Running a stove overnight, is it safe?

This is a divisive issue where everyone has their own opinion, but for those who are keen to do it, this video is designed to ensure you do it right and follow the best practices.

Stoves are always risky, fire is always dangerous, so its therefore a personal decision, balancing safety and the potential advantage. It's a personal decision, that for me whilst following these best practices, works superbly and has run my home my whole life.

[gpfmiller]

Literally some of the best wood stove advice ever given. I grew up in a city that didn't have wood stoves, I bought a house with one, and I was scared at first. I educated myself, and we now burn with wood almost 24/7, almost 20 years, and no problems. Thanks for taking the time to make people "less scared".

[nessmitchell]

You are a wood burning stove superstar. Thank you for your informative and engaging content 👍🏻

[victorimmature]

i could listen to this guy all day, puts stuff across very well . hes like the James hunt of the stove World 😁

[jillcaretto]

Liked & subscribed for a while now. You videos are by far the best and most informative. I’ve ended up going with a Capital Panamera as that is all I can get this side of Christmas. Thank you for taking the time to produce these and keep up the good work Gabriel.

[mikki-madden]

I do enjoy watching your videos and find them extremely informative. You’ve boosted my confidence surrounding my own recent purchase of a log burner.

I’ve only got a cheaper 4.5KW log burner, but I’ve got to say just how much heat it gives out! I live above a converted double garage and the room is 32’ x 11’ with 7’ ceilings, and this little burner heats the space wonderfully!

I’ve been trying my best to keep it ticking over all night but due to the small loading area it just won’t ‘quite’ hold the cherry bed long enough to see me through until the morning.

However, the stove is still warm and restarting a fresh fire is steady enough and I simply load it up and go again.

I’ve been that impressed with this log burner (after trying portable gas fires, paraffin heaters, electric panel rads, and electric fan heaters) that I simply won’t go back now!

I’m hoping to convert the downstairs area in the next couple of years and am definitely going to invest in a much larger stove once I’ve saved the funds to do the work.

Keep up the great job you’re doing and happy adventures to the community—let’s keep warm everyone!

[iwashere]

Just got my first log burner at the age of 38. I've been watching all your videos to help educate myself. Thanks 👍

[macraghnaill]

I'm having a Bassington eco stove fitted this week and wondered why the instructions say for "intermittent use only" now I know.
I had read that after slumbering a stove it was best to burn hot for a while.
I will be burning logs and smokeless coal, during the colder months/weeks I will try slumbering using coal.
Update, stove and fitter arrived on Friday, it appears the stove I ordered is out of stock until February and he brought a Vega 100W to fit which I don't like, but if I waited until February I would have no heating if the power goes off which happens here without the planned power cuts.
Shut down as far as it will go, I managed to get a log to burn for 2 hours, mostly they last about an hour, tried coal today, about 3 kilo of coal in one fill, so far has lasted 2.5 hours, just glowing red now, , the room is hot 24x12, I am surprised but the coal lasted 5 hours before I had to put a log on for the last hour, , now about an hour since the log burned out, fan is still going strong and room still warm.
the stove is only 76% efficient compared to the Bassington which is 84%

[umik]

Loving your videos, wish id seen more before I ordered my new log burner. The one thing that gets me about all the negitve comment's you read about the danger's off a log burner, isnt owning a gas fire similar.

[indiana]

We've had an acr oakdale multifuel for over a year its great burn wood now and again have used execel smoke less for years but have tested and found best fuel is
PHURNACITE burns hot for ages it is anthracite crushed and formed in small nuggets

[sonsofliberty]

Hey, from over in the Pennsylvania hardwood region of the US. Something to add to your discussion would be the time you should let your wood dry out. Here we shoot for 6 to 9 months at minimum, I like to let it sit 15 months just to ve sure.

[burtvhulberthyhbn]

Greetings from Palomar mt California. I'm a Canadian/ US dual citizen living above 5k ft with my Jotul 600. Raised from birth heating exclusively with wood I guess I got it all from Dad how best to stay warm. What with seals traipsing across the property having ridden the ice packs from Labrador wood heat was a necessity.

[dominic]

LOL if people are afraid leaving the home with a stove on, they shouldn't be running the stove on first place

[jamillahoyoozooph]

Liked and subscribed and possibly left the only comment ever on youtube, just for you. I have had the confidence to buy two stoves this weekend, (Saltfire Peanut 5 and the DG Ivar 5) because your channel is so clear and informative. Your passion for stoves shines through, and in just a few days of watching all your reviews, i really felt like I could refine both what I needed and wanted and develop a bit of stove nerdery too. My partner and I visited a few places looking for stoves, and although no one was unpleasant or rude, I got the impression they were a little fatigued from the huge increase in demand, and often the response was to take what they had in stock. I never really buy anything just because it's what is available, and you helped me be more discerning, and with the help of a great online retailer; the first stove should arrive on Friday. I'll be back, I'm sure for more advice and with questions, but for now, thank you and keep up the great work.

[barelyfree]

I did overnight burns for a time, but by hr 7-8 coals were so low that it was barely restartable. Then one time I woke up to CO alarms going off like mad. All dry wood, pro installed, high end stove and SS chimney. I likely never will trust doing overnight burns again.

[njc]

Thanks for all the informative videos that you post up. I've watched loads of them and just subscribed. Now, I'm an experienced stove user and currently have a Clearview vision 500. I'm moving house and need a smaller stove. Pioneer 400 or Ambition 5? I just don't know! I never burn coal but I do get free wood so good economy isn't essential. I'm tempted by the Ambition simply for the log length - I have no use for sawdust and every cut uses a little bit of diesel which I do have to pay for!

[PKWeaver]

I thought I knew it all when we had our cheap little Firefox 5 cleanburn installed 10 years ago, and soon converted to wood burning only.
I dreamed of the ability to shut it down further than the clean burn status allowed.
Now, after years of observation and education, I only burn pini kay briquettes, top down firefighting, always get it going nice and hot before shutting it down and never ever have any soot on the glass or firebox.
If I come back from walking the dog and I can see a small amount of smoke out of the chimney I know my Wife has refuelled it either leaving it too late or forgotten to open the air flow!
I also have a 4kw stove we use in our bell tent when camping and again, never have significant smoke because I'm obsessed with burning cleanly.
One of the major things that can reduce particulate emissions is eduction!
A good piece of advice on slumbering a stove is to get the majority of the fuel glowing red before shutting it down, this way with quality fuel you can slumber right down without significant soot on the glass.
I would like a cleaner burning stove with secondary burn when I can afford it, but often wonder how much more efficient it can be than burning my more inefficient stove well?

[gdfggggg]

Very good. You’re the go to fire guy. I’ve got my go to guys. I’ve got a go to plastering guy too 👍🏼

[Caoucaren]

When you say running a hot fire perhaps if you indicated the temperature that would be beneficial.

[yart]

Arada Ecoboiler 25, selected the largest output stove because It provides central heating for the entire house, surprisingly for a house built in 1925 there is no gas connection. I burn a mixture of Kiln dried logs and Excel smokeless coal, over 2 to three weeks there is a slight build up on the door glass easily removed with the damp tissue dipped into the ash and wipe around method. During full winter I do burn overnight, I bank the stove up with wood and coal and turn the thermostat down which leaves a layer of warm ash in the morning which makes relighting the fire really easy, I then burn the initial fuel load in the morning quite hot as per the Arada instructions, anything else I should be doing ?

[MrLandeee]

Just found your channel and it's brilliant!
Could you comment on external air kits and if they have a big benefit over simply using the room air?