First Fire after Two Winters in the Nordic Cold (Story 67)
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After two cold winters, I finally have a working fireplace, which deserves a mini mini celebration! Lots of chores, firewood, cleaning and yes, continuing my banquette / bed seating built-in unit.
In this video:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Picking up building materials
02:55 Happy days
03:58 Painting windows, cleaning, first fire
14:28 Kitchen stove chat
16:00 NordVPN
17:33 Firewood
20:07 Banquette seating
35:24 Pie
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there is fans you can buy for your fireplace that will spread the heat faster and wider. Cost is between 300-600 crowns depending on how big you buy. Clas Ohlsson and Jula have them, search for Kaminfläkt
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You could split some of your firewood into kindling for starting the fire 🔥
It will catch fire more readily if it's split finely 😊
You can use wood shavings or small twigs for starting fires. Keep a bucket full of twigs by your stove. You should have enough twigs for years to come. Use up all the scrap wood from your cuts. Great progress. Be proud.
To add to it, if you got a bunch of newspaper laying around you can just take out a few sheets and mash them up and put it in between the wood.
Don't forget the pinecones, nature's firestarter.
@@TKOin2life👍
Small chips around the wood pile collected and dried make up a good bit of our fire starting ❤ Thanks for including us in your journey…
And pine cones are also great fire starters ( you can collect them throughout the year on your property, keep them in a big basket in your shed to dry out over the year and then they will be perfect come fall winter spring
I think the guys working at the hardware store love when you come there! All day just carpenters and old men with huge cars. And then a woman on a bike demanding lumber, more lumber! My thirst for lumber is not quenched! and then when all lumber is gathered she bikes away to return another day.
lolllll
@@wildrosie Like an adorable lumber goblin, shows up out of nowhere to get yer lumber and then vanishes into the morning fog XD
Rosie, you are truly a pioneer. Now as an 82,year old grandmother know that as a young woman, I was never as strong as you are…You are a gem of a person…so proud to know you even from afar. Thank you for being and sharing with the world…💖
I can't be the only one binge-watching these videos and - in between admiring the hard work, stick-to-it-iveness and attention to detail - thinking of all the jerky guys on social media who leave comments like "Yeah? Well men invented construction and plumbing and do all the HARD jobs, so women should be nicer to us!" Meanwhile this woman is cycling 35km just to pick up loads of wood and then building these perfect things all on her own! I love this so much.
You just had to do this .make it in your own self-interest a battle of genders...I will pray for you.
Yes!!! I totally agree!! xx
Men invented construction - ha - that's not true. She's extraordinary.
A man fell her birch a man fixed her chimney..
She is not extraordinary she only does what most wamen not living in poisonous cities do.
But she is ok to watch design wise.
I actually don't think of herself as extraordinary or even like that term....
Everything sounds chilly and cold and crisp I'm finding your videos interesting
Suggestions:
1. You can buy cast iron fans , which are very cheap, and which you place on top of your wood stove. When the fans heat up, they begin to rotate and blow warm air around the area. With two, you could direct warm air in the direction you wish!
2. Wax between your bed slates to ease the sliding in and out.
3. LOVE everything you do!
I also thought waxing would be better than drawer runs.. heavy drawers usually derail and frustrating to use ..
2. In Scandinavia they use block of soap for that too.. 😊
Yes cooking on my wood 🪵 stove is a life saver 🛟
Adding to 1. those fans are actually electric! They transform the heat to a small voltage with a thermoelectric component which is enough to spin the fan.
You forgot to ask "apple man" over to share
your beautiful pie! He probably has a lot of
knowledge that you could benefit from😊
One little tip. In the summer you pick moss and put it out in the sun to dry. When winter comes you put it between the windows. It will keep the condensation at bay.
Where do you put the moss? At the inside or the outside?
@@juulcy between the two window panels. The inside one is only used in winter.
@@rexochroy2Back east, we called them "storm windows," though they're only use was winter insulation. Makes it kinda like dual pane windows.
It acts as a moisture wick, I take it?
There's obviously so much to praise here, but can I just say all those drone shots are truly magnificent? Like, especially the ones that followed you carrying the firewood - chef's kiss.
One method to spread heat to other rooms is to install hollow pipes with open ends from the back of the stove to the other rooms. When the pipes heats up, so will the air inside them and the hot air will spread into the other rooms by convection.
Love this 💜♥️💜♥️
Great to see you got the fireplace approved! Tip for the Fire starting: take wood inside house at least two days before using it so it dries better. Then make small kindling with small axe or knife. Stack wood first. Then the Firestarter and kindling on top. Guaranteed to start.
And also place your logs so that there are air gaps between them, so the fire can breathe. I usually place them like you build a house of matches
Yes - excellent advice. Or keep old newspapers/magazines for kindling. Another trick my ex and I had was ... keep some small amount of paraffin and place some in the bottom of a jug, stand your kindling sticks in there overnight and they will draw up the paraffin: they will then catch VERY fast and get the fire going super fast indeed. We were staying in a VERY cold stone cottage with very inadequate heating, so we needed the fire to catch as quickly as possible, but this worked really well. I'd suggest keep the paraffin outside (kept ours in the garage), and the kindling jug under shelter somewhere safe though.
Also, when you go for a walk carry a cross-body bag, look for twigs on broken branches, break them off, so that you can also use a bunch of those for kindling: also clumps of dry leaves - as long as they are available.... and DRY! Enjoy your loely warm fires!
Important tip : If splitting kindling use a stick to steady the piece of wood you are trying to split down , NEVER try to hold it with your hand.
I'm sure she'll build some nifty woodcase for all of the wood with a little draw on the bottom for kindling 😅
ROSIE HAS BEAUTIFUL HANDS, NEED PROTECTION W SPECIAL CREAM, MAYBE LEATHER GLOVES?? COULD SOMEONE SEND TO HER? DOES NOT GET A NEWSPAPER, THINK MAIL FAR ON BIKE, WINTER SETTING IN. WHAT A TROOPER, DECIDED TO TAKE OUT WINDOW, STRETCHING TO COVER W PLASTIC, SHE DID IT!! I THANK GOD FOR PROTECTING THIS FINE, GOOD WOMAN!! I PRAY SHE SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK, ENJOY HER AWESOME "STOVE" COOK SOME GOOD HOT SOUP, READ SOME GOOD BOOKS FROM THOSE NEW SHELVES SHE DESIGNED, BAKE SOME BREAD FOR COZY AROMA, WHAT A GIFT SHE IS TO ALL US YT VIEWERS!!❤ great grma nan, 1946 cottage WA state, usa. 82 yrs old Blesses my❤
Congratulations! Deeply respect that you managed those winters without a wood stove
I second this ♥️
Congratulations on everything you have accomplished. Also Birch bark is wonderful to get the fire going along with twigs and thin pieces of wood.
Really impressed with your can do attitude, that journey you make for DIY supplies marks you out as a very special lady. And an example to all of us.
I am half way through the video, sitting with a cup of coffee on a gloomy day here in Serbia (to where I immigrated a year ago from Russia, yup), and I just wanted to share how much light and joy it brings to me watching you, Rosie, going through your ideas and plans and making them come true! And at the same time seeing you honestly sharing your feelings about all that, being funny, with your exceptional British humor - I smile a lot, while watching these vids, I must say - more than watching anything else - your straight to the core meme jokes or just looks into the camera bring so much comfort and a sense of having a cool sister to me! Anyways, you are so inspiring by just being you! Thank you for sharing yourself with the world! Lots and lots of love! xoxo Maria
Your aspirations and dreams are always at your finger tips even when the obstacles seem beyond your advantages. You never cease to amaze yourself as well as us. Bravo
I love your comment wildmary. It resonates with me very much. And I love how the comments on these videos are so real and authentic and thoughtful ❤ It shows what kind of people are watching this
I see Rosie has a burner account on the go. 😂
Привет земляку, тоже сейчас живу в черногории и смотрю это видео) Рози хороша во всех своих делах, очень круто что теперь ей будет тепло)
All the respect for migrating to another country... Hope you have good life in Serbia :)
Invest in a woood stove fan. It works from the heat so its non electronic. It spreads the heat more. You can get a couple to increase the heat efficiency. Jula sells them as Kaminfläkt
I looked at Jula and Clas Ohlson but they have bad reviews so wasn't sure if I should look elsewhere?
@@wildrosiejula or jem & fix! My parents have those and works very well for them!
Amazon corner door fans where I got mine inexpensive work amazing 🤩
I have been looking forward to this video. Bench, now wall behind bench? Very happy for you. This is exciting to see unfold.
Kettle for the stove will keep some moisture in the room.
Rosie, can you believe how far you have come since you bought this place? You should be commended on your patience skill and artistic beauty you have taken to make this place a comfy beautiful home. Not to mention the light humor we all enjoy, and now, it's also warm. ☺️🔥
Sitting by the fire on a cold winter day is one of the greatest life's pleasures.
I couldn't take the smile off my face when you got that fire going, Rosie. As a mother of adult children, I bet your parents are so happy that you're going to have some warmth this winter. You are working so hard. What an inspiration.
That slide out bed base/banquet is an absolute marvel. Well done Rosie!
I wonder if rubbing a bar of soap on the wood so it will pull in and out easier. Just a thought. You inspire so many with your humble way😊
You don’t know how happy I am about your video. I just arrived „home“ in the city I don’t like to life in, after I have been abroad for 1.5 years. I will move next year to finally live a more peaceful life somewhere else with much more nature and less people. I am a bit afraid to wake up tomorrow and find myself in the city I am so unhappy to life in. This video calms me down and to look forward not backwards. Thanks for this.
I understand how you feel, and I wish you all the best! I guess the positive thing is that you now truly know this city isn't the place for you, and all you have to do is figure out how to leave, and that's kind of exciting :)
I appreciate your words Rosie, especially because you were in the same situation when you left London. It’s exciting and a bit frightening. Thanks for being here and inspiring me.
A little tip for wood glueing: use a Silikon brush like the one you use in the kitchen. It perfectly distributes the glue and is a dream to clean - plus you save on paper towels 💪🏼
Loving your videos, they are so calming and beautifully shot 🫶🏼
What a good idea. I've worked with wood glue for years and feel like a dope for having never thought to do this. Thank you!
I said this on your recap video already but it bears repeating; what an absolutely amazing life you've got over there. I'm so jealous I can't even begin to say!!
What you're doing is actually _living_ , and I think its a privilege for us that you allow the users of TH-cam to observe it with you.
you have probably figured this out now you have had your stove a while, but if you not been firing it steadily here is a tip I learned from heating our mountain cabin with a Morso Squirrel stove. It takes time.
It is just a 600 square foot vacation cabin, so its kept unheated unless a family member is visiting. (The water gets turned off and drained from all the plumbing when people leave in winter and you must turn on as you arrive.). The house is the same ambient temperature as outdoors, which as you know can be really COLD! It takes a good 18-24 hours of building large fires (as large as the morso allows) for the not just the interior air to warm up, but all the wood, insulation, furniture and other household contents (essentially the mass) to do so too. The other materials in the house steal the warmth from the air to rise in temperature too...its heat transfer. Once everything in the house gets warm then a moderate fire can keep everything toasty warm or even get too hot and we must open a window or door. It is very well insulated cabin and has dual pane windows, so your mileage may vary. So glad you got your wood stove! Fans help too in order to get air moving. With your circular traffic flow maybe you can figure out strategic fan placmeent to get a circular air flow through all the rooms in clockwise fashion. PS. there is nothing special about a morso squirrel, besides being adorable
Very true and well explained !
Thats right, First Night in a very cold house is Not easy, a hotwater bottle in the bed is also a must because the cold bedwear is also stealing the higher temperature from the Body
@@gabim4016 our cottage is heated solely by wood stove and this is true, everything has to warm up first before becoming comfortable. We placed a couch with a pull out bed facing the woodstove and we sleep there the first night in when we go in winter since at -20c it takes awhile for all the mattresses to warm up!
Such helpful, sound, wise counsel.
We are in the midst of building a 600 sq ft cabin right now so this is really good to know. I purchased a Lopi Evergreen WBS but sounds like we will also need a small portable heater for those first nights.
When you have the old fashion inner windows that are lose , it's tradition in Sweden to roll up an evening paper and wrap it with a sheet of cotton "wool" and put on the bottom it in between the outer and inner window. looks good and helps with isolation. we also buy a special window tape that you wet in water and close the gap between the lose windows and on the side to prevent cold air to come in.
You are amazing - so talented, creative, and hardworking! Holy smokes your place is coming together !
For more warmth you can add more logs than just one or two. I get my fire going strong then fill the woodstove up with 2 layers of side by side logs. My logs are pretty big and I can fit 8-9 logs in all fairly close together. I wake up 7.5 hours later to a bed of coals. Even if it’s just embers in a bed of ash - stir it. You see more embers pop up. Add a little dried bark, sticks etc. once a little fire starts add some dried sticks and then your logs. Rosie, you ll need an ash can with air tight lid. You need to clean the ash out as the ash bed gets deeper. Do not empty that ash can for 24 -48 hours. You want to make sure every single ember is out before you dump it. Be sure the can has an air tight lid.
Exactly this. Start big and strong and afterwards simply maintain the ember upping the wood as needed.
Yup stack the wood 🪵 in your stove when the coals are going well !I am sure you’ll get the hang of it in no time You will love 💗 your wood 🪵 stove nothing like wood 🪵 burning stoves.So so happy your going to be cozy this winter ❄️
Yes! This 🤗
A metal ash can should have 2 bottoms, one that touched the floor and one that keeps the ash above the bottom. In case you scoop some coals.
For dispersing heat around the house, try this: Get one of those heat fans that operate by placing it on the wood stove. The fan operates when it is heated by the stove. And open a window a tiny bit in the direction you want the heat to go.
Surround your gas stove with large rocks, limestone, or bricks. They hold heat and you will save on fire wood.
Yes the brick trick is very handy as you can also move them to other areas if needed ones they are warm
The fan is ridiculously effective for moving heat.
@@DivigI would claim the opposite. Peltier powered fans are very very WEAK, they only moves the air a tiny bit away from the stove.
@@calysagora3615 we must have experienced different brands/designs then. All the ones I have seen have been great.
Depending on the type of stove, blocking it off with stones can actually drastically REDUCE the efficiency and heat radiation to a net negative.
This happened to me, moving into a cottage where the previous owner took that advice, and as I discarded his ugly stone pile, the stove heated the house much MUCH faster, and kept the house warmer for longer.
I reality you rather stop the heat from going into the room, and save it in rocks to dissipate up the chimney as the natural convection creates a continued updraft long after the fire goes out.
A better method was having a bucket of rocks that I put on the stove AFTER it heats up, and then moving it to a colder corner or to where you are, both during and when letting the fire go out.
Girl you are one determined woman. Riding bike cutting wood and riding back
You are amazing
Have you ever tried an electric bike, you can go fast for miles with no effort.
Rosie, you are such an amazing young lady. I really admire your determination and focus in getting things done. It made me laugh when you mentioned your spider!! They are wonderful little creatures, and I’m pretty sure it won’t hurt you, so try not to worry about it! Thank you for sharing your life with us. I’m sure you have times when it all feels too hard, but you keep plugging away and progressing. You are an absolute inspiration x
Watched all 67 videoes in three days now, you are amazing! And your development with the skills with the tools is incredible! Greetings from the west coast of Norway!
Lovely to see you went for the Norwegian brand Jøtul! 🤩 stack the wood like a hashtag, and chop up some kindling wood. Dont close the door fully until the chimney is warm and the fire is burning well. You should get the fireplace installer back to redo the fireplace, he should have put something under the legs to get the oven leveled. This will be a game changer for you. Congrats 😘
I've experienced the wonderful heat of a Jotul and its life saving in the deepest freeze.
Love you videos! Just a tip! add the fire starters "under" the wood, prefered under birch bark and small wood parts. And sleep in the same room as the stove is.
My technique has since every so slightly improved haha!
Another tip is just to get peels of birch bark (peel it off of the birch logs you have ) and use those as a fire starter. That way you won't have to buy fire starters and birch bark works perfectly. Also,.. if you have an axe,.. chop some pieces into smaller pieces and use that as kindling,... they catch fire quicker and help you start the fire with just one stroke of a match!
@chriswooten57 There's a really good tool for that. It's called späntkniv in Swedish. I highly recommend it.
Fire lighting is a meditation for me - I settle in and watch it take for some stillness, bit also to make sure ! I'm sure you got it sorted (I raced to the comments 😂)
Never build up your firewood in the stove before starting. Cold air is heavy and in a cold oven the cold air will settle in it and in the pipes. You have to warm up the cold air in those spaces in order for heat/smoke to draw out through the chimney. It you don’t the smoke won’t have any place to go except out into your house and you will have a giant scare and mess on your hands trying to take flaming smoking logs out of your wood stove to get it all to stop. And the smoke can kill you. I ve heated with wood stove for 14 years. The above scenario has happened to me twice simply because I made the fire too fast and added the bigger logs before the warm air was fully drafting up the chimney. What I do: start off with balled up paper. Stack teepee style dried twigs around it. Light the paper. Continue adding twigs. Maybe a little more paper. Then larger twigs. Then branches. When the fire is good and hot add your logs one or two at a time until you have as many in there as you want. Have your air intake up high and your drafts fully open. Keep door slightly ajar. Once the fire is going hot and strong you can close the door and adjust your drafts and how hot you want it to burn. Please listen to this. It s not like starting an outdoor fire at all when you can just build it with a good base and light it on fire. There’s a lot of danger in not doing it right with a woodstove. Don’t leave the area until your stove door is closed. Your wood stove should heat your tiny house thoroughly. I have my woodstove in my basement
My house isn’t huge but considerably bigger than yours. My house is toasty warm. I have to sleep with my bedroom windows open 4 inches every night otherwise my room is too hot!
You might want to invest in some good heavy thick curtains for the windows. They keep out so much cold.
She probably won’t, unless they are “cute”. Heavy curtains that could make her more comfortable are not within her design aesthetic, or sense of herself. Just like driving is not a priority, warmth has not been a priority. She is not actually interested in comfort. She’s wants a visually satisfying environment. It’s a life choice and to enjoy her videos you have to align yourself with her mindset. There are so many people wanting to advise her on what to do next that would enhance the day to day comfort, get a stove, get a cat. A CAT? She never touched that cat that came up to her in the shopping video. She doesn’t “believe” in domesticated animals. You have to care for them and they are messy and need food and vets and attention. It’s not within her comfort zone to share her space with other sentient beings. They get in the way of building the things that are part of the plan. She puts up with the stove and the need for wood (the inability to make a fire is astounding given the 50 comments on how to make a fire but she doesn’t truly care about being “cozy” with a cup of tea like her viewers her want to be). Personally, I love your heavy curtain suggestion. But, I live in a warm home with people and a dog and a job that pays for it.
ps. you have to look around and be so proud of all you've accomplished and how far your house has came. Im a new subscriber and love this channel. simple, modest & friendly. and not loud. other channels could take a lesson from your channel. congrats.
Well said!
The pie looked delicious. So happy you have a heat source this coming winter!! Just a tip from a Canadian who has heated with wood for many year , to get a good draw of air when starting the fire leave the door slightly open vs fully open and you will create more draw thus igniting the wood and creating a hotter flame. To get more heat add a few pieces of wood vs just 1 or two. Your burn time will actually be longer and you will get more radiant heat as the metal warms more. Then just add a couple fans. Well done and looking very cozy! ❤
Where did these carpentry genes come from?
Rosie, you should start a membership for your channel. I'd love to be a patron.
I started following you last week, and what you are accomplishing is such a testament to courage, grit, perseverance, and determination. Can't wait to see what you do next.
You're smart to maintain those wooden window frames. Don't leave the outside of the frames another year. Most people wait too long and get left with rotten frames and having to replace them. Thinner sticks will make great kindling for starting fires quickly. You have been and are continuing to learn a lot, really! I'm impressed by how much you've done so far on a very restricted budget. Subscribed.
Thanks for sharing - you are doing really well and things are starting to look actually cosy and I loved your berry pie.
Your stove is beautiful, but you might find it actually takes a wee while to become as efficient as it can be. Another thing that occurs to me (though it may not suit your lifestyle) is, keep a kettle of water on that stove all the time, set a pan on there to heat soup or re-heat meals. Stoves were all originally multi-purpose - don't just use them to heat a room!
Another idea is - your curtain to the cold 'hall' needs to be a LOT thicker and heavier. IF you have an old duvet or heavy blanket (?), and if the curtain pole can take it, hang it behind your curtain, or sew/pin them together. It is best if it can overhang the sides and pool on the floor to cut all drafts. A friend lived in an ancient stone cottage, listed so could not add central heating and it was freezing cold. She made beautiful lined curtains, far too big for the windows, and interlined with thrift store blankets - they made a huge difference and the house was very cosy. I really believe in using every creative and re-purposing method available to save funds in every way.
Yes I love that idea!
@@wildrosie Howdy - left a message for you offering to challenge your notions a little bit in a previous vid. As for the warmth idea, I once rented a house (I'm in Canada) that was about 150 years old. The house was kept warm with a wood fire, like yours is now. The owners left a single, incredibly thin sarong style piece of colourful fabric between the main living part of the house, and the rear lounge (there were 2) in an open doorway. I was gobsmacked to find that this thin fabric kept in the heat in the main part of the house. It was shivering cold in the rear lounge when the fabric covered the doorway and was warm when the fabric was moved out of the way. I tested this repeatedly over six months of Canadian cold. This rewrote all the anecdotes I had read and received, insisting on extremely thick coverings to protect from heat loss. Interestingly, if you can create an airpocket with fabric/ material of choice, that airpocket is highly adept at slowing down the transfer of heat quickly. Till then, George
So glad you have a working wood stove. You are going to feel so much better this winter. Nothing else can bring your spirit low like being bone cold!
You get used to it and actually its not that cold in south sweden, maybe in February we get minus degrees.
I'm an American living in Sweden, but I have an old cabin in Wisconsin where I spend my summers. The cabin is in need of renovation. Your videos are so inspiring. I feel like I can do some of it myself. You're giving me so many ideas! I've been so afraid! Thank you!!!!
Rosie,
I haven’t had the chance to congratulate you on reaching 100,000 even though you are at 104,000 now…..
So, Congratulations Dear One, I am so happy for you…..
Keep On Keeping On Sweet Lady….
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Marley
from USA in Missouri
May your house be warm. Your teacup full and the path you travel smooth!! ❤
May the wind be always at your back.
Two words! Thick curtains. You'll be amazed how much heat goes out the glass👍 and yt haw to make a fire, hubby was trying to explain to me that you make a little pyramid shape with sticks to start🤷♀️😂 I said I'll learn when I don't have him around...... Bearing in mind we have no fires in the house😬🤣
Yes, it's not a bad idea to have thicker winter curtains that you can change when a warmer season comes (unless you want to keep year around, of course).
If you read this comment, I just want to let you know that you are awesome and you are doing so good!! Massive respect from Copenhagen :D
Hi Rosie, looks like you’re getting quite a bit of advice on the stove but I’ll chip in….. I think there’s a lever at the bottom of the stove which control air flow into it. Usually you start with it as open as it goes far to the right and then it ends up somewhere in the centre once you have a constant heat. The fans will help circulate air but you want to be running the stove as much as possible as it will build up within your little house over time. Love your channel by the way x
Good morning Rosie... thank you again for sharing these moments of your life. I can't adequately express what a gift you are to my life every time you post a video. Watching you sit by the fire finally able to snuggle into its warmth in your little house made my heart soar with joy. Sending you love from Northern California. 🫂🌹🫂
Its great to see the smoke coming from your chimney knowing you will have a more comfortable house this winter.
What an incredible spirit this woman has! I totally admire her grit and determination!
Making firewood keeps you warm at 3 occasions : chopping and cutting the timber, stacking it and last but not least burning it. Happy cosy season
Are you using the flue to control the burn in your woodstove? Having it wide open will make it easier to light, and then closing it once the fire is raging will slow the burn so that you can keep it burning 24/7.
Also...... I love your pull-out bed! It's just like the ones that lots of people have in their campervans or motor homes! The 'end table' part of it will need to be MUCH higher - remember that you'll have cushioning or a mattress on the sitting/sleeping bit, and you dont want your bedding to sweep everything off the end table.
I'm loving how things are progressing. And that you're now over 100k followers!
Dear Rosie. When you light the fire you open the vents. When the fire is going; load with wood and then shut down the vents until it just 'bubbles' You need a mixture of large and thick pieces and smaller. Larger pieces go onto it when its going well. light the cooker and keep it going. That will warm the central core of your home. Interline the curtains (ie curtain + thick blanket+ interlining). close curtains/shutters in all rooms you are not using... Ps I grew up off grid and just passing this on. You are doing a fantastic job x
New subscriber here. I don't remember exactly how I came across your channel but I've found it to be fascinating. I'm so impressed with your adventurous spirit and willingness to take on new challenges. As a man who has built several homes over the years, I find myself wanting to reach through my computer screen and be the helping hand you so often need. However, that might rob you of the gratification you must feel as you experience your achievements large and small. I commend you for having the fortitude to forge ahead on your projects no matter the challenges. I will continue to monitor your progress with your home in the north woods. I wish you much success.
This is how we do it in our house :)
1. Open a window or a door because in the winter there is a cold air down draught in the chimney (you can see if there is one by putting your hand in the stove and if there is cold air coming down there is one).
2. Put two bigger wood pieces in the middle and one fire starter in there, light the fire starter.
3. Add some smaller wood pieces on top of the bigger ones, on top of the flame. Build your fire like a # criss-cross
4. Almost close the door to the stove, have it maybe 1-2cm open for at least 10 minutes. When you close it you can put another piece of wood in the fire before you close it.
5. When the fire is going, you can close the window/door you opened. If the fire goes out, open it a bit again until the fire gets bigger.
You can use candle wax on the wood on wood part of the bed to reduce the friction when pulling the bed out. Also it looked like one of the roof tiles are cracked at 11:54 🙂
I do this with ordinary drawers and it really works.
@@Maraaha55 That's also how I learned of it 🙂
We used to use soap
If you take the label off a glass bottle you can use it as a rolling pin. You can even put cold water in it to keep the pastry cool and add more weight.
I cut the inside of my hand open doing this method. A left over dowel piece from the clothes closet would be better.🌸
Rosie I admire your ability, skills and determination. Glad you are going to be warm this winter and congratulations on over 100k subscribers, fully deserved 🎉. Kudos 🙏👍
Watching the fire get lit surprised me as to how could you live in such a harsh environment and not be a fire maniac. lol. We use kindling, small sticks and branches before sticking a larger piece of wood in. Beautiful warm result though. Such an inspiration to all women to get out there and do things you love without constraints.❤
. Heating this whole house to 20C over the winter will use loads of wood. We talking something int he range of 15-30m3. But if you don´t heat it and love in it it will be very moist. The solution, a dehumidifier.
Sounds like you are freezing pretty much always. You should never freeze, of you are freezing stop and think about it. The reason might also sometimes be that you have to much clothes on.
Swedish army trick. Always have two pairs of gloves. One thin pair and one thick pair (possibly one size to large). Have the thicker larger gloves over then thin gloves . If you need to work on something small, you can still have the thin gloves on. This might save your life quite literally.
For a cap its similar. A thin and a thick. Women with long hair usually have a head-band in steed of a cap. This way moisture evaporate. This is good if you work hard or biking. Typically you take the thin cap/head-band of when putting the thick on.
Feet same thing. Have a thin pair of socks, and a thick pair on top, there are specially socks made specifically for this called "raggsockor", but you can just use two normal socks.
This will help a lot. If you are still freezing there is one more thing, something called "underställ" . its typically a par of pants and skirt that is made to wear under your normal every day clothes. If worn right, they are invisible when fully dressed.
Also try to avoid wearing a parka or a outdoor jacket indoors. The issue is specially if its a bit chilly indoors that a parka is somewhat water tight, and moisture from the skin is not escaping. This will make you ever so slightly wet that is often not noticeable. But it will make you miserable cold. Like bone chilling cold. The only way of solving it is to get out of those clothes.
Doing this you will probobly never really feel cold again and you can work outdoors when its cold and stormy.
When lighting a fire, be sure when stacking the wood that you create space between logs so that the oxygen can fuel the fire. Then add your kindling or pine cones. if you've got paper that will help build heat fast. Well done!
You have very quickly become my favourite TH-cam channel. I love watching your house take shape and am so impressed with you skill and craftsmanship x
Rosie great stove...i live in the middle of nowere and also keep warm with my woodstove..
I get all the twiggs from the trees and dry them over the summer....excellent stuff to start a fire....and if you afd a new block do not put it straight on the flames it will block the air . You will learn in time...🎉🎉
I’m a perfectionist, but girl you win. I would have painted the window right in the frame.
Good afternoon Rosie ... thanks as always for the upload - the many facets involved of you creating / uploading are greatly appreciated from this fan / sub. Your drone footage / editing is amazing ... and your sublime (British?) humour is percolating and bubbling and it is damn fun to see. Take great care and looking forward to the next chapters in your story.
Her humor is brilliant!
Dutch humour!
I actually get sad when the weekend comes and goes without a "Roaming Rosie" video upload 💖🌷😊💗 Your videos are SO worth the wait 🥰... You're AMAZING!
Congrats, Rosie! I think you will get to love your house in a totally new way with the crackling sounds from the wood in the fireplace.
I know some people has mentioned newspaper to start your fire, but after asking my local fire dept. About this, they recommend not using paper, because it creates a lot of residue, that over time can cause a chimney fire.
I just keep a knife by the fireplace and whittle off small shavings and start a fire with that.
Just wanted to share something I've learned over the years, was not trying to be a know-it-all
You are a remarkable woman. So impressed by your vision, hard work and commitment. Bravo! 🙏🏽
You live in woods, gather pine cones, let dry, these are excellant fire starters due to resin in them. But, in an enclosed firebox, use one cone at a time, if too many they can really taie off and be dangerous.
I love the bits of humor and dry witty things you sprinkle in. If you’re hesitant about that, this is encouragement to keep going with it 😊
You are an inspiration Rosie, imagine that trip 30+ km to pick up lumber with a bicycle and trailer!
Great videos and commentary. You are fearless & awesome.
Rose, I have built 2 houses,one,a cabin, and the other I'm still building. You are a impressive young woman. One suggestion ;use the side of the house for a "propagation shed" it improves return on time invested in the garden
Great move, I did a same,moved from Ireland to Czech Republic, bought a cheap house in mountains without neighbors...I have to renovate as well...few solar panels should lower your el.bills in half ..u learned a lot there,your soul growing up a way faster then middle of London.. Good luck there 👍
Hi, Rosie. Your wood stove passed… YAY! It would be really good if the chimney man would get the wood stove in the kitchen working. You did an excellent job on the seat and the drawer. I continue to be impressed with your joinery skills! See you next time❤️
Rosie, you are so amazing!! You are not afraid to tackle anything, no matter how hard it might be, especially since you will be doing it alone. I am always impressed. I told my sister about your channel and she now watches it faithfully and always looks forward to it. We are both retired so I guess we live through the things that you do since we can no longer do them ourselves. I am thrilled that you now have a wood stove and you will not have to be cold this winter. I am so enthralled with the unit you are making in your library; it is going to be so fantastic. You are going to be able to accomplish so much this winter since you will be inside. I am looking forward to you being able to move back into your home. Blessings to you dear Rosie…………..
absolutely love your videos, when I first saw one I went to the channel page and spent several days for viewing them all. please do not stop recording and thank you
You have a lot of motivation and perfectionism
So many emotions when watching these videos. I was SO happy for you when I saw the smoke coming out of the chimney. Cozy. Fireplace warmth is a quintessential part of the Scandinavian cottage life. The other one is sauna. ✨
And that spider coming to stare at you at night: hilarious! 😂
Glad you got your wood burner approved - not that I doubted for a second that Chimney Man would have done anything but an amazing job. It will be great for helping to dry laundry in winter too. I was going to suggest making a pulley/ceiling mounted clothes rack, but I think you probably have enough work to do!
Felt pads underneath the drawers will make them easy to pull out and won’t mark your floors. The banquette is such an excellent idea.
Another fine video, Rosie! You have a knack for storytelling and I enjoy every minute of these stories that you are telling about your home.
Don't waste money on fire starters! Always think small to big when making fires, you should start with small pieces of wood before those big ones, you can keep a small axe inside, or on your doorstep so yo can split smaller pieces. Collect pieces of bark, and make kindling so you have it ready, it will work better in the long run, you can also use candle-scraps, and everything paper. Keep more wood inside so it can dry, and warm up.
Great work Rosie. You keep getting better and better at carpentry. Gather up all the twigs and small pieces of wood around your property and throw them in a bucket near your stove to dry. In no time you will have easy (and free) fire starter.
This gal has very special qualities, much respect to you Rosie 💯
Heating that far away room?
Try putting a cast iron pan with big rocks in it on your stove to heat them up, and then with kitchen mittens bring this to your faraway room and place it down in a safe way, and it will radiate the heat there.
The wood stove looks fantastic! We use a small electrical fan to move the hot air around. It sounds counterintuitive and you'd think it would cool the house down, but actually it just redistributes the warm air into colder parts of the house. Hope you have a cosy winter!
So darn proud of you...your ingenuity, your tenacity, your humility, and your humor. Love your detailed and careful work. You are building a personal masterpiece of art. Keep on your path!
VERY WELL STATED!! ROSIE IS A STAR OF HER OWN DOCUMENTARY, WILL BE ENJOYED BY MANY WORLDWIDE!!!
I just found one of your video and now I'm falling love with your channel. You are such an amazing woman. i'm living alone too and now I'm not really feeling lonely after watching your video. Thankyou ❤
I Just got it. In Story 63 you say you thought you would be spending all winter making pies and warming in front of the fire. And here you are doing it. love the story line.
Thankyou for the vlog Rosie, always a joy. Insulation is the key to a warm house and efficient retention of the heat with shutters on windows and doors and thick curtains? We chop kindling and keep it by the fire so that its super dry to start another. In the winter we don't let the fire out. Pallets make good kindling as well as fir cones and the ends of fresh pine (pine oil in the pine).
You are so amazing. So radical. I admire your life with so little compromises, accepting the ups and downs of this approach. Wish you happiness and a warm winter. ❤
I am so jealous of where you are. That's been a lifelong dream to have a place where I can watch nature while sitting by a warm fire and a coffee or tea.
What an adventure. I admire your strength and determination.
A trick: put a large candle in the firebox and light it, before starting the fire, in order the get the cold air out of the chimney, and then start the fire in the box….it will pull the air/fire upwards more easily….
And you should probable haver a heat/fireproof asbestos type sheet against the wall behing the fireplace….
Your woodworking skills have progressed well beyond the amateur level that you started at, very impressive, that from a retired carpenter. Now to help with warming from the wood stove (fireplace as you say) consider an Ecofan, (the original made in Canada) no electricity required, no installation and silent. Congrats on 100K subs!
You did an amazing job on the seating-pull out! I am very impressed! Happy that you got your fireplace also.
To improve heating efficiency, in addition to the heat-powered woodstove fans, also add a couple of fans in doorways to move heat throughout the place. Just turn them on low and let them work.
It makes me so happy to see wood smoke curling out of your chimney, Rosie 😊 You’ll get the hang of using the wood stove and how to best get the warmth to circulate with time. How nice to have at least a cozy, warm spot to retreat to and get the chill off. Excited to see the banquet all done and fitted out for a nice place to sit and to sleep. Your resilience and ingenuity is inspiring. ❤
7:10 loved that moment. The realization that you could give yourself a treat by turning on the fireplace. Keep at it Rosie, it’s turning into a beautiful spot.
I am so inspired by this journey you are making, if only I was 40 years younger...
If you can get a used/old stockpot, put it on the woodstove and keep it topped up with water. This will add valuable humidity to your house and reduce static while the stove is burning. For the 'office', remove that door for the time being to allow more airflow. I have 3 of the stovetop fans to blow heat in 3 directions. I asked for them for Christmas gifts and got them.
I just love how your little homestead looks cozier and cozier. You are so skillfull and patient. I really admire you. Keep up the great work :).
Wow!!!! You are such a brave woman to have survived those brutal winters without proper heating. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I live in cold Montana and it will help heat up your house if you add some insulated curtains. Of course you would open them during the day for light but you can keep it warmer at night by closing the insulated curtains This has helped me. Just an idea!