"Terry Coombs" wrote in
:

That my repeated efforts to douse the fire in my woodstove this
morning failed . We got unexpected temps in the upper 60's overnight
with this storm , and it was up to 85° in the living room , so I
squirted water on the fire trying to put it out . Several times . I
finally gave up , even though it was still going a little . I didn't
want to get it so wet in there that I'd have problems getting a fire
going tonight .
Well , now it's starting to cool off , and I've just added some wood
to
the small glowing embers that were still there . If I've got my timing
right it'll be going good when heat is needed ... and not before .
It's always a balancing act with this stove when temps are between 40°
and 60° , it's rated for a much larger space than we currently have .
That's about to change ... if the weather ever relents and lets me
finish the cellar walls (cement block) .
It'll be interesting to see what the official rainfall for the last
few
days is , my estimate is over 3" , closer to 4" . There's that much in
the open cells of my partially-completed block walls .


Who gives a ****?