How to Load your Wood Stove for a Long Overnight Burn Time🔥

New to wood burning? In this video I show how to load an airtight wood stove so it burns all night long and is easily brought back to life in the morning! Thanks for Watching! 🔥👍

[wobdeehomestead]

For a longer burn try raking all the coals forward then pack the wood in tightly. This will make the fire burn front to back and leave a bed of coals in the back.

[eddygray]

I wish my husband was still alive I could show him that I was right all along which I like to do and I love your dog❤

[nathanwest]

Good tips. When i first started with my woodburner I was re-lighting like crazy. Now im able to keep er going constantly and like you said it doest take much embers to relight but it definitely is a aquired skill to run a wood stove effectively and correctly.

[jandblawncare]

This will be our 3rd year using a wood stove to heat the house and the first year was almost a nightmare and finally got a handle on everything. Our biggest hurtle was not filling the house full of smoke when starting the fire from scratch, now if the fire goes out for a while I use a propane torch to heat up the pipe for about 5 minutes and zero smoke. We have a Lopi Rockport, a new "high efficiency" with a stupid catalytic combuster thats supposed to get a 8-10 hour burn when full but so far the best Ive gotten has been about 7 hours tops but all in all love wood heating.

[HungryCats]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video! I've had a standalone wood stove for a little over a year now and while I have no problem starting the fire after the wood has burned down to coals, I've not clearly understood how to adjust the damper so that the wood will burn for a very long time. I'm going back right now to restart my fire and will try out your method. Thanks again!!!

[iakovoskoronaios]

One like for you and one for Levi, he is a fearless guard!
Greetings from Greece.

[danielhanawalt]

Good morning Levi. We had a coal stove when I was a boy. Worked the same way. Just enough air to keep it from completely dying out. I like wood stoves better. It's all a bit messy but worth it as long as the stove has a glass door so you can see the fire. Actually helps you feel a bit warmer when you can see it.

[elizabethwilson]

Hi great video. I had a log burner installed love it.
Problem is there is no way it would burn all night & still have hot coals in the morning,
I stack it up & close the air flow but it’s alway out 😢 someone told me to leave some ash in the stove to slow the air flow didn’t work it still burns like crazy

[JohnySeen]

Nice one. With bellows or just blowing on the fire to get it going again, it's way better to have a slower more constant stream of good air than little puffs like that at 3:40 Could even use a tidy bicycle or gym ball foot pump with a nozzle on it to direct the air to where you want it exactly 😉

[LC]

Hi there.. I will be installing an insert in a 1949 fireplace for the 2025/26 winter in our new cabin/home. How does it heat? I am used to a free standing wood stove.. I understand that the Drolet's are decent fire burners.

[stanleyqc]

Very informative. Thanks! I recently got a wood stove installed and I'm trying to figure out the best way (and the most efficient way) to use it. Yours is the first video I see that confirms what I read - hot coals + stuffing the stove = ready for an overnight burn!
I'm wondering however, say you wanted another long burn in the morning (for when it's -20 outside). You added two pieces. Would that be enough to make enough coals like you had in the beginning of the video - so you could stuff it again and go for another 6-7 hours of slow burn?

[ITom_GI]

I saw that cutaway while you were bellowing, took a bit more than you thought didn’t it? 😉

[jasonbroom]

It's interesting to contrast this with how you use a large masonry heater, where you burn it as hot as it will go until all the fuel is consumed. That heats up the giant thermal mass of the masonry heater, which radiates warmth all night long, instead of trying to keep it burning (inefficiently) all night long. The problem with packing a wood stove in the manner you demonstrated is that any fire burning with a restricted supply of oxygen is going to give off far greater emissions, and fewer BTU's, for a given volume of wood. The masonry heater takes the exact oppositive approach, which is why they have far fewer emissions and burn so much less wood, overall. The downside to a masonry heater is they're HUGE and quite expensive to build.

[stevedonoghue]

Do use a fire glove ( or welders glove) - saves some nasty skin burns!

[tsewja]

hello i just bought a home that has a fireplace. I am very new to in home fires. My question is it has a iron log rack in my insert and most videos I have watched no no one has them. Any info not sure if the bottom should have direct heat, i know very little

[davebean]

Thanks for the video. We also have a fireplace that closes tight with a heatilator and fan. When fireplace is hot, the heatilator and fan significantly increase the warm air to the room. If cold and the power ever out, it would be fantastic to somehow power that fan. Not quite sure how to do that - wonder if others have done this. I can't seem to find the brand at the moment, but installed in 2006.

[Invis_Space]

I’m new to wood burning. Thank you for your video. I’m worried about carbon monoxide poisoning while I sleep. Is this a non issue?

[Believe_the_Bible]

Good job, thanks. How long was that overnight burn. To 6am from when?

[alexarmstrong]

Do modern fires have restrictors that stop you turning the air off? Even with everything closed and the burner fully loaded it will only last a few hours.

[DrumPeearl]

Thank you for this informative video. Just to make sure. Once i put all the wood pieces and I left the door opened to create some flames. Is it fine if I close all the doors and damper all the way to make it last all night? Thanks