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ashkats
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crystal falls, Michigan, US
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fireplaces
have ya threw a log in the fireplace yet? started mine tonight sure makes for a cozy night and helps keep the heat off with the ceiling fan going. time to bring some wood in while the leaves are falling
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| September 29, 2010, 04:13 |
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Re: fireplaces
Had at least one to two fires every month this year except for July...strange for Calif. Must be global warming..  
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| September 29, 2010, 04:44 |
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Re: fireplaces
Haven't had to burn any yet. Haven't even started getting firewood for the season.
Nothing like a nice fire on a cold snowy night though.
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| September 29, 2010, 18:41 |
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Re: fireplaces
don't have a fireplace, wish i did. it's supposed to get chilly here this weekend, a good weekend for a fire....they are talking 33 degrees this weekend 
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| September 29, 2010, 19:24 |
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Re: fireplaces
You're suppose to put them in a fireplace?
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| September 29, 2010, 20:03 |
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kamarel
60 / male
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
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Re: Re: fireplaces
QUOTE (JCSOS @ September 29, 2010, 20:03)You're suppose to put them in a fireplace?
Hopefully before you set them on fire. It doesn't work out so well on the living room floor.
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| September 29, 2010, 23:51 |
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JenTX
47 / female
East, Texas, US
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Re: fireplaces
I've already asked for a fire in the fireplace. I got "that look". So I guess I have to wait a few more weeks lol.
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| September 30, 2010, 05:55 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
was that the do it your self look or are you nuts look or the what are you talking about look?
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| September 30, 2010, 22:50 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: fireplaces
Remember, you don't have to look at the fireplace while you are poking the fire...
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| October 1, 2010, 06:31 |
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JenTX
47 / female
East, Texas, US
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Re: fireplaces
The "are you nuts?" look. lol
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| October 1, 2010, 06:39 |
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wantubad2
54 / male
white creek, New York, US
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Re: fireplaces
I don't have a fireplace,,,hoping that my new solar air heating panel will keep it warm enough for the fall.
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| October 1, 2010, 10:12 |
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wandering5tar
53 / male
London, England, UK
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Re: Re: fireplaces
QUOTE (wantubad2 @ October 1, 2010, 10:12)I don't have a fireplace,,,hoping that my new solar air heating panel will keep it warm enough for the fall.
Solar air heating panel? Is that a fancy new name for a window?
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| October 1, 2010, 10:55 |
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Re: fireplaces
I have gas fireplaces, like wood better, miss the snap, crackle, pop. 
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| October 1, 2010, 11:42 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
I LIKE TO USE THE I DON'T KNOW BLANK STARE LOOK MYSELF SOMETIMES...ops cap lock...yep all them good thing , the snap and crackle the ashes i have to sweep up the next morning and push down the hole, loading up the wood box for the next fire.
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| October 1, 2010, 14:57 |
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QUOTE (ashkats @ October 1, 2010, 14:57)I LIKE TO USE THE I DON'T KNOW BLANK STARE LOOK MYSELF SOMETIMES...ops cap lock...yep all them good thing , the snap and crackle the ashes i have to sweep up the next morning and push down the hole, loading up the wood box for the next fire.
Getting rid of ashes and other debris from fireplaces can be a problem. I'd think they'd be good for lawns. That's IF ya can get them out there without droping 'em all over the house. Then of course, there's the cleaning the chimney. 
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| October 1, 2010, 15:18 |
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Re: fireplaces
I do all that, the kindling, the firewood, the ashes, the flue cleaning....I AM FIREWOMAN!!!!
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| October 1, 2010, 15:20 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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| October 1, 2010, 15:27 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
i was told by a farmer that ashes are the worst thing for your garden guess there is a lot of acid in them then ya need to put lots of lime in
i have a brush with a 40 foot handle i use to use for the wood stove now that i got a fireplace I'm not so sure how to do it and the flue stick up about ten fee above the roof. now tonight i found out the chimney for the old cook stove that use to be in the kitchen, i notice that there was water Marks running down the wall so i pulled the pie plate that was over it it was rotten on the bottom and had holes in it , but to my surprise i got a big rats nest in side the hole and its filled to the bottom of the hole with ashes and pink insulation and grass and leaves ... a squirrel nest? but there no clean out trap on the bottom of the chimney.... but i love it being able to camp in my living room lol
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| October 2, 2010, 04:16 |
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Re: fireplaces
Depends on your soil and where you live. I use them here in our clay soil and works wonders. You can also use them to make lye water, which is used to make soap.. Kinda strong, but no chemicals to screw with ya...just a bit of info in case...
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| October 3, 2010, 05:27 |
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wantubad2
54 / male
white creek, New York, US
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Re: Re: Re: fireplaces
QUOTE (wandering5tar @ October 1, 2010, 10:55) QUOTE (wantubad2 @ October 1, 2010, 10:12)I don't have a fireplace,,,hoping that my new solar air heating panel will keep it warm enough for the fall.
Solar air heating panel? Is that a fancy new name for a window?
very funny,lol It is a black panel you put on side of house and the air from house is drawn into panel heated by the sun and when hot enough fan comes on and draws more air in and blows the hot air out the top,
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| October 3, 2010, 10:23 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
hot waters about the same way seen that back in the 70s
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| October 3, 2010, 16:32 |
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wantubad2
54 / male
white creek, New York, US
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Re: Re: fireplaces
QUOTE (ashkats @ October 3, 2010, 16:32)hot waters about the same way seen that back in the 70s
True but more complex,specially since live in a climate where it gets below freezing often.I have a solar hot water system that I built my self.Built the panels and all.works well and I love it. I am a solar man all the way.
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| October 3, 2010, 18:22 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
that's cool and all but i don't own the house no more maybe the next one ...most i can do now is solar cells for the boat to charge the tolling motor battery while fishing
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| October 4, 2010, 05:49 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
cool morning came back time for a nice warm fire
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| October 14, 2010, 16:12 |
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Re: fireplaces
Ours is coming next week..wish I could teach someone how to build a fire before I have to get out of bed..
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| October 15, 2010, 05:00 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
know how that one is we use to have a coal/wood stove, the mrs used to get her going in the morning, i think she just liked standing in front of it and warming her bones. the fireplace on the other hand has a chain mail curtain ya have to open and close instead of a door.
and to makeing a fire thats like camping lol i think she can get the hang of that too
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| October 15, 2010, 05:40 |
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Lol..sounds like fun..have a woodstove..she can't even get it started with manzanita or cedar....too much and it will melt the thing..
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| October 15, 2010, 05:46 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
cool
we have cedar but dont burn it much but tamerack now would melt your grates if its dry lol
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| October 15, 2010, 05:57 |
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Re: fireplaces
Cedar is the worst for creosoting my flu, can't burn even a stick of it.
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| October 15, 2010, 12:07 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
i don't burn white birch either i think thats how i had my fire that one time we burnt a face cord of it then went back to oak...
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| October 15, 2010, 18:39 |
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It's mostly oak here too...have 3 different kinds, lasts longer anyway and I'm too lazy to go out in the snow a lot. Mostly use the other for starter...have tamerack up about 6-7 thousand feet, only get it when on a joy ride or after all the tourists leave.
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| October 16, 2010, 04:54 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
cool we have red whit and black oak here most of the time the skeeds eat ya alive in the woods fall or spring is a good time to cut i like maple and ash, elm and white birch it good for making baskets and stuff with too and tamerack they make fence post with it the bugs dont like it and it dont rot.
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| October 20, 2010, 17:53 |
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Re: fireplaces
Who makes the baskets? I've always wanted to learn to do stuff like that,willow furniture too, and things with the wild grape vines.
I've been stacking the firewood for two days now, got another load to do this weekend.
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| October 20, 2010, 19:24 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: fireplaces
the native do and ya can take classes at the tech, they even have them for making birch bark canoes, watched show about it on PBS they were going out to get ceder roots to make tread or rope from to hold them together, i want Mr's k to take one they would make a nice addition to the decor . we took a trip to grand portage MN, there is a old fort and indian vilage there from the old fur trade, thay also had a building were they buit the canoes and stored them on the gunflint trail , it was a old indian trail too to get around the upper and lower falls . it was about 6 miles , they had to carry all the furs and supplys between the upper river and portage on lake superior... don't wade in the pigeon river its full of leaches and Bactria..them must of been the days back in the 1600's i think i was born a few years too late.but we did do a lot of hiking in mn arrowhead region and took lots of picktures of waterfalls....
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