Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Masonry Heater is up and running

>>By the way, what is the temperature during the day in your neck of the woods this time of the year. It won't be long and you will really see the benefit of having a heating system like that in place.

This September has been warmer than normal, typically 70 during the day and 50-60 at night. Right now I am just running baby fires to make sure the mortar is dry.

I also need to buy firewood, which seems crazy since the house is in the middle of a forest, but the heater needs seasoned firewood because of all the twisty smoke channels. Apparently the norm for these heaters is to have the chimney inspected every year and cleaned perhaps every 10 years -- the firebox gets very hot so the fire burns cleanly.