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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: When to Remove Ash.. Has Been Discussed before would like to revist the topic

« on: December 08, 2014, 06:57:18 AM »

I just removed the ash for the first time after 8 weeks of burning, I removed a wheel barrel full.
I waited till it needed to be loaded and my water temp was down to 160, pushed all the hot coals to the back, took a shovel and rake and brought them outside.

 Your are removing to much to soon. Wait 4 weeks at least.

I have a ridgewood so I'm not sure how the dual fuel models work if that's what you have.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: ridgewood 6000 review so far.

« on: December 05, 2014, 12:32:00 PM »

Stove wasn't heating up as fast as usual so i finally removed some ash, had a wheel barrel full out the front half of the stove(hot coals i pushed back to clean it) Brought the hot ash and wood upfront and boom temps started to rise.


its been 8 weeks since i started it up mostly poplar since its hasn't been to cold besides that one week in the single digits.

Dont forget to clean out those boilers!

just bought a new fixars 36 inch ax and i have been splitting 23 inch round ash with ease, its faster and easier than my wood splitter. did 1 cord in an  hour with splitting it small for my wife

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: First time buyer with a lot of questions

« on: November 25, 2014, 08:40:05 PM »

I was you 10 months ago, I went with ridgewood stoves because of price and quality.

It's my first stove and my total installed price is under 6k, it does everything my neighbors central boilers, woodmaster do.

Simple stove

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: ridgewood 6000 review so far.

« on: November 22, 2014, 09:52:17 AM »

I have an 8 foot stack as well.

What was it doing without it? You have a better burn with it?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Keep the heat *IN* your building!

« on: November 21, 2014, 07:47:21 PM »

Putting plastic over windows helps a ton. I have new anderson windows on order to replace my 1975 windows and I bet I will throw plastic on the new ones too. Zero air leaks.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / ridgewood 6000 review so far.

« on: November 21, 2014, 07:03:49 AM »

Been burning since 9-24-14 and its finally got down into low teens last night 3 degrees when i got up at 5am. the stove was on 9 hours of burn time heating my 2500 sqft house 1500 main 1000 basemenet. still have some logs in it and my house was set to 71 last night and my DHW, these stoves are great. i have 14-15 cords stacked and i sure hope that is enough. my guess is around 1 cord a month(or at least i hope). i havent burned 1 cord yet maybe 3/4 cord but its been warmer.

r-19 in the walls ( we are doing new windows siding and spray foam in the spring)

Added 10 inches to my attic so i have around r-50-5-60 in attic(this helped a ton i only had r-20 last winter.


anyways i am burning the last of my poplar with a mix of a few cherry pieces, my wife loads it during the week when i am gone we couldnt be happier with this stove and the temp of our house.

total investmenet is around 5100-5500


thanks craig.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: draft door stuck open

« on: November 20, 2014, 01:23:08 PM »

it might just be me but last night the draft door was open for awhile and it was really a buzzzzz.. i pulled downt he door a bit and it went away.

so far today its been working great in this 14* weather i have a huge piece of ash in there that just fits in the door unsplit and it will be going on 24 hours of burn time.. i love this stove.. 74* inside house

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Ridgewood upgrade

« on: November 18, 2014, 05:26:59 AM »

Looks good from the road. Also that light of yours is bright !

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: draft door stuck open

« on: November 18, 2014, 05:25:30 AM »

Mine makes a buzz sound too has since day one

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Fire Wood / Re: Looking for semi load of wood in Michigan...

« on: November 07, 2014, 12:47:51 PM »

try S&A lumber i know they are up that way cutting trees today



http://companies.findthebest.com/l/33791130/S-And-A-Timber-Company-Llc-in-Yale-MI

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General Discussion / Re: hunting

« on: November 07, 2014, 04:56:25 AM »

I got 4 this year so far all during bow. 2 with my great grandpas bear long bow.

Michigan I'll be out on Saturday the 15th as well

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Ridgewood upgrade

« on: November 07, 2014, 04:52:04 AM »

Looks good Scott.

I might have to make another trip to see him. I do like the idea of making a cone to go around the bottom to deflect wAter . Menards here I come

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Flame on!

« on: October 05, 2014, 07:16:36 AM »

I have some left from my install thanks though Scott!

Also I'll plan on being there Monday or Tuesday mid day toovr those logs. So get it set up for me to set them down

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Flame on!

« on: October 05, 2014, 06:49:58 AM »

Mine has been on for two weeks. Burning poplar.

I might also loop some lines under my living room for radiant heat.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Why is this so hard !!!!!!

« on: September 30, 2014, 08:19:49 PM »

Ridgewood simple easy. Built to last.