A Fire A Day

[John T]

We bought a Jotul Oslo 500 about 12 years ago and love it. Has heated our house every winter since without a problem other then gasket replacement on the doors. It also has the reburner tubes that keep the chimney clean and raise efficiency. Nothing like wood heat if your house layout allows for it.
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side door is a nice feature...
Mine has a top feed.... rarely use it though.

They give you a SS cooking tray to place inside to cook burgers...

I thought it was a novelty thing but it actually works pretty darn good for flame broiled burgers.
smoke goes right up the pipe.... pretty cool.

 

[bbxlr8]

It also seems that there is at least one house fire a day on the local PA news, but this Dec has been extra cold and below average. The ski areas all opened early... House fires are pretty scary stuff!

One of the main uses for my tractor is clean up and firewood and I have burned a Canadian-built Osburn that came with the house, 24/7 generally between Nov - Apr. I decided to do my own chimneys after the first clown that I hired came out. Am on Arboristsite and have become a bit pickier but much more educated. Heard good things about the Jotul as well as Quadrafire

Regarding pine, almost EVERYTHING in the Pacific Northwest is some type of conifer. It's all about the seasoning, as mentioned above.