That my repeated efforts to douse the fire in my woodstove this morning failed . We got unexpected temps in the upper 60's overnight with this storm , and it was up to 85? in the living room , so I squirted water on the fire trying to put it out . Several times . I finally gave up , even though it was still going a little . I didn't want to get it so wet in there that I'd have problems getting a fire going tonight . Well , now it's starting to cool off , and I've just added some wood to the small glowing embers that were still there . If I've got my timing right it'll be going good when heat is needed ... and not before . It's always a balancing act with this stove when temps are between 40? and 60? , it's rated for a much larger space than we currently have . That's about to change ... if the weather ever relents and lets me finish the cellar walls (cement block) . It'll be interesting to see what the official rainfall for the last few days is , my estimate is over 3" , closer to 4" . There's that much in the open cells of my partially-completed block walls .
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8 years ago