I don't mind since my neighbor has a gas powered logsplitter, but my biggest complaint is the mess it creates in the house from the bark and dirt.
@Rick-md3ne7 жыл бұрын
Dale, I love your videos. Very relaxing and fun to watch. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
The you very much Rick.
@sev111411 жыл бұрын
Very nice Dale, reminds me of my 4 days without power, thanks to Sandy. There is something very sublime in simplicity.
@itsjackieoh10 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your video. I agree with the post about how relaxing your voice is to listen to. It was great to see the Bio Bricks in action. I am researching the inexpensive pellet baskets, and another device that sits directly on the ash box right now. I want to burn clean fuel in my wood stove here in my uninsulated cottage in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I would burn Bio Bricks or another brand, if I could find a local dealer. Thanks again
@NewEnglandgardening11 жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice writer or artist retreat. Did you have to flag the truck down? Looked like you can miss your driveway before you know it. It sure was nice and quiet after the truck left. Those bio bricks look like a better option than the pellets.
@HJMC33458 жыл бұрын
I checked and here in the Pacific Northwest they mill, Douglas fir and other softwoods. The manufactured firewood is known as "Presto Logs". 5 1/2 inches in diameter and 12 inches long extruded product. Available also on most of the starting products you mentioned, but no bio bricks. We just don't have the wonderful hardwoods that you have, and that most of us consider two valuable to burn. My cabin is heated by a propane gas furnace. I have a 500 gallon tank that is filled once a year by the propane company delivers the gas by tank truck. Heater is thermostatically controlled, set at 68 to 75° depending on the temperature.
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
+Dave McIntyre The Bio bricks are made from the sawdust and shavings byproduct of the hardwood manufacture that otherwise would be wasted.
@TheOntarioGardener11 жыл бұрын
Looks good Dale! I have never heard of those bricks before, but they seem to be doing the job quite well! Thanks for sharing.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes I think the Bio Bricks are a much cleaner process, still some loose shavings and saw dust though but nothing like what comes off logs. Also it stacks and stores in a smaller space the pallet is supposed to be the equivalent of a cord of fire wood.
@cockshuttboy203 жыл бұрын
Great video ,agree with other ppl your voice is very calming great video.
@DaleCalderCampobello3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Champaignmike7 жыл бұрын
Bought a bag of "Gren" brand bricks as a test, they burn great. Off today to get a ton while on sale. I enjoyed your video, cabin looks comfy.
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike I tried a search for Gren Bricks and they look very similar to the ones that I use.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you I have had other people say the same thing, shame that I don't have any artistic talents. The company that delivered the Bio Bricks is the same company that I buy building supplies from so they have been to the house several times. Actually my property is a bit deceiving I'm in a small subdivision, 20 houses or so, but I bought up a lot of the land around me 8.5 acres, most of which I have kept as natural forest, so it appears as though I'm way out back in the forest.
@bbashn9 жыл бұрын
Hi Dale. I've checked out a few of your videos just for fun. I live in the states just south of Boston, so we don't always have the same weather as you folks. At any rate, your videos are fun to watch, and you do a good job producing them. Thank you and keep them coming.
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
bbashn Thank you very much. One things for sure your spring arrives way before ours does.
@danjennings68178 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your winter holiday time videos ! It's been a brutal hot and humid summer here in north Jersey, and love watching your blizzard videos. I am sure they drive you crazy cause we also get them here. They are fun and beautiful when going on, but clean up is not fun at all. Me and my wife are in our late 50s and feel the same. But all and all you deliver some of the best stuff KZbin has to offer! Also a fan of upnorth40! Thanks Dale and hope to see the cabin decorated for the holiday season this year! We will be watching! Thanks Dan
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Dan. I'm sure you have had it much hotter than here but it has been a very hot dry summer here too, I'm ready for some cooler weather.
@supersoul45417 жыл бұрын
Great videos. Love the cabin
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you I'm using it almost daily now and really enjoying it.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I guess a lot of people who heat with wood are switching to them because there is a lot less work and mess involved and they give a great heat.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much glad you enjoy them.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Funny I seem to be looking forward to colder weather too LOL. Apple wood now that is an exotic fire wood.
@melodyhostutler84657 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to fall, it's so beautiful. And you know snow may be on the way soon. I hate summer.
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
I'm in no rush to see snow LOL.
@gregoryrichmond66177 жыл бұрын
Melody Hostutler bizzare
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thanks Freida it is cosy and I'm looking forward to enjoying it in a snow storm or many even during a power failure.
@crochetwithapril6 жыл бұрын
Subbed ya for two reasons. 1) Love the down East accent. Although I live in the prairies now, I grew up in N.S, and hearing you speak makes me feel like I'm back home. 2) I love how very Canadian you are. My husband and I try very hard to buy as much Canadian made product as possible. About a year ago we bought a boler (Canadian made mini Camper). We're hoping to add many camping vids to my channel this coming summer. Anyway, great vids. I've been binge watching a few days now.
@DaleCalderCampobello6 жыл бұрын
Thank you fo subscribing glad you like the channel good luck with your camping adventures.
@brianmckenzie8993 Жыл бұрын
Dale,was watching an old video:Bio bricks delivered and warming the Cabin(Nov.10,2012)Enjoy all the videos with a cup,or 2 of coffee!Could you tell me the make of your tablet size weather station on the cabin eating table(your fold down table,that is.Thank you very much.Please say HI to Angel!!
@DaleCalderCampobello Жыл бұрын
This video is 10 years old I don't have either of those items anymore but the tablet was an apple.
@HondaATC330R8 жыл бұрын
I really like your videos. Looks like so much fun! Very nice job on everything!
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Groen Thank you very much.
@stevehoppin23511 жыл бұрын
Dale, This is interesting information. In Colorado people use pellets which are a byproduct of our wood industry and pine beetle kills. Great alternative energy sources. Steve
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
I agree I have a fair amount of wood from trees that I cut last spring because they were going to shade the hoop house, now I've lost the incentive to saw and split them.
@jasonhowell85998 жыл бұрын
LOVE THE CABIN IDEA WISH I KNEW YOU. BRING MORE SHOWS
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jason. I'm looking forward to slower pace this fall and some time in the cabin.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I think the Blood Good Japanese Maple in my favourite tree in the garden it is red all summer but in autumn it turns that beautiful flame red. Seems to be very hardy too.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
LOL I think I would miss the running water, bathroom etc.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, those are very popular around here too but of course wouldn't work out at the cabin because they require electricity to run the blower.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you it will be a nice place to go if we have power outages this winter.
@snapperproman213703 жыл бұрын
Love watching over and iver
@DaleCalderCampobello3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Gardeninggirl110711 жыл бұрын
What a great place to relax and read a good book!
@ejames64315 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video!
@DaleCalderCampobello5 жыл бұрын
You are welcome.
@scottytomcat42677 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks for the info
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Scotty.
@RVFreeDa11 жыл бұрын
It's going to be soooo cozy in your cabin!
@kathleenevans79905 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear you reading poetry, like Franklin McCormick did back in the day. I'd like to learn more about you. Have you ever shared anything personal about yourself? Have you written a book? I know it would be lovely.
@DaleCalderCampobello5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kathleen no book and I only share little snippets here and there in my videos.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I've put a bird table outside the windows and it is amazing how many birds are using it, there should be a video of this soon.
@preparedchipmunk11 жыл бұрын
Tranquility, it looks wonderful
@jjs777fzr9 жыл бұрын
canawick is another good source for bricks - and they also have them in block size
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
jjs777fzr Thank you I just had a look at their website their bricks look just like the bio bricks. Currently they don't have a supplier that is close to me but I won't nned more bircks for a few years yet anyway.
@MassGardener11 жыл бұрын
It's a lot cleaner than firewood... but it's not free - stay warm.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
I agree it isn't free and it has been so many years since I bought fire wood I have no idea how it compares cost wise. I think it also appeals to a lot of people who are environmentally concerned as it make use of a byproduct of the lumber industry that would just go to waste.
@mickm50978 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos. Just wanted to say that although this video is a few years old, please discard the gloves you use (if you still have them) for feeding the fire, as the outer material on the back side of your hands is fabric and will fuse onto your skin if exposed to the right amount of heat. A number of nice full leather gloves are out there, and optimally it's nice to use insulated leather gloves like welders use, which are available in most home improvement stores. It's only a few dollars more than basic leather gloves, and greatly lessens the chance of burns/infections, plus you feel the heat a lot less when loading wood. I have an older Jotul combi-fire, and it makes it a lot more pleasant not to feel extreme heat when putting in firewood,
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mick for the information I have been meaning to buy welder's gloves and just never got around to it. I will try to get some before this winter.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@DCARA0611 жыл бұрын
I think we pay $195/Canadian cord (128 cubic feet) of split hard wood. (It goes up a few $ ever year & we didn't buy any this year because we are using our heat pump as the main heating source). The Bio wood is much cleaner and neat. No dirt, bugs or mice coming into your house from one of those boxes. And it requires so little storage, it's all so civilized. 8-)
@Linda2046 жыл бұрын
I love to read also I use the nook by barns and noble I read every night I have used the bricks a lot on my patio I have a fireplace out there and love to sit and watch it burn my son is putting me a wood burning small stove in my sunroom so I don’t have to close it up my son gets all the dead wood from his farm ground
@DaleCalderCampobello6 жыл бұрын
There is just something so relaxing about a fire. I've replaced this stove now with one that has glass so you can see the fire.
@NotTelling5111 жыл бұрын
If that were me... I'd be, see ya in the spring!
@baconsoda11 жыл бұрын
LOL, County Armagh is the apple growing capital of Ireland, the Orchard County' so there's plenty of it about.
@dorascott82868 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed all the infro..My hope is that you are doing well...
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dora I'm doing just fine.
@pattyz52176 жыл бұрын
I know a guy with a voice like yours who has been a voiceover guy for 40 years. He just retired. Good video.
@DaleCalderCampobello6 жыл бұрын
LOL Thank you Patty.
@jasonhowell85998 жыл бұрын
I DREAMED OF BIO BRICKS LAST NIGHT
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
You've got it bad LOL.
@user-ot1dv6ri4f10 жыл бұрын
You are great thanks
@DaleCalderCampobello10 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@robertmccallum19 жыл бұрын
Nice little cabin pal .
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
Robert Mccallum Thank you it is little but I get a lot of enjoyment out of it .
@robertmccallum19 жыл бұрын
I like small things that do big things . I think your cabin is great pal . i been spending my past summers for the last couple years hanging out in my tent Trailer out in the woods its small but still one of the best places ever :)
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I think the amount of smoke has a lot to do with the efficiency of the stove and this is a very cheap old fashioned type of cast iron wood stove not at all efficient.
@leemoore49278 жыл бұрын
You should have a bio-bricks party and invite all your friends LOL
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
It's a very small cabin.
@betsybk118 жыл бұрын
How are you and your cabin doing? I like the bio bricks....need to find some myself.
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
+smokymountaingirl Betsy Doing just fine there is a short cabin video coming out later this week. You can find similar products to the Bio bricks usually at building supply stores.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
I agree I've been doing that a lot lately.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@MikeS-72 ай бұрын
Get yourself a butane torch and just light the fat wood. You don't need to fool with all that cardboard. I only use one piece of fat wood in my small stove, no kindling.
@jazzlover17237 жыл бұрын
If the bio bricks burn 1-2 hours and you have to continually feed more into the stove can you actually sleep through the night in the cabin in the dead of winter.? Won't the fire go out eventually and the cabin become freezing cold inside while you sleep? How do you deal with that or do you rarely sleep the night in the cabin when temperatures are very low?
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
That is how it worked with this stove I was up every couple of hours putting more wood on the fire. I replaced this stove a couple of years ago with a Jotul a small stove but expensive. Worth it though it will go 6 hours or so without adding more wood.
@jazzlover17237 жыл бұрын
6 hours is not too bad...well worth the coziness of the cabin!
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
This is supposed to be the equivalent of a cord of hard wood so yours is still the better deal.
@ErnieCG7 жыл бұрын
Lovely Japanese maple tree
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
That you I love that tree.
@Repacutin11 жыл бұрын
I envy your life style :)
@timperry405811 жыл бұрын
Were did you put all those bricks? Such a Nice cabin.
@DaleCalderCampobello11 жыл бұрын
LOL Thank you I think a lot of people wish I were on TV so they could turn me off.
@tillerman7oh8707 жыл бұрын
Dale, I live in the US and link link for the biobricks doesn't seem to work. Keeps telling me I have won a contest. Can you provide another link or tell me where in the US to find them?
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for telling me that I removed the link. I've been told that the company I bought mine from no longer exists. I would suggest that you check any building supply store or wood stove store I have seen similar products at several of these.
@Chuck88keys7 жыл бұрын
Where are you from? It would make it somewhat easier to give you information. I am southern New England. Have been using Bio-bricks for 3 years now, along with firewood. It works pretty damn good.
@lorals22205 жыл бұрын
Ace Hardware sells a 12 pack right now for $5.99. Free store delivery. They will email you when the arrive at the store. Then you drive over to pick them up.
@kellytraylor69156 жыл бұрын
Hi sweetness can you give us an update on bio bricks the cost and burn thru the winter
@DaleCalderCampobello6 жыл бұрын
Not really kelly I only have occasional fires at the cabin with it and I been using the same delivery for 5 years now.
@rolandarose850610 жыл бұрын
Unboxing bio-fire logs
@DaleCalderCampobello10 жыл бұрын
More bricks than logs but they give a great heat.
@Birdwoman589 жыл бұрын
Hello. How long do biomass bricks burn?
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
Birdwoman58 That has a lot to do with the efficiency of the stove in the stove that is in this video new bricks had to be added every couple of hours but I recently replaced this stove with a Yotul high efficiency stove and now they burn for 5 to 6 hours.
@a676man10 жыл бұрын
How long does one Bio Brick last ?
@DaleCalderCampobello10 жыл бұрын
a676man That's a very hard question to answer it depends on the stove and how much you have the draft open. I put three or so at a time in my stove and that is good for at least a couple of hours.
@a676man10 жыл бұрын
looks like it is equal to wood
@DaleCalderCampobello10 жыл бұрын
a676man Yes I would say that, it is just compresses sawdust from various hard woods. The thing I like about it other than the great heat that it gives is the small amount of ash that it leaves behind they say it only leaves behind 1% ash and I think that is very accurate. I only clean the stove out once after the winter of course I'm not using it on a daily bases either.
@jomagaregarcia62765 жыл бұрын
How long does it take to burn
@DaleCalderCampobello5 жыл бұрын
That depends on the efficiency of the stove that you are using. This video is several years old and the stove that I was using at the time was very inefficient and you needed to add more brick every hour I upgraded to an efficient stove and they now burn for upwards of 3 hours.
@jomagaregarcia62765 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@willymags1237 жыл бұрын
another you tuber I watch has a coffee can filled with saw dust and soaked in diesel fuel she puts two tablespoons lights it
@DaleCalderCampobello7 жыл бұрын
That would sure work.
@jackwebb4379 жыл бұрын
So, you had to pay import tax (or sales tax) on a RE-import?
@jackwebb4379 жыл бұрын
I sent my bagpipes to Toronto to be refurbished (from the States). I had to write multiple times on box that the instrument was simply being sent to Canada for repairs and then returned to the U.S. so I wouldn't have to pay any tax.
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
Brooks Webb The tax that I paid is called the HST it isn't an import tax it is on all goods in Canada with the exception of food and a few other things. HST means Harmonized Sales Tax it is a combined federal and provincial tax.
@jackwebb4379 жыл бұрын
Gotcha. Still I cringe at what our allies to the north pay in taxes. But, I do love your little cabin. It certainly doesn't take much resources to heat. Unfortunately, I have 4,000 sq. ft. and I expend too much to heat/cool.
@DaleCalderCampobello9 жыл бұрын
Brooks Webb I guess it is all in what you are used to. We cringe when we think of the millions of poor people in the US that have no access to health care but with our taxes every Canadian has free health care from cradle to grave no matter how poor they are. So I guess most of us would just think of the tax as our version of health insurance.
@jackwebb4379 жыл бұрын
True. Not going to argue with that. Too bad we are too far apart distant-wise. You'd be a good neighbor to share a pot of coffee with and debate.
@o-i-c-udisolve83528 жыл бұрын
what state do you live in.
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
I live on an island in the Bay of Fundy east coast Canada, Province of New Brunswick.
@o-i-c-udisolve83528 жыл бұрын
***** on a island COOL!
@goodday41127 жыл бұрын
LIKE ALOT. NEW AT THIS COMPUTER. DO NOT UNDERSTAND MY G OR E MAIL. BUT WILL/.
@nicolec7290 Жыл бұрын
I can’t find these
@DaleCalderCampobello Жыл бұрын
They go by many names, different brand names, usually available in building supply stores.
@jordansinclair60458 жыл бұрын
how often u in the cabin
@DaleCalderCampobello8 жыл бұрын
Hardly there at all this summer I tend to use it more in winter when I can enjoy a fire it the stove.
@jordansinclair60458 жыл бұрын
i would love a cabin for the winter nice chilled out place
@mark78806 жыл бұрын
1:21 This looks like my first time! Haha :)
@DaleCalderCampobello6 жыл бұрын
I stood well away I didn't want it dropped on my LOL.