We live in the Western NC mountains and have a stove in the basement too. Since we are retired and heat the house primarily with wood, the fire stays lit for days on end, so no fire starting for me. I do have to go downstairs and check it from time to time. In the evening, it usually takes about three beers to check it out thoroughly. Nice stove.
Nice Stove/Ash Tray! LOL I like the fact that you can throttle them down with the draft control and damper. I'm stuck with a ravenously hungry Rumford Fireplace. My honey likes the open flame and loves to listen to the sound of the fire... And I like to cut firewood, right? She thinks it's a Win-Win! You had a good idea for content, it seems everybody has their own technique. I keep looking for a surplus M2 Flamethrower on Craigslist and Marketplace so I don't have to waste all of that time fooling around with paper and kindling! Oh, forgot to tell ya that I received my t-shirt... Looks Great! Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
If you haven’t tried already, I suggest you try to start fire the reverse-top down. I’ll throw a couple 3-4 normal size pieces at the bottom and then kindle and paper on top of that and then start it up. I like that method bc it gets hot quickly and since I got a few large pieces at the bottom I can leave the fire and do other things until it needs a reload. Thanks for sharing!
I'd suggest try anthracite. you'll never burn wood again. wood is nice, but if you add up all the gas, oil used to transport, cut, split it, and labor, it actually costs more to heat with wood than coal, for less heat
Good morning. I have an Xtrodinaire 33 Elite Fireplace Insert, American made. I had it installed professionally, with a 6” stainless steel liner in the chimney. It has two, 90 CMF Blowers, that I only use when the outside temp goes into the single numbers. It heats my 2200 sq ft house. The Insert has the dual burn system with the tubes at the top of the firebox. It has an air wash system that keeps the glass clean. Good luck with your stove.
I really enjoy sitting around a fireplace! There's nothing else like wood heat!! Very few people around by me burn coal. Everybody burning wood. Stay safe my friend!!
My dad had a stove I believe was that same stove. He burned wood in it also. Your not the only one struggling to get videos out. But soon. Stay safe and stay positive ❤
Love that stove Scheib! I’m looking to put a wood burner in my garage and would love to find one like that with the view windows on the front. Thanks for sharing brother!👍🏻👍🏻
do you get alot of smoke in the house it looked like the flame comes out each time you open it. I'm thinking of buying a mark 3 to burn wood only but worried seeing its a coal stove?
Hey Jerry I don’t get to much smoke as long as you keep the pipe open. When these were first made the were wood/coal until the EPA got there hands in the mix.
Also, I've read up about the glass staying clean, and after some testing in my Mark III, I notice if I keep the temperature up higher, less soot accumulates on the glass because there is enough heat to vaporize the moisture inside the chamber. I've been watching my exhaust thermometer, which is about 2 feet above the top of my stove, and it stays between 350-400, so I'm guessing the case is close to 500 on the inside. It generates a LOT of heat. I know I could close the damper down to about 1.5 - 2 full turns open in order to cool the exhaust to 300, but I notice at that lower temp is when my glass starts gumming up again.
Say, I have a Salvo Citationcoal/wood stove and the manual doesn't mention shit as far as changing the configuration of the grates, etc. To burn wood...did you modify your stove to burn wood, i.e. remove grates?
No you don’t have to do anything a coal stove will burn wood but a wood stove won’t burn coal. Coal needs most of the air from under the fire. Wood uses most of the air from above the fire.
@@OutsidewithScheib thanks for the reply! My question is: do I remove the grates to burn wood or do I just feed this hungry stove because the grates allow soooooo much air into it?
@@justanotherbum007 I just close the air off under the grate with the stew adjust knob. Let the air come in from the glass. Then adjust the pipe damper I get 12-14 hour burns if I want
how much wood are you going through each season. how long will you get out of a full loaded stove? is it burning crazy fast. I'm worried ill be going throw twice as much wood. I have a old federal air tight stove. I was thinking of replacing. I can get the mark 3 for 300 dollars my house is 2000 square foot was a little cold last year. but I live in Pennsylvania and normally use only 3 cord of wood. I've heard people using 8 with these stoves. also I don't wanna be to hot if u can't damper it down.
If the stove is in your basement how well does it heat your house? i have a indoor wood furnace and it does forced hot air. i would love to down size that monster to just a wood stove.
Hello, which model hitzer do you have , I have the 254 has draft control on bottom front and bottom back thermostat, I'm wondering if the bottom draft is inefficient for wood burning, first season with stove but after doing research I'm wondering if I made a mistake but wanted versatility to burn coal in extreme longer cold spells. What do you think about your hitzer? Thanks
Alright bud , here we go .., I have not got asked this question before but would love to give you my experience with the254 hitzer which I still own and use for the last 12 yrs. I found my recipe to be this for me….. I turned off the back draft air thermostat and set a piece of steel on the silver door ledge , use this air inlet no more. When I have my raging fire and my temperature is up to what I want I only use the front slotted door at the bottom for air inlet and the flue stick above is set at about 2” out from the gold fin plate, I leave it in that position all day , never touch flue rod again. When wood needs added I open bottom air door slightly, then open top glass door slo w , add wood, 5-6 pieces, shut glass wait for it to reach my thermometer temperature on wall 8ft. Away hanging , then adjust air slots as needed , usually never all the way closed. Always leave a 1” bed of ash and just poke a few holes near front into the grate when starting a new fire and repeat above⬆️. I agree with you the bottom air draft is not efficient for firewood , but this thing does heat my house from the basement and the removable ash pan is great , so you can empty without disturbing the fire….. I do get coals left after 8 hrs. And the restart is just poke some more holes in the morning, rake the back coals forward let air to it to ignite and add wood to start the day , my heating bill is practically nothing 👍 Hope this novel helps you out , you may find another trick or two though. Ps I’ve never put coal in mine
@@a.luchesa6823 I also forgot to say I do not use the shaker handle , I removed it and made a custom steel cover box to go over and block it , no extra air needed their. Plus everyone wanted to play with it 🤣😁. Thanks again
@@richysoutdoors2591 Richy thanks for your reply on this , I'm running it similar , what do you mean by putting a piece of steel in the back ? I turn thermostat way down and tap it , are you covering it up with steel and not using it for starts ? Mainly the only thing I'm doing differently is I close the flue rod all the way in when fire is up , which is 2/3 closed , that may need more experiment. Hitzer simply needed to make some slots up top and then close bottom with wood. Didn't think of all this at the time , rookie. But I will make it work I paid a good penny for it brand new. Have you experimented with your flue stick, and that was the best thing that worked for then? 2 inches out from from the sloped overhang ? Thanks man , don't run into many to talk about this with.
@@a.luchesa6823 slots up top and close bottom for wood burning is exactly right bud👍. On the back flap I just basically meant I don’t use it at all . And mine was pretty damn pricey brand new is right , I still may put some coal in at evening , but haven’t yet.
Hey man, nice setup! I also have a Harman Mark III, it came with the house when we bought it (it was a strong selling point to me). I've been burning a mixture of wood and anthracite in my stove. I'm interested in your procedure for starting because it's very similar to mine. The problem I have is my stove is in my basement of a two-story 90s colonial, which means I have a really tall chimney, probably near 30 - 35 feet. I have been using a small space heater for about 5 minutes in order to build up enough heat to start a good flow in the chimney. The temp outside is 25 F, and in my basement, it's 67. It's a lot of cold air to push up the chimney. After 5 mins I quickly get some kindling in there and use a small kitchen-grade butane torch, all while still pushing hot air from the space heater through the bottom damper door. I've got a system down to allow minimal smoke to back feed into the house, but it's annoying getting it started. Any ideas on how to make this startup easier? We love running our stove... it's noon and already 80 degrees down here, and by 9pm at night, the whole house is in the 80s-90s while we watch the snow fall. Thanks for your video and hope you have a good day!
I normally just leave the basement door open this get the cool air coming in and pushes the warm air up the pipe haven’t had a problem doing it that way since I started.
Het, Scheib I do about the same when starting fire. the thing i do is after the kindling is in ,cup of diesel fuel then big wood and lighter up tune draft down later . you stay safe the SR.
Thanks Stan. That’s the way the stove is designed it was marketed as a wood/coal stove when the first came out many years ago now they are classified as coal only. Coal likes air from the top and bottom of the fire. The air around the windows provided the air for that and at the same time helping keep the glass clean.
@@OutsidewithScheib I understand I use a 1980 Vermont casting intrepid that is a dual use. I’m lucky it’s design is air tight. It’s so small when it’s not it can get dangerously hot. Try a bit of digging you might be able to make that stove a bit more efficient. Any how keep up the great content. Idea for content. Compare how you do things now compared to years past. I’d like to hear about the changes if any 👍
great stove. I have a MARK I. put 60 lbs. of ANTHRACITE in there, mine burns for 24 HOURS. never cleaned chimney since 2003. NO CREOSOTE.
Great idea showing this because it's extremely different from newer wood stoves. Nice vid. Thank you.
Took the day off of work to get our Class A chimney installed, can't wait to have wood heat as well! Nice fire!
We live in the Western NC mountains and have a stove in the basement too. Since we are retired and heat the house primarily with wood, the fire stays lit for days on end, so no fire starting for me. I do have to go downstairs and check it from time to time. In the evening, it usually takes about three beers to check it out thoroughly. Nice stove.
Roaring fire you got there Scheib! Like your stove! We are still in the upper 40's here. That thing will heat you out of the house.
Keep warm my friend and keep up the great work
Love the feeling of warmth from a wood stove! And the stink bug more BTUs lol great video scheib
Nice Stove/Ash Tray! LOL I like the fact that you can throttle them down with the draft control and damper. I'm stuck with a ravenously hungry Rumford Fireplace. My honey likes the open flame and loves to listen to the sound of the fire... And I like to cut firewood, right? She thinks it's a Win-Win! You had a good idea for content, it seems everybody has their own technique.
I keep looking for a surplus M2 Flamethrower on Craigslist and Marketplace so I don't have to waste all of that time fooling around with paper and kindling!
Oh, forgot to tell ya that I received my t-shirt... Looks Great! Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
If you haven’t tried already, I suggest you try to start fire the reverse-top down. I’ll throw a couple 3-4 normal size pieces at the bottom and then kindle and paper on top of that and then start it up. I like that method bc it gets hot quickly and since I got a few large pieces at the bottom I can leave the fire and do other things until it needs a reload. Thanks for sharing!
I start fires the same, did it bottom up for years and read an article that said the most efficient way is top down, been doing it that way since.
I’ll have to give it a try someday
Would that work for an insert to?
Works for all wood fueled fires I've started, furnace, grill, pit, barrel stove
I'd suggest try anthracite. you'll never burn wood again. wood is nice, but if you add up all the gas, oil used to transport, cut, split it, and labor, it actually costs more to heat with wood than coal, for less heat
Received my hoodies and they were worth the wait thanks again Scheib 👍
That’s great glad you got the and I am sorry it took so long
I have a wood and coal furnace haven't burned coal yet I will when it stays cold I always mix my wood and coal together makes the smell better.
Good morning. I have an Xtrodinaire 33 Elite Fireplace Insert, American made. I had it installed professionally, with a 6” stainless steel liner in the chimney. It has two, 90 CMF Blowers, that I only use when the outside temp goes into the single numbers. It heats my 2200 sq ft house. The Insert has the dual burn system with the tubes at the top of the firebox. It has an air wash system that keeps the glass clean. Good luck with your stove.
any chance of a 2022/2023 winter stove update video? Thanks for a great channel.
We shall see
I really enjoy sitting around a fireplace! There's nothing else like wood heat!! Very few people around by me burn coal. Everybody burning wood. Stay safe my friend!!
I like your new video today you did a really good job i like your wood Steve it look really nice good jop
Best way I found to clean the glass. Wait till glass is cold, wet a piece of newspaper and dip in the wood ashes. Rub glass, cleans like a champ!
I normally just use windex works fairly well
My dad had a stove I believe was that same stove. He burned wood in it also.
Your not the only one struggling to get videos out. But soon.
Stay safe and stay positive ❤
Looks good and warm!
nothing beats a woodstove, nice constant heat
Love that stove Scheib! I’m looking to put a wood burner in my garage and would love to find one like that with the view windows on the front. Thanks for sharing brother!👍🏻👍🏻
Cool looking stove. My grandma used to have coal fired stove in her basement to heat the house.
New sub here. I’ve watched them all......I like you need to quit smoking......
I know I want to but it’s a hard habit to kick
Purdy fire! 🔥 supposedly my shirt is coming today can’t wait. I thought it was weird it was stuck in VA for ever .🍻
do you get alot of smoke in the house it looked like the flame comes out each time you open it. I'm thinking of buying a mark 3 to burn wood only but worried seeing its a coal stove?
Hey Jerry I don’t get to much smoke as long as you keep the pipe open. When these were first made the were wood/coal until the EPA got there hands in the mix.
I have a Timberwolf wood stove that is about three years old. Love the wood heat.
I was warm just looking at her glow. 👍🇮🇪
Miller lite , merchandiser, you got to be from pa.
Yep lol
Also, I've read up about the glass staying clean, and after some testing in my Mark III, I notice if I keep the temperature up higher, less soot accumulates on the glass because there is enough heat to vaporize the moisture inside the chamber. I've been watching my exhaust thermometer, which is about 2 feet above the top of my stove, and it stays between 350-400, so I'm guessing the case is close to 500 on the inside. It generates a LOT of heat. I know I could close the damper down to about 1.5 - 2 full turns open in order to cool the exhaust to 300, but I notice at that lower temp is when my glass starts gumming up again.
Most of the time my glass is just coated with ash a little windex and paper towel normal does the trick.
Say, I have a Salvo Citationcoal/wood stove and the manual doesn't mention shit as far as changing the configuration of the grates, etc. To burn wood...did you modify your stove to burn wood, i.e. remove grates?
No you don’t have to do anything a coal stove will burn wood but a wood stove won’t burn coal. Coal needs most of the air from under the fire. Wood uses most of the air from above the fire.
@@OutsidewithScheib thanks for the reply! My question is: do I remove the grates to burn wood or do I just feed this hungry stove because the grates allow soooooo much air into it?
@@justanotherbum007 I just close the air off under the grate with the stew adjust knob. Let the air come in from the glass. Then adjust the pipe damper I get 12-14 hour burns if I want
That's a really nice heavy built looking stove🔥
how much wood are you going through each season. how long will you get out of a full loaded stove? is it burning crazy fast. I'm worried ill be going throw twice as much wood. I have a old federal air tight stove. I was thinking of replacing. I can get the mark 3 for 300 dollars my house is 2000 square foot was a little cold last year. but I live in Pennsylvania and normally use only 3 cord of wood. I've heard people using 8 with these stoves. also I don't wanna be to hot if u can't damper it down.
If the stove is in your basement how well does it heat your house? i have a indoor wood furnace and it does forced hot air. i would love to down size that monster to just a wood stove.
It works well once the whole basement is warm it’s like a big radiator floors are warm it’s pretty nice.
Hi Donald hope you have a good day
I got a Hitzer wood/coal stove. Works very well for me also.lookin forward to some West Virginia footage .Later Scheib 🔥🍺🍺
Hello, which model hitzer do you have , I have the 254 has draft control on bottom front and bottom back thermostat, I'm wondering if the bottom draft is inefficient for wood burning, first season with stove but after doing research I'm wondering if I made a mistake but wanted versatility to burn coal in extreme longer cold spells. What do you think about your hitzer? Thanks
Alright bud , here we go .., I have not got asked this question before but would love to give you my experience with the254 hitzer which I still own and use for the last 12 yrs.
I found my recipe to be this for me….. I turned off the back draft air thermostat and set a piece of steel on the silver door ledge , use this air inlet no more.
When I have my raging fire and my temperature is up to what I want I only use the front slotted door at the bottom for air inlet and the flue stick above is set at about 2” out from the gold fin plate, I leave it in that position all day , never touch flue rod again.
When wood needs added I open bottom air door slightly, then open top glass door slo w , add wood, 5-6 pieces, shut glass wait for it to reach my thermometer temperature on wall 8ft. Away hanging , then adjust air slots as needed , usually never all the way closed.
Always leave a 1” bed of ash and just poke a few holes near front into the grate when starting a new fire and repeat above⬆️.
I agree with you the bottom air draft is not efficient for firewood , but this thing does heat my house from the basement and the removable ash pan is great , so you can empty without disturbing the fire….. I do get coals left after 8 hrs. And the restart is just poke some more holes in the morning, rake the back coals forward let air to it to ignite and add wood to start the day , my heating bill is practically nothing 👍
Hope this novel helps you out , you may find another trick or two though. Ps I’ve never put coal in mine
@@a.luchesa6823 I also forgot to say I do not use the shaker handle , I removed it and made a custom steel cover box to go over and block it , no extra air needed their. Plus everyone wanted to play with it 🤣😁. Thanks again
@@richysoutdoors2591 Richy thanks for your reply on this , I'm running it similar , what do you mean by putting a piece of steel in the back ? I turn thermostat way down and tap it , are you covering it up with steel and not using it for starts ? Mainly the only thing I'm doing differently is I close the flue rod all the way in when fire is up , which is 2/3 closed , that may need more experiment. Hitzer simply needed to make some slots up top and then close bottom with wood. Didn't think of all this at the time , rookie. But I will make it work I paid a good penny for it brand new. Have you experimented with your flue stick, and that was the best thing that worked for then? 2 inches out from from the sloped overhang ? Thanks man , don't run into many to talk about this with.
@@a.luchesa6823 slots up top and close bottom for wood burning is exactly right bud👍.
On the back flap I just basically meant I don’t use it at all . And mine was pretty damn pricey brand new is right , I still may put some coal in at evening , but haven’t yet.
Great video the hoodie is awesome
Are you selling the new shirts yourself besides the ones that were for sale?
I may do this again but possibly through a different company we shall see.
@@OutsidewithScheib maybe try the guys Joe uses.
Who knows but keep up the great work
If the high temperature doesn’t get above 60 we have a fire in our stove. Helps the we also have an unlimited supply of firewood available.
🔥👍🤠👏
Nice deer mounts what's the story on them?
Hey man, nice setup! I also have a Harman Mark III, it came with the house when we bought it (it was a strong selling point to me). I've been burning a mixture of wood and anthracite in my stove. I'm interested in your procedure for starting because it's very similar to mine. The problem I have is my stove is in my basement of a two-story 90s colonial, which means I have a really tall chimney, probably near 30 - 35 feet. I have been using a small space heater for about 5 minutes in order to build up enough heat to start a good flow in the chimney. The temp outside is 25 F, and in my basement, it's 67. It's a lot of cold air to push up the chimney. After 5 mins I quickly get some kindling in there and use a small kitchen-grade butane torch, all while still pushing hot air from the space heater through the bottom damper door. I've got a system down to allow minimal smoke to back feed into the house, but it's annoying getting it started. Any ideas on how to make this startup easier? We love running our stove... it's noon and already 80 degrees down here, and by 9pm at night, the whole house is in the 80s-90s while we watch the snow fall. Thanks for your video and hope you have a good day!
I normally just leave the basement door open this get the cool air coming in and pushes the warm air up the pipe haven’t had a problem doing it that way since I started.
80s or 90s in the house...damn that's too hot. That's like summer time and you need to ac.
Thanks, must be running out stuff to film??
Not really just out of light lol
No need to explain, hard for us to make videos and we are Retired! Lol👍🏼🇱🇷
WV is where I live
Awesome I hunt WV yearly for the rifle season
Het, Scheib I do about the same when starting fire. the thing i do is after the kindling is in ,cup of diesel fuel then big wood and lighter up tune draft down later . you stay safe the SR.
Check out hearth.com you may be able to find info to help with that air/window issue. Great video.
Thanks Stan. That’s the way the stove is designed it was marketed as a wood/coal stove when the first came out many years ago now they are classified as coal only. Coal likes air from the top and bottom of the fire. The air around the windows provided the air for that and at the same time helping keep the glass clean.
@@OutsidewithScheib I understand I use a 1980 Vermont casting intrepid that is a dual use. I’m lucky it’s design is air tight. It’s so small when it’s not it can get dangerously hot. Try a bit of digging you might be able to make that stove a bit more efficient. Any how keep up the great content. Idea for content. Compare how you do things now compared to years past. I’d like to hear about the changes if any 👍
Wood burns more clean than coal
But your not outside .......
WHY NOT SET IT UP 36 inches ?! …few ! ! People think of that ! ! Much easier to service ! !
Only thang worse than the smell of a stink bug iz the smell of a smoked stink bug!
Beer,Cigs, and Fire, now thats 'Merca!!