Safely firing 1800s potbelly or parlor stove with wood

[@airman6822]

Simple. We make things so complicated these days. One reason I like being at the cabin. Thanks for the great video.

[@CryogenicFire]

That is a gorgeous parlour stove, and I love how you restored it.

[@videobob]

Wood burning is an art it comes times of practice. I appreciate your knowledge. Well said Grateful for sharing

[@lamarwilliams185]

Thanks for the thorough review of this type of stove!!! First one on KZbin that speaks about all the pros and cons!!!

[@ROBERTNeedles-kb4vc]

@@lamarwilliams185 I'm home relaxing the rest of the wk, infact retired now and bing watching now I have time to give you thanks for all your labor the wife shes at work,tried to get her to retire and relax but she's like a mom to the young women she works with and said its like abandoning her children O well just me and the cats watching,tomorrow she's off

[@logcabinlifestyle]

@ROBERTNeedles-kb4vc thank you my friend

[@davidlarson9975]

Love the older stoves. Great vid. My neighbor had one like yours. He died a few years at 95., a real old timer. He was upset because the only place nearby that still sold large chunks of coal had closed up. He'd place a large chunk of coal in it. I don't think he ever burned wood I have two wood stoves in our ranch type house. One on each end. Works great. Our chimneys also go straight up, no bends. If you can, that's the best and safest way to go. Stays cleaner too. Lots of negative myths about wood stoves. Especially about indoor and outdoor air pollution. I burn good wood and it always burns clean. I hope with the new administration taking control, the EPA cools off on wood stoves.

[@markmed9091]

So you’re ok with ruining the air for everyone now and in the future ?

[@scottpaxton6832]

I watched it all and enjoyed it. It is good to see knowledge of the old times shared. God bless you Jerry.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Aww, thank you

[@raulcouseloferro50]

I have been watching your videos for more than a year. So comforting and interesting, you are good company. Also your cats and dog are a manifestation of your wonderful being. Thanks

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you and you are most welcome

[@donaldmatthies6026]

Jerry, A great informative video on the items needed for a proper fire. I could almost feel the heat being put off by that parlor stove. Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Happy thanksgiving

[@John3_3]

Channel is so underrated. How does Jerry not have 100k subs by now!?

[@olajohansson8650]

You’re living the dream. Someday i will have a cabin like that too. Thanks for the video!

[@logcabinlifestyle]

You should!

[@foodforthefaithful]

God bless you Jerry, you gentle soul. Get home insurance buddy, it is worth it. Coal burns hotter than wood, if it's made for coal, wood won't damage it. Can you imagine that potbelly stove was new technology in its day? Prior to it homes were dependent on fireplaces despite their inefficiency, but you knew that. I would love to see your home to sit at your table for fellowship. Keep the faith dear brother. Your channel is a blessing.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you my Brother

[@dalekronk496]

Could he get home owners insurance with it being a log cabin and him burning wood. And if he can I'm betting the cost is crazy high

[@zaxmaxlax]

Home insurance to get denied when he needs it. 😂 Delay, deny, defend.

[@muddymike]

How long have people had homes without home insurance?

[@foodforthefaithful]

@muddymike as long as they were destroyed by flood, wind, and fire at the owner's expense

[@billbass2771]

Love your show I can really get with what you saying I was raised with wood. And coal heat this brings me back home

[@davidcaballero1349]

Best video I have seen regarding wood burning stoves you have a lot of knowledge god keep blessing you and your family

[@Lightandlovetoyou]

Brilliant video Could listen to you for hours Thank you sir Beautiful cabin and decor you have

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you

[@fluffyotter1601]

Thoroughly enjoy your videos 😊 thank you.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Your most welcome

[@sandramiller6996]

By the way... I loved that rocking chair. A good fit for comfort.

[@nedimalbayrak5442]

Mr. I forgot your name, but I like very much that you have included information about the physics of fire, many amateur people they build things that is not compatible with the physics of burning and fire, they end up lots of problems such as filling their cabin filled with smoke, risking poisoning the the air inside cabin with carbon monoxide or putting their chimney catching in fire etc. I watched your videos from the building of your fireplace to the top and all, and I want to thank you. I which you specifically talk about the physics of fire and just like today how to control fire and temperature in the firebox. God bless you.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you my friend!

[@kennylavay8492]

Nice keep up the informative videos.

[@georgesweap7]

I enjoyed your very interesting tutorial on pot belly stoves!

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you

[@sandramiller6996]

My father and father inlaws would have loved you. They would have worked beside you. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

[@frankmarullo228]

Hope you and yours have a good thanksgiving ,, o yea good video Jerry ! THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.......

[@povertyhilladventures7088]

I enjoy your videos very much. Well done and informative. Thank you, "Poverty Hill" Brian

[@williamcassidy5564]

Hey Jerry way cool video I love chilling by the wood stove fire in the cabin. Hope to visit again soon. Stay warm my friend 😊✌️

[@jamesoncross7494]

I never thought of putting some greenish logs in there to help control the fire. That's very nice. How about starting a top-down fire, to begin with? That is, you stack the wood and then put the kindling on top. Also, I'm surprised you don't have shutters. They help control the heat loss and gain from the outside. Our ancestors seemed to have them on most of the old houses. Sometimes inside and out. Thermally lined curtains help too. Great video.

[@TakeTheRide]

Never thought this woman could be so turned on by one potbelly stove. Congratulations on obtaining this iron beauty. Love the chair, the sewing machine & the Betsy Ross lamp too. Animals... Loved & spoiled, as they should be.

[@StokesCheri]

My dream cabin and now a dreamy potbelly stove!!😍♥️ SO glad you replaced the brick!🙌🏼 Btw, my ancestors' brand new 2 story house burned down in the mid 1800s in Dec, as did their great granddaughter's (my Granny), so it did happen...

[@maryquinn1496]

Very interesting. Thanks for the education.

[@sandramiller6996]

You should go to your community library and write a government grant. Thye knowledge you are providing in heating through fireplaces. Perhaps they will sponsor you in providing you with insurance. Send it to the department of housing and commonwealth edison.

[@stevenlilelogistics6673]

Great ol stove Jerry. God Bless till next time.

[@jonosada5555]

Thanks a Lot old school!! Working on the super heat exchanger mod !

[@sandramiller6996]

I think you are blessed to be surrounded by friends.

[@georgeshotrodbarn2113]

As a kid in the early sixty's we would go to my great aunt's house and she heated it with a pot belly stove that sat in the middle of her small house. she also had a hand drawn well and out house. we thought nothing of is a lot of people lived that way. it was nice standing around the stove after being outside playing.

[@humphrey4976]

That’s absolutely beautiful

[@Offgridlee444]

Awesome video!

[@ROBERTNeedles-kb4vc]

Jerry we love your content your always informative and entertaining we can't wait till your next videos,we thought you were gone,watching your videos is peaceful and makes me and the misses relaxe and dream of how life is so simple and people make chaos with all their modern technology thats too fast and busy,wish people could slow down and learn what you know and how you live and enjoy life,isn't that what life's about family friends no stress ,hard work but a feeling peace and accomplishment you did something you loved ! God bless you brother and your whole family and includes pets HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you my friend, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

[@Charon-5582]

Shutters are a good way to cover windows to block out heat from the sun, might be a cool addition to the building.

[@brendasas8440]

👍 GREAT VIDEO 🔥 LAVENDER IS SO STINKING CUTE 🥰

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you

[@pajcka]

The house is beautiful.❤❤❤

[@karenr67]

Good visit and info

[@LaLaLucky7777]

It's simple, beautiful! Wow

[@americanangler94559]

Good episode, thanks

[@patinabunker5340]

God bless Jerry, and happy Thanksgiving sir.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Happy Thanksgiving and a God bless back to you!

[@AlecsHomestead]

Funny that you mention drafts and air tight homes. Back in I believe the 80s, 90s, when getting homes as air tight as possible was all the rage, people would get sick. There was no exchange of fresh air into the home so all of the pet dander, dust, and any particulates from cooking or anything else would stay in the air. I work commercial HVAC and a big thing we are working on in renovating schools and other buildings is focusing on bringing in fresh air, so many total air exchanges per hour (how many times all the air in the building is replaced with fresh outside air).

[@logcabinlifestyle]

This is great to hear. It’s important to do that exchange of fresh air even at the cost of efficiency.

[@HakkaDakka]

That's a handsome stove, i have a Norwegian Jotul stove at my cabin, but it's not so old.

[@bobralph5072]

I have a small Jotul' stove. it's probably 70years old. Does a great job.

[@HakkaDakka]

@@bobralph5072 I think the older ones last longer , i had to renew mine after about 25 years since it started sneaking air and making small explosions filling the house with smoke. It had warped so much that the lid was not fitting as it should. On low setting it would fill with smoke and pull enough oxygen to ignite and lift the lid and puff it out. The newer model has secondary burn so it is much more consistent.

[@jimfox4145]

Nice job.

[@flarpymcknicklenutz700]

Smart , likable fella.... good info too...

[@rammylevy2436]

nice antique stove!

[@A_Sense_Of_Purpos3]

That Thing looks awesome. I want to make one

[@bobbyscott8024]

Hey Jerry, you've done a good job explaining the ''operation and care'' of your pot-bellied stove! It looks amazing, btw. 👍 A continuance of this could be different types of wood ( which burn hotter, leave the most coals, time of year to cut, round vs. split, etc.) to those just getting started or learning more. 🤔 Just a thought. You're a blessing my friend! 🙏

[@Rbs35405]

AMAZING 😊

[@maryannhurley1395]

Hey brother, you are SPEAKING scripture ( we who belong to Jesus are flames of fire and his angels are winds and as the winds move upon us we grow and as we grow we change what we touch Amen brother love the video thank you again❤❤❤

[@tammyevans3268]

Awesome

[@EarthTrauma]

Cool video. It was already 80 degrees in there before it started burning.

[@logcabinlifestyle]

In the video, I talk about how the thermal mass of the cabin retains heat. It takes it days to actually get cold. The wall temperature might have been 80°. I don’t know because I wasn’t paying attention.

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

Dang now that's a potbelly heater nice brother ❤❤😊

[@CharlesJones-bu5hk]

I love that stove!

[@Catmandoodoo]

Could just walk away and use that scene and sound as a screen saver. Very good sir.

[@PoetawDrodze]

Greetings from Poland!

[@ferrark1]

Great info Thanks

[@throttleupfly]

my great great grand mother had a great stove Quebec 15 best stove we had!!!!

[@tx-sweet-pjg3547]

33:19 Big’o Hambone ❤️ what a lover ! Sending some virtual treats for your fur babies 🍳🥩🍖🐠🥛

[@logcabinlifestyle]

She sure is!

[@yourredcomrade717]

You can burn wood in any coal stove that doesn't have a blower feeding the fire. You have to burn wood and get hot coals to start a coal fire anyway. The trick is to keep the top damper open and close the bottom one. This will pull cool air over the fire and keep it from burning too hot. You also gotta feed it slower initially because wood burns hot and fast. I've burned both. Coal is superior to wood in every way.

[@shirleyvastine9328]

This is interesting, here living in an old one room schoolhouse from 1895. This is similar to what sat down in my now, dining room. I assume an older child might have helped keep the fire going throughout the day. Picture that today! 😂 Do you think the stoves of today burn up so quickly from user error, lack of knowledge in controling fire, or just poor build quality? Thank you for a great lesson today. Very good teaching. Where were you back in my boring science classes??😊

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Thank you

[@nosaya3]

Jerry, thanks for the educational video. I learned so much. I live in a 1930 home, with chimney caps placed years ago..can you comment on these as they are now almost ubiquitous-at least where I live..

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Chimney caps are normally recommended for two reasons. To keep out birds and to keep out rain. I do not have one on my fireplace or wood furniture chimneys, but I do on my potbelly stove. The reason I do on the potbelly is to keep the rain out of the stove as it would come in easily and often. The reason I don’t on the fireplace is to not obstruct the flow on that large fireplace. The reason I don’t on the wood furnace is because or creosote dripping on the outside of the chimney from that cap. I hope that answered your question.

[@justanillusion5232]

Exactly. I don't run my furnace and I love it cold in my home. Cold air is good for you

[@LisaRucker-x8k]

Thank you i love your videos

[@1bramdog]

A house has got to be able to breathe imho.I have lived in modern house with double glazing and not drafts and alaways had a damn cold! i lived in an old miners cottage with single glazed windows and heated by a wood burning stove very rarely had a cold.

[@debbielanier2973]

Beautiful Sir, what are your opinions on the Pioneer Princess wood burning cookstove by the Amish? I as a woman manage the wood burning stove we have right now in a 45 year old mobile home and I love the natural heat. Have completely gutted out a 1960's house of all the tongue and groove walls and ceilings by myself also for the most part. Am now ready to start rebuilding it back with all I pulled from it and really like the cookstove I mentioned above. Please give me an honest opinion of purchasing this stove. thank you so much! Debbie

[@debbielanier2973]

SURE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THIS STOVE! OFF GRID WITH DOUG AND STACY HAVE THE PIONEER MAID BUT I LIKE THE PRINCESS! I LOVE TO COOK ON STOVE AND IN STOVE I HAVE NOW BUT IS VERY DIFFICULT BEING AS IT IS IN A MOBILE HOME. IT CAN GET HOT USING IT AND HAS TO BE MANAGED VERY CAREFULLY! WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION. LOVE ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS AND HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT!

[@henrycow203]

Interesting, thanks!

[@genetownsend8847]

That’s a nice old stove. Looks like a Round Oak stove. A pot belly gets wider in the center. My uncle had one in his camp; I think it’s still there and had beautiful nickel trim. I don’t remember it having firebrick in it. Did you add that?

[@JD-ce4so]

The pot belly stove was made to burn wood, coal (bit and anthracite), and hard paddies. Back in the days you needed to start a good wood fire with a good base to get coal to start.

[@UncleBoKnows]

My grandmother had an Alanta Stove Works "Whopper" coal stove

[@jeffrey5238]

happy thanksgiving

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@Off-gridPA]

Neat stove! Ornate! Use Kerosene to heat with here. In time be nice to have a wood stove too.

[@cynthiataylor2092]

Do you have a tin or steel bath tub? Where do you bath, do you use your stove for hot water? Cindy

[@GrandmaGingersFarm]

TY. May YAH Bless

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Your most welcome

[@billy1673]

Might wanna tell us what you’re doing step by step as most of us don’t use these stove heaters. For instance, what was that stuff you first scooped into the bottom of the stove?

[@zaxmaxlax]

That quantity of wood on the video will last you how long?

[@tubesurfing]

Its always better to have your pipe going straight up thru the roof instead of going out the side.

[@jcc3999]

AS for the coal your burning is it Bituminous soft coal or is it the cleaner burning Anthracite hard coal

[@scottreynolds4827]

Used a pot belly for many years. Wood and coal.

[@yukonica4560]

Good explanation on how combustion stoves work and how to use them. I'm watching you from the subarctic in a 60 year old home-built cabin heated by wood ... I get it. As compensation to the latitude I have double pane windows through out. Without data; a 'leaky' house is less thermally efficient than a hyper sealed HVAC wonder-dome but draws in more fresh (healthy) air. I'll go leaky. Gas/oil lamps are 'authentic' sources of light for me when the power grid fails (regularly) rather than a planned event. You kind of lost me on the 'wet wood' / moisture content. Not a gamble I'd choose: bearing in mind poplar is considered a hardwood here. 10 - 18% water is my safe range. Two winters ago I replaced a huge 1970's steel stove with a modern soapstone/catalytic version. My fuel needs dropped from 7 cords to 2.5 plus. The new version requires more frequent 'high output' attention if I want it pumping but it holds residual heat and embers for the better part of 24 hours. Hindsight suggests I should have spent more and gone to a masonry stove. The south side of my home was built as a solar collector which heats the house from April to late September. I use insulated curtains both summer and winter depending on needs. Though we live in vastly different climates I think anyone wanting to indulge in an alternative (to urban) lifestyle can learn lots from your no-BS-not-a-hero factual information. Enjoyed your video. Will be gold-panning your playlist for more gems. Thank you.

[@stoveadvice]

Overall, great presentation. Sorry to point out what I disagree with because this is such a great and important video. I don't believe "adding a 90 degree" elbow takes 10 feet of the "engine" off the chimney. It depends on the length of the horizontal run. Under 3 feet of horizontal, once the draft has "already gone straight up" several feet, does not reduce draft very much at all. Russian stoves twist and turn the smoke up and down up to 5 times. Also, any reduction in the draft by using an elbow or horizontal run can be overcome by insulating the stove pipe if there is any reduction of draft. Any "run" of insulated pipe (say, wrapped with mineral wool or a larger pipe surrounding a smaller pipe with the gap in between stuffed) increases draft quite a bit. Also, if your old coal burner requires a 7 inch pipe, it would be no problem whatsoever decreasing to a 6 inch pipe after, say, 10 feet of chimney vertical run. I would not "go down to something as small as 4 inch," but 7 to 6 is no problem at all, and in many cases, INCREASES speed of draft. In a Russian stove of 1,000 bricks the "lifting channels" inside the many twists and turns is 1/2 the size of the "descending channels. As you said, increasing the size too much (say, 7 to 10 inch) is bad because it cools everything down, slows the draft speed, and creates creosote. Finally, adding wet or unseasoned wood creates a lot of smoke in most stoves and I'm sure, even to some degree, in your stove as well, even when you can let in a ton of air as compared to a more modern wood burner. If you have neighbors and don't want to smoke them out, don't add unseasoned wood or choke the air down too much. Burn hot with full air to keep smoke down and the creosote down. If you have a wood burning stove, say, 1990 or newer without a metal grate, you cannot add wet wood as he did. No way. He can get away with in in this 1900 beast that draws a tremendous amount of air because it's meant for coal.

[@sandramiller6996]

The work would include a room, food, and laundry services.

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

Yes u can sir😊

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

The stat on the wall is moving to 😊

[@janinefromwashingtonstate4805]

How often do you clean the stove pipe?

[@logcabinlifestyle]

The one that was in here I cleaned once a year but even then it wasn’t dirty. I just installed this one but my guess is that it will be the same. Airtight stoves get chimneys much dirtier

[@harvdog5669]

My place is all legal to code, no limit on small out buildings and such.. I will have to code two heat sources, a propane heater, and a wood burning cook stove, a propane modern stove with oven too. No electricity. No plumbing. People lived this way for thousands of yrs and I will too, f the county jerks or others.. Everybody should be able to live the way they want to live...😊😊😊😊 I,m having fun in my later yrs...😊

[@logcabinlifestyle]

I like the way you think.

[@jcc3999]

First electric chainsaw was invented in 1926 by stihl . Dolmar invited first gas chainsaw 1928 Stihl first gas chainsaw 1929

[@chadholm5518]

Where would I find a stove like that

[@logcabinlifestyle]

Facebook marketplace or eBay would be the quickest place to

[@jacklowe3788]

What are the dimensions of your cabin?

[@logcabinlifestyle]

18’x36’

[@JamesWarnock-mk7up]

Ididnt know u could cook on a pot belly i tbink one is in my future

[@sandramiller6996]

That I built, not jack. I referenced it ocassionaly as a grosdaddi haus. sweet.😊 preparing for the future is always wise. Trust is extremely important.

[@brealistic3542]

Great stove, Just a silly thought came to me after you said, " How much wood can I put in it ?" It goes like this.." How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood ?" Forgive me, God or the devil told me too do it. .😛

[@fishaholic122]

I recently purchased a large farmhouse that was built in1900 that has a large wood burner in the basement but i want a chimney sweep to inspect everything before i fire it up and am having no luck do u know someone who could help me I'm in NW PA. thanks

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

An ur heating the wood next to it it wont take long to start another log 😊

[@billholt6342]

That is a coal stove, but it isn't a pot belly stove. Pot belly stoves have thicker metal.

[@attalley]

i'm jealous... wanna trade lifestyles?

[@boilermakerslash8166]

Nice house dont complain lol just kiddn Rambo.

[@Hei_hey]

Your cat walked relaxed behind you to window in moment setting up does this work 🤔 ...I have seen earlier video on your channel of cat sleeping nearby other "caboose" pot belly stove so know the cat's opinion...dont worry.

[@nysios5159]

speaking of clickbate, can you show us how to unsafely light a wood stove? kthanx