Michael Helmersson

About 10 years ago we bought a used Waterford Stanley that was about 30 years old THEN. We use it to heat a 22ft Mongolian yurt in Northern Ontario, and even in -40 degC weather it is never really being pushed to its limit. We usually let it go out during the night and relight early in the morning. I think it weighs around 700 pounds, so it holds a LOT of heat, long after the fire is dead and gone.
Ben Falk did a great video showcasing the capabilities of this stove:

Timothy Murray wrote:Possibly the very first Wofati roof:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/colossal-stone-monument-build-1000-years-before-stonehenge-shows-neolithic-engineers-understood-science-180984975/

This image from your link sure looks like a Wofati.

John Shaver wrote:Check out HOME IN THE EARTH on you tube

Quite a lot of footage of quite a massive project:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJYUVNFK3OFIOsZBDklvbP62pV4CT5wfS

I don't know how you can even think about firewood in this heat! It was 88F in Northern Ontario today and I'm dissolving.

8 weeks ago, one of my trailcams captured a very pregnant wolf walking by. Last night, the same camera caught this:

May 17


July 11


I counted 6 of them.

I found a spruce tree this winter with fur caught in its bark about 5 feet up from the ground. Today I lucked out and caught a bear using it to scratch it's back and/or leave its mark.

I had a neighbour that used a paintball gun with success in deterring dogs, skunks and even bears. Perhaps there's a degree of humiliation involved for the critter in having to explain the coloration to family and friends. Much less harmful than a pellet to the bum.

thomas rubino wrote:Full cords
4' x 4' x 8'

Wow. That's a lot of work.

thomas rubino wrote:With five wood burners, three of them being in uninsulated buildings, depending on the severity of winter we burn 10-14 cords a year.
Liz's uninsulated art studio is heated all winter, it uses 5 cords all on its own.

Are these bush cords or face cords? We burn about 6 bush cords per year between our sauna/shower-house and yurt.

That's a nice looking woodshed. How much wood do you need for a full season?