Billy, I have been reading your posts and keeping with your perparations for heating with wood. I have burned wood for 30 years as my main source of heat. When we bought this place, I am the fifth generation of my family to live here, we had all the chimneys remodled and updated. A chimney sweep told me that it did not matter what kind of wood that was burned. He said it should be seasoned and dry, and the stove should be burned hot and I would not have any problems. He advised the use of a thermometer as well and staying between 300 to 500 degrees.
I also sell some wood, all hard wood, in the winter. We have an abundance of pine here that continuously dies. The sweep said all he ever burned at his home was pine cause everybody gave it to him as they were afraid to use it. It is a real creosote producer, but that is all I burn cause I cannot sell it. I will check my main heating chimney every fall, and I usually get about a gallon of soot out of it, no creosote. The dryness of the wood is so very important.
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