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Mt. Top Living
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Hello,
My name is Dave and sometimes Angie joins in, Welcome.
Reach Us here: mt.topliving@gmail.com
Sharing our journey in our newly constructed home which is literally on top of a mountain. As we are learning it has many challenges, but we are up for anything thrown our way. There is still much to do inside and out of the house and we plan to share those with you.
We have a Kubota Lx2610 tractor to help with the daily tasks around the home, we will be showing my learning curve as a new tractor owner.
We help heat the house with firewood in our Tulikivi masonry stove. We have cut and split all of the wood ourselves from the property.
My name is Dave and sometimes Angie joins in, Welcome.
Reach Us here: mt.topliving@gmail.com
Sharing our journey in our newly constructed home which is literally on top of a mountain. As we are learning it has many challenges, but we are up for anything thrown our way. There is still much to do inside and out of the house and we plan to share those with you.
We have a Kubota Lx2610 tractor to help with the daily tasks around the home, we will be showing my learning curve as a new tractor owner.
We help heat the house with firewood in our Tulikivi masonry stove. We have cut and split all of the wood ourselves from the property.
Not Junk Mail | Briefly Catching UP
Unprepared for winter, I catch a break with some nice weather so I can catch up. Cleaning up the bee yard to make room for log delivery.
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PERFECT FIRE | Tulikivi Masonry Heater | EASY Smokeless First Fires
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www.youtube.com/@MtTopLiving?sub_confirmation=1 The tree service came and dropped several dead ash trees, now its my turn to do the cleanup and get the trees out of the woods. Lots of nice firewood.
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I really like your glasses when you’re outside
I really enjoy your channel. I know that this type of heater is only designed to run once or twice a day, but can you have a small fire for a longer period of time? The MFG's are saying no, but I am not sure that is a problem. What are your thoughts?
@@paladinidlabels they are saying “no” because of worse case scenario. Hot fires back to back could overheat and damage it. If we are home all day and just want the fire, we have a small fire then add a stick once in a while. Soapstone can only absorb so much heat before it doesn’t make sense to have the fire.
Add high and low thru-wall vents from the spare bedroom into the main living room are where heat can circulate in and out of the spare bedroom. They don't have to look obtrusive and should create a convection loop to help heat that side room adequately. Great discussion on this topic. You have the Rolls Royce of masonry heaters so they are expensive. I wished you would have commented on how good the radiant heat feels throughout the home compared to standard woodstove or other heaters. Wood boiler heat is good too.
More time and more money, can't go wrong with that. The weather in eastern Canada is all over the place. Some parts are getting plenty of snow and our big storm today is a bust. 2' of snow in front of the garage door and none anywhere else.
How often do you need to empty the ash box?
@@-2u2 usually once a week.
Masonry fireplace? To be masonry it must have a deep slab to hold the weight. It must be made totally or stone from top to bottom. The flue must be 10" by 17". That a real manonry fireplace.
@@RamBo-uu9so we built the house with this on mind. The foundation underneath the heater starts with a think slab, then poured walls then another poured slab at first floor. The heater weighs over 6 thousand pounds and is build entirely of stone. As far as the flue being a rectangle, idk if this are the masonry heater association rules or not.
Thank you. I have done a lot of research on heating a home without electricity requirements, and I always end up back at the Tulikvi masonry heater. There is not a lot of good information out there on these, and I appreciate your insight.
This is exactly the video I was looking for when I was freaking out and commented on your prior post. It's going to be so great for the next person in my position.
@@CaraPanebianco I hope you’ve got it figured out now. Enjoy the heating season.
When I discovered them I had to go 5 hours to find a dealer. I wouldn’t recommend this as we have had issues directly related to him not being here to prevent issues. I’m amazed how clean yours looks. What do you use to clean the glass? Also we couldn’t afford the big one you have and we got the mid sized heater. We have to cut our wood to a smaller size and don’t buy it because most cords are cut to a standard size that’s bigger.
@@skepticalme9501 fortunately we haven’t had any problems (questions) with ours that a phone call couldn’t solve. I use a glass and masonry cleaner that comes out of a spray bottle, sold near fire starters in the big box stores. Having properly seasoned wood burns clean, and proper use of the vents on the heater will help with soot build up on the glass.
Nice video, Tulikivi’s are so cool. I hope you do some more burn videos showing how your heater works in the near future.
There's more what NOT to do than how to do it. You need to take a trip to Finland and learn how to prepare your firewood and how to fire your stove.
@@ozwzrd that was the point. Key word “lesson”.
looks like art, too.
BTUs? How many cords / yr.
@@JF-fx2qv both depend on the type of wood and the dryness, how cold it gets and how long is the heating season.
The one I have was free and good thing to. After one year the top split end to end and the entire tarp slid down to the bottom on both sides. Both the door and back wall are still like new. I don't know why the tarp split but it looks like it rubbed so hard on the peak that it melted through. Just a guess. In the spring I purchased a bale tarp big enough to rap over the top and it lasted one season and did the same thing. I think when I cover it again I'm going to wrap some foam or something around the peak so the tarp doesn't have metal contact. Now the neighbor has had one for over 10 years and no problem, so it could just be tarp quality or aliens, I'm not sure anymore. I hope you have great success with yours.
I'm a bit late to the party, but had a question - if you start the day by putting a fire in the firebox at the bottom, does that heat up the pizza oven to the point where you could cook in it, or do you have to put a separate fire in the pizza over firebox as well? If the former, you could do that, and start a fire mid-day, and have the oven hot enough to bake dinner in, correct?
@@kojakdurham yes that’s often how I use it.
A thoughtful & well articulated commentary - Thank You.
The traditional fireplace in my 1925 Craftsman home PUMPED OUT HEAT, which * no * standard fireplaces do now. It was also very easy to clean and to use... The brick flue in the brick chimney had a * large *, long iron flue "door", which could be gradually opened and closed from a convenient brass fitting that poked out of the fireplace at about rib-height. The iron absorbed and held heat, and the large iron "shutter" could be banked to allow * only * enough space to get CO out, but reflect all the heat back into the living room. I could stand also slowly adjust how open the I feral flue gate was, and feel the amount t if heat pump back I to the room as a result. It also had a FLUE PIT, a brass plate embedded below the logs that yiu could pull back after the ashes cooled, and then simply sweep all the ash I to the pit (and the basement). Super easy. Super clean. The crap they bud now renders a valid heat sound to cosmetics alone, so u lose ALL heat, and u have to squirm your body around to actually stick yiur armpit up the chimney to (completely) open or (completely) close the flue. Crap.
@@midnightchannel111 the fireplace I had in a 1928 built home had circulator fans built into the masonry, seemed like a good idea. It was the worst source of heat I’ve ever had, I put in a wood stove insert and was able to heat the entire house. Clearly your experience differs from mine. The tulikivi is the best wood burning source of heat I’ve owned.
Here in Finland Tulikivi is the most thrusted brand. Used materials and well planned fireplaces as this gives nice even heat and clean burn. I used to have one and saved money during long winter on heating bills. Thank you for nice video👍🏻
On your question; Is it worth it? The answer is absolutely YES! But on a generational home built outside of the city limits, because everything in our "modern" day cities is built to be consumed and fully renovated or destroyed after 50 years. It's a shame that we don't build homes that last for 100 years or more without needing serious repairs within that time span.
@@Memento-_-Mori-_-982 I couldn’t agree more and yet I have people commenting on how they disagree with how it was built because of all the windows. Everybody has their own opinion on their dream home, and no one‘s going take my dream home away from me.
How big area does it heat … how many do you need for a big house?
@@Larsbor we are heating approximately 1700 ft.² with this particular unit. They come in several different sizes and shapes. Unless you have an endless budget, I would suggest just getting one.
Where is the showroom? And what makes Tuliviki different from others?
@@Larsbor you’ll just have to look up your local dealer. There are several across the United States if that’s where you are. The one thing that stands out for Tulikivi that makes it different is that it comes with a UL number. Which is like any other appliance like a microwave or a coffee pot. No one from the building department can tell the installer how to install it because of that UL number. The building inspector cannot come in and suggest a different way because the UL number is a federal number that has already been proven to work for that installation.
Dave, I'm in TX and looking at Tilikivi products more for the cooking than for the heat, but in the winter months in TX it can get cold. So, how do the pizza's turn out? Thank you, Eric
@@ericwiltz6584 Hey Eric, I can honestly say that we cook pizza the least in the oven. It takes a really long time to get the oven to temperature for pizza just to cook for 10 minutes, but the pizza is quite good. You will have a crusty bottom to the pizza. I happen to use it more for every day baking needs. Keep in mind when you fire the pizza oven, You are also creating heat, so cooking in the pizza oven in Texas in the summertime is probably not an option.
hello ,do you know if that tractor ,,is it front pto ? i have an 1870 and i dint believe it has front pto
@@kennyk2828 mid PTO
What you have there is a woodfire effect electric heater,, dontya?
If that “backdraft” happens, the problem is simple. The flue is too cold to “draw”. Place a bundle of flaming newsprint in the fire box to heat the flue. It’s that simple.
I’m selling my LX 3310 and getting a new 2620. I wanna get away from the epa engine. The smell/smoke it puts out burns my eyes when. It firsts starts up. I only bought the 3310 because the dealer said I would need the extra horsepower over the 2610 back in 2021.I only run a 72”mower deck with it. The 3310 has been decent but it has almost 500 hours on it now and I fear that epa system on the engine failing someday and having to deal with that. The 2620 should be all I need.
@@SleepingGaint I wanted to stay away from all the emissions when I ordered the LX for that reason. It has work well for me, at times I wish it could lift more. You should have no problem selling the 3310.
It is not a pizza oven!!!! It is a bread oven. ”baking” oven. The idea is to make a large batch of putty(?) and light the fireplace. Then when all is done you bake multiple batches of bread. Historically dark circular breads with a hole in the center. The breads would be stored in the celing and would preserve for weeks and be out of reach of rodents. So BAKING OVEN
Here in the USA the entire heater has a UL number. It is not the same unit you are familiar with, nor is the “bake” oven. This is why I made the videos to show the difference since the company does not. It’s a pizza if I’m making pizza, it’s a bread oven if I’m making bread, it’s a bake oven when I bake chicken and it’s a slow cooker when I make pulled pork.
This product if from Finland where I live. Those are very common here, expensive but people usually put one on their houses. Typical use is to augment the heat pump in the winter to safe energy. It a little hobby also to make firewood. Also gives you security if electricity would go out. Typically they are 12k usd installed so not cheap. You are not supposed to heat it too much. It is stated in the manual. 1-2 fires per day.
Hey, thanks for sharing your experience with your Tulikivi. Im not sure if you are familiar with the " upside down fire" method but I think you may be interested to check it out. Basically you lay a "foundation " of larger firewood in your stove grate followed then by gradually reducing the size of firewood for x2 upper layers finishing with kindling on top. You light the fire from top (newspaper or birch bark) and smaller pieces catch fire first creating good draught & priming chimney to get up to temp. The smaller pieces then topple down & help larger pieces take off nicely.
@@LauraMartini-r4x yes I’m familiar with it, that method doesn’t seem to work well for us. Still a great way to start a fire though.
Good that your dog has his own chair near the fire 😊
Ty
How Much Did it Cost? That's important information
@@ronkay8567 the cost will vary greatly depending on what country you live in, what portion the dealer you purchase it from will do. My purchase was in 2020, nothing in this world cost the same as back then. If you need a price, call a dealer. This is the Ferrari of wood heat, so expect to pay $30,000 and up if you need the foundation for it.
To move the heat into that spare room. There is a small fan that gets mounted in the top corner of the doorway. That should work.
@@johnlogan4053 I’ll have to give it a try, thanks!
@MtTopLiving I just moved if I knew where mine was I would mail it to you. Can't find anything.
Cool cover thanks for sharing.
I noticed that you close the air control lever on the firebox door during your fire. In the instructions it says not to close until the coals have burned completely out. Also the instructions say to only have the grate damper open when only coals remain. Then to close once fire is completely out. I’ve had mine, like yours but with a bench around it, for 5 years.
Keep in mind the instructions are for Finland, where they don’t have the same hard wood as USA. When I purchased mine the dealer said to experiment for what works for us and I think that applies to us all.
@@MtTopLivingcan you burn hard wood exclusively without the risk of causing cracks? You probably can’t fill it up with oak without risk of damage or is the flowstone that resistant to damage?
@@randar9884 only hardwood. I burn oak all the time. Once the first fire warms the stone I don’t worry about cracking anything. If you fire a cold stove too fast regardless of what kind it is that is where people have problems.
Beautiful home
The Russian have used this for probably 900 years. No new thing
@@ralph95 yes the Russian masonry heaters have been in use for a long time, there design is usually different and they usually didn’t use soapstone. They are great sources of heat.
Very nice job Dave. I agree if you have power out there get the fan kit to vent all the moisture that will be trapped inside. Or maybe a small solar setup to power the vent fans. Good luck, Dan 😊
How long do your fires burn? I used to have a Finnish masonry heater and the idea was for the fire to burn as hot as possible and burn out as quickly as possible, to get the most efficient burn and derive the most possible energy from the wood, as some gases only combust above 850 degrees celsius. My fires would usually burn out in around in 1 hour and I'd leave the ash door completely open during the entire burn for max air intake. I don't know if a Tulikivi operates differently though.
I usually burn hot and “quick” an hour maybe two, if it’s the weekend and I just want a fire I have a small fire and add a log every so often. I believe it operates similar to what yours did.
I GUESS YOU’RE LUCKY YOU DON’T LIVE 10 MILES AWAY🙏🏼❤️🔥🇺🇸
what a great "how to" video for wood burning. we had wood burner in past and learned also the importance of warm chimney.. GOOD JOB!
Nice video, well said. We have had our tulikivi for 14 years. We live I central BC Canada. We heat are 1800 sq ft home very nicely. I have a fresh air duct coming into the fire box which I can control . Works good for the days when we have poor draft. We purchased a fire box insert from our tulikivi installer where we cook on after the fire has gone out . Works very nice. Thanks again for a very informative video to
Oh man. Been there… glad you’re all good
Bog down = needs more HP, but impressive for an LX2610! Very capable.
Looks & Sounds like to high a gear and to low rpm for those conditions. LOW gear & at a minimum PTO rpm if not higher. Also tire chains on ALL 4 wheels. Take & slow & steady & you'll be ok. Don't do those things and have fun on your own............
I always have fun. Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm looking at purchasing this machine and this video put alot of my concerns to rest, thank you!
@@Angrycanuck01 glad it helped you.
Wow 😮
I used four 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete. I placed an I-bolt in the middle and used ratchet straps to weigh the structure down. They also make stakes out of rebar that look like a giant nail. I bought some but didn’t use them in gravel.
@@fromnh6634 I like it, thanks for the suggestion!
Hello. Thank you for this very interesting video. Could you please tell me precisely what model you have ?
@@francoiscroslais4298 TTU2700/75
We have a Tulikivi 2200 that we had designed into the house we built as a backup source of heat in SW Montana. It has now become our main source of heat in the winter instead of just a backup source of heat. Great video with practical information and insight.. For us it has been worth the cost.
@@jowist2000 we also use it as primary heat, when we don’t we notice the difference. Keep on enjoying that pleasant warmth.