The Most Amazing Wood Stove Accessories of All Time
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Over the years we have had stand alone wood stoves, wood fireplaces, and wood stove inserts. Here are some of the most amazing accessories you could possibly have for your wood stoves and fireplaces.
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I always start fire from the above, never below. Burns cleaner, heats better. But then again our fireplaces store heat for days in one single burn. :D
Can you give us a reference to that GIANT (bonus) heat-powered fan? Thanks. [Edit: typo]
I second that request. Link he has only takes you to those mickey thermo fans.
I want the website also
Interested in a link to that big fan also. That looked like a good unit for moving lots of air vs. the standard small fans.
DITTO!!!
Yes I need that giant fan in my life
Thank you for the welding gloves suggestion. I'm fairly new to building fires in our heat stove & fireplace.
I love the Scripture verse you post at end of your videos
Fire extinguisher and a "Chimney Out" fire suppressant would be great to add. Nice video!
I was going for that too but thought I’d read the comments first to see if it had been mentioned… do they call them Chimfex or Chemfex? Chimney fire suppressant ‘logs’??
The ones we sell at our shop are called FireEx. They work awesome and are easily the best way to stop a chimney fire. Water can damage tile liners in brick chimneys especially when poured in from above like fire departments do, and it makes a mess that sucks to clean
@@eriklarson9819 Outstanding! Do you have a link/website for your shop?
thanks for the information on what is needed for wood stoves. hope you all have a great thanks-giving tomorrow.
Good video. I have a Fireview Classic from Vermont Soapstone Co. that I purchased in 2005 and got a lot of use out of. One thing that I got with the stove that I really get alot of use out of, are soapstone boot warmers that prewarms your boots or dry out damp or wet shoes/ boot from the rain/snow.
If you're new to a wood stove the welding gloves are a must have.
Great video, can you provide a link to that thermal electrical metal fan bucket? Thx
Here are most of the items mentioned
STEELEOPARD Fireplace Tool Set1 - amzn.to/3Vmk7bE
STEELEOPARD Fireplace Tool Set2 - amzn.to/3ACX1G0
STEELEOPARD Firewood Carrier -amzn.to/3gx2qaL
Ash Bucket - amzn.to/3GK0dnb
Thermoelectric fan - amzn.to/3AFjFxv
Soapstone items - www.vermontmarbleandgranite.com/soapstone-cookware/
Bellow - amzn.to/3EzEGed
Welding Gloves - amzn.to/3V5XNU3
Mapp Gas Torch - amzn.to/3tSWBHD
Cast Iron Kettle - amzn.to/3i57x2q
The link to the fan takes you to a different fan. Do you have a link to the one from the video?
I think you pretty much covered it! We had pretty much the same exact setup when I was a kid with the exception of the bellow, torch, and soapstone items. I was usually the bellow... lol. During the 'Blizzard of '78' I was 12 years old and we had a box style cast iron stove in our finished basement. We didn't have power for over a week. Cooked on the stove, melted snow for use in the toilet, do dishes, baths, etc. It was quite the adventure for a kid! Thanks for sharing 🤠
Great video, but the back ground music…. Aghh
Would be so much better with our it.
I never knew they made cups and cooking vessels out of soap stone. That's good to know about.
Neither did I. And I didn't realize they held heat when I bought some coasters. Too bad I can't find any coaster that can hold up to having glass iced tea glasses sitting on it. The cheap cork ones absorb best, though.
I've got a couple that honestly I am quite surprised that you don't have.
Kindling cracker and a pickaroon.
Those fans can be found I lots of different sizes and types as well. A good firestarter can be made by stuffing dryer lint into toilet paper tubes. Very informative. Thank you.
Those smaller fans are a total joke...better off with a standard ceiling fan
@@billiamc1969 the intended function is to move the warm air further, they aren't meant to cool the air. And they don't need electric to run, that is the best part.
A pickaroon is for moving logs without bending down it’s not for split wood and you don’t need a kindling splitter if you have a axe or hatchet
@@tylerwestman5258 1. Do you appreciate people talking like that to you? Best to just be silent, then to prove you're a....
2. In case you missed the WHOLE premiss of the video, It's about WOODWORKING and WOOD STOVE tools.
3. Blocked. I'm done with you talking to me like this. It's not the first time and ssl really should block you from his channel.
@@Truthandlight66 Have you seen the bit that you put on a drill to split wood? I'm wondering how well they work.
We live on the west side of Michigan. We're on our second wood stove in 42 years. This newer stove is a soap stone stove. It puts out a softer heat and it stays warm for hours after the fire dies down. We keep a bucket full of kindling on the hearth. The coffee mug has me thinking Christmas present. Thanks for sharing.
Last year I cut up a lightered stump with a chainsaw to give to someone as fire starter. I raked up all the chips from the cutting and saved them in a 5 gallon bucket. Earlier this year I ordered 10lbs of candle wax pellets and some 2oz paper condiment cups from Amazon and made fire starters out of the chips. It was a bit of work (ended up with about 150 of them), but they are amazing fire starters. They'll make a flame 6-8inches tall for about 20 minutes. And the 10lbs of wax only used up about a third of a 5 gallon buckets worth of those chips...plenty more for later use!
If you are using a wood insert DO NOT burn wax based products. This will clog air intakes. Creosote (produced from burning wood) will burn off in the baffle tubes. Wax will not.
However, If you're burning in an open traditional fireplace, it's fine. Of course this is aside from the fact you're increasing indoor air pollution in your home by 500%, wasting wood, getting 20 minute burn times, and sucking all the heat from the farther ends of the home. Might as well get an electric space heater and smoke cigarettes. Wood probably be healthier.
I use the soap stone cubes when I having a dram. Don’t want to water down decent scotch. But I think I will try them on my wood stove as would help dry my boots out etc. I use a little fan on top of my stove, brilliant things. When I bought my stove it came with a set of decent welding gloves, I think everyone who has a stove should keep a pair nearby.
Those smaller fans can be placed on radiators, too. Especially useful to heat up rooms away from radiators under windows.
Those smaller fans are a total joke...better off with a standard ceiling fan
For those who have a catalyst in their insert, I don’t recommend using any paper products to start a fire. I have and the ash from the paper clogs the catalyst so that the smoke/exhaust air will not flow through it. Had to use a shop vac to clean it out. Thought I was saving time getting a fire started quickly since I was out of kindling, ended up wasting my time.
Nothing I was unaware of in this video but agree with your points. You got my Sub with the verse at the end. Appreciate it.
Adding:
(1) My wood stove tool set includes a small hoe, which I use most often;
(2) I have a basket similar to a small French fry basket (like you'd see at McD's) that I use to sift ash from the coals. This basket allows me to get rid of ash but keep coals, which help get the next fire going more quickly.
A "mostly for interest/fun" item I have is a Stirling engine fan from Warp Five, something Wranglerstar introduced on his channel a while back. Expensive, not huge air movement, but very cool and well built.
I am currently building an Arduino/Blynk-based setup to keep an eye on the stove and pipe temperatures and move the stove's air intake as needed using a servo. It's a work in progress, but I've gotten it to the point of remote monitoring and a remote control for the air intake from my smart phone or the web, with automation that works "as coded" but not the way I want yet. It's actually not all that difficult to put something together like this. The remote control is worth every penny! Eventually I'll get the automation code finished.
Interesting about the soapstone items! I had no idea!
I use a combination of a temperature sensors from WirelessTag and IFTTT (if this then that) to control my doghouse heater. works great. relatively easy to code.
@@thur1042 These look really useful! I wish I had known about them instead of getting an Accu-Rite station to monitor the temperatures around the house. I am using K thermocouples that will withstand high temperatures, as they're placed right on the stove (note to those trying this that the Adafruit boards expect ungrounded thermocouples -- working to isolate my surface probes from ground but still have relatively accurate temperature readings).
Those smaller expensive fans are usually small stirling engines and not thermoelectric which is why they are so expensive.
I’ve been a fireplace tech for a couple years now and can’t say I’ve seen a stirling engine powered stove fan, they are very inefficient anyways. Every one I’ve seen, including mine, uses a peltier module to generate a small amount of current to run the fan
Those soapstone cubes look like you're just advertising them, yet never use in real life lol.
I use a mason's trowel for cleaning out ash. It works better, imo, than the shovel.
Visited a friend in October. Realized she didn't have a pair of welding gloves, so when we were out, I bought her a pair. She loves them. Realized when I got home that I needed new ones. A 3 pack was a good price, so that's what I got.
Those soapstone cubes could be placed in an old sock and put in a bed for added warmth. I've never seen them, gonna see if I can find them. Wondering how well they'd do instead of ice cubes if you're balancing vegetables for the freezer.
Can you please share the model/company of that big fan you show at the end?
Great video! Thanks.
As a long time wood burner, I have small shop vac near by to suck debris and in an old hair dryer to ignite smoldering embers
Watching from the uk 🇬🇧 👍👍
Cool selection: love that massive TEG-powered fan.
You should look into building your fires with the top down method. Not judging but you will never build a fire with kindling on the bottom even again
I can imagine accidentally swallowing one of those cubes.
What about putting the soapstone cubes in the fire box. Would that be ok for retaining the heat for longer periods.
I’ve just wasted 13:45 of my life that I’ll never get back
Agreed. I even use my torch for starting camp fires and in my fire pit. I will say though to pick some fire starter sticks; they're not expensive and you can easily start a fire in 30 seconds without using small pieces or kindling.
Steel-o-pard? Steel leopard? ❤this topic, ty. My home is heated by a soapstone stove, Woodstock wood stove
Mapp gas and cardboard.... interesting. Check out kindling on top as mentioned by a few folks here. I've got it down to one match with good kindling.
When I have troubles with fire starting I turn on hvacc to manual to start upflow !
Excellent info.
The cast iron kettle we have is only suitable for adding moisture to the air. It has a yucky rust residue on the inside not fit for consumption. Maybe we did something wrong 🤷🏻♀️
You have to reseason it like a cast iron pan or it will rust but most ppl just use them as humidifier or decorations
Soak white vinegar in it for a few days and rust will melt off. I got ALL my cast iron at garage sales or thrift shops and it's never free of rust. Vinegar to clean off rust then grapeseed oil to season
You can also add moisture to the air by drying some of your clothes in front of the stove! Double the benefit! Great video!
What's the longest burn time you've achieved on a single wood load? My stove claims it can hit 14 hours, but have no clue what they do to achieve that (or if it's just "look, there are still coals")
I have gotten to 10 hours
@@SSLFamilyDad still putting out appreciable heat? Time from putting new logs on existing coals? Any insight into what got you the longest burn time?
@@SSLFamilyDad what the name of the stove fan?
Manufacturers will generally go from the second the wood goes in til the point that you an relight off whatever embers are left. At least the last 2-3 hours of claimed "burn" time are subjective
Who makes that giant fan!?
Super informative! I have an open fireplace so I use a guard to keep embers from leeping out.
I got our 8 layer 2600 F stainless flexible chimney pipe/liner from New England Stove & Supply , it's Predominantly Self cleaning via expansion & contraction of layers and I can Intentionally superheated it to clear any creosote build up .
Once a year I go up on roof , pop the Cap , I get abit of build up at top 1 foot I bring a pipe to break up , this was before I'd superheated it on occasion as I learned to trust it (fire extinguisher handy of course) I then simply spin a tow chain down the pipe & bam Done .
Do please post link for the Heat driven fan in description as another Follower also suggested .
Currently I use a 20w small box fan to push heat across floor & on occasion turn ceiling fan on in reverse to drive heat up and out across walls on single digit nights .
I also stacked More firebrick 3 layers thick all around top in a U shape w a rectangular box at thimble , thus I use ALOT less wood by burning albeit full bore then it can wait 6 hrs between loads , those top bricks put out enough to heat My coffee Perk I brew Herbal teas in NP
I do like ur little new Wood stove in corner of ur main floor .
Mine is an Old Wood boss that used to heat a Historical Apartment building & the original blower I rarely use is still fully functional but not necessary . I use this stove to heat our 1872 1 room schoolhouse which is only insulated in the attic . The walls are hollow & run open from under house to in attic so you can imagine it used to get cold in here , now I have to leave inner front door open w a 4" ×16" window open at times or it gets to hot .
We use to use wood & our electric heaters (Power Co uses coal ) now
Our electric bill is 250 kilowatt average per winter month , even less in summer w AC running 24/7
So bill is about 35 mo & 20 of which is a Privaledge of use Tax passed Unconstitutionally by PSC . No surprise there right ?!
Keep making qaulity vids 👍
There's Nothing more American that abit of Self Reliance per the Founders in the Maxims of Law
Each founder in their names had their own Maxims, then there's the Maxims of Law & Proverbs of Law ; each are excellent reads free to DL in PDF format from the Library of Congress .
You never said how much you paid for your little Bun warmer cook stove & Bren my wife of 26 yrs truly liked urs too .
Note that stove pipe of mine is the flexible self cleaning variant Hwvr they do sell other kinds & accessories, yes I had it delivered & arrived w in the week originally as we are in WV Mtns .
We like Vermont but can't afford to Live there . I became disabled in 2007 , former 2 decades as a Wireless Infrastructure professional.
Life happens , I still enjoy our life more now , 100 hr work weeks were
No fun at all .
Graciously , Reverend RM Bowles
Cleaning your stainless liner (especially a light wall one like you have) with a chain is a very bade idea. It will seriously shorten the life of the liner. In addition your liner is not 8 layers. It has 8 ribs between the crimped seam there is no 8 layer liner.
Next the only way you are cleaning anything out of the liner by super heating it is with a fire. The correct way to do it is bring the stove up to proper temp with each load of wood you put in then shutting it back untill the pipe temp is appropriate. This prevents creosote from forming in the first place.
No fire extinguisher?
Great video!
GREAT video,loved it TODD 👍🇨🇦🇺🇸❤🙏
A few more here. Carbon monoxide alarm (this is essential!). Thermometer for helping with making food. Telescope sticks for cooking sausages or toasting marshmallows. A fire extinguisher for the case things go wrong.
Appreciated!
Where can I get a fan like that!???
I just use a flat pry bar for my "fire tools" its got a hook end an a pry end lol
You did not mention a fan I think it is the coolest must e
Where can you buy the thermal pot fan
Do you have a web address for the large thermoelectric fan that was featured in the tent?
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
@@SSLFamilyDad -
Thank you
Do you have a link to the fan used in the tent?
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
Where did your friend purchase the fan in the tent ?
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
What about stove blowers?
Were did he get that fan I looked at your tag and it’s not on there. I’d really like to get one of those fan’s
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
THE BIG FAN IS, ASPEN SYSTEMS TEF-111
Why no reply on several inquiries about the name and source of the large tub fan you demo'd in video?
He has posted a comment with all of the links, twelve days before your comment 👍🏻
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
Where can I find the GIANT FAN???????
colemans.com/u-s-g-i-thermoelectric-fan
You are starting your fire incorrectly. A better way is to build an "upside down fire". This helps create a much faster draft and a no touch fire once you light the match.
Put those wood ashes around your apple trees, they help keep worms out of the fruit!
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Don’t leaves ashes from the wood stove in the house it off gases carbon monoxide place them outside.
not even got past the first item in the video and im triggered - sure if you want to waste your money, shed out tons of cash for 'tools' you need in the '1st' world..... Dude you have a small wood burner, your not doing daily bonfires. great you have 2 x ash shovels no doubt heat resistant, best wear your welding gloves to clear said ash (surely the gloves could be a replacement of multiple 'tools' :D and who needs a lighter and a twig of kindling to start a fire, no you need a fricking blow torch....... should i mention that you have lungs , a mouth and if you need focus, use a straw!!
you carved your name into someone else's product 6:34 ...... Hmmmm! stopped watching
Just useless information
The small thermo electric fans are a rip off.They cost $6-,70 and are weak.A plug in fan of the same size move 10X as much air and cost peanuts in electricity. I will not buy something that takes a decade + to break even.Some of those fireplace tools I made myself. All you need is a grinder and gas /arc welder, it is not rocket science. You bend that front hook more and it become a truck 5 th wheel pin puller.
Duh. How uninformative.
Scott what an intelligent well written response. Way to add great context.
@@Soottothrill I mean seriously.....fireplace 101 for the brain dead?
I've been heating with wood 🪵 since mid seventies, started with free stoves that I had to wake up every 3 hours & add more wood, then bought an Earth 🌎 Stove that was airtight & had a thermostat. After that I bought the best stove ever, (still using) large Kodiak I place the wood with ends facing out, no logs rolling out. Burns for many many hours on very little wood... firebox is 22"X 24" it's airtight so I can fill it up & holds 🔥 fire for days.Best part is I got it at a yard sale years ago for $35.00 oh & thanks for the informative video
I skimmed.. but good video. I'm a professional chimney sweep with over 10 years of experience and 150+ CSIA credit hours. A lot of what is mentioned are things I recommend to customers. However, the thermal fans are overpriced and ineffective. Better to buy a stove or insert that is designed for a blower.
Also, the most important thing not mentioned. Moisture meter. Wood should be between 15-25% humidity. Must split wood and test the core. This is the sole reason why your fires do not start or hold burn when getting started. Especially in quality insert. Your US stove (which is made in China) is actually a great entry level stove. Hope you enjoy it. If you ever swap for something else I recommend Enerzone. About $1000 more expensive just a lot heavier duty and they retain heat extremely well.
I have never heard of hearthstone accessories and I am someone who is constantly researching cool products for my industry. So glad I came across your video just for that and I thank you. One of the baddest stoves I've every installed is called a hearthstone clydesdale wood insert. All soapstone interior. Check it out. We refer to it as the "hernia" of all insert installs lol.
Happy burn season! If you ever need advice reach out.
Also a chimney sweep/installer/inspector up here in Canada, you hit the nail on the head with everything here. I do think the stove fans are useful in small homes even though they don’t move much air, but just the little circulation they do make is enough to make a noticeable difference. Those hearthstone stoves are serious, but in my experience people think they can burn them cold to get even more heat time, so most of the ones I clean end up being super dirty. But the moisture part is absolutely the first step in keeping the chimney clean and getting a good reliable fire. I hate installing the Timberwolf inserts that he has though, whoever designed the surrounds for those should be burned at the cross
Try my fire 🔥 starters (not my idea) take egg cartons fill with cedar sawdust then fill each with melted wax ... just tear off one at a time ⏲️ they work quite well, used mainly for camping 🏕 can't hardly beat a torch but I like making them for friends 😀
A good fire grate check out ezgrates