Early Morning coffee with Shorty

Sitting next to Shorty and sipping my morning coffee.
Last night, around seven or so, we had our evening fire; the outdoor temperature was 22F and falling.
When I went to bed, the house temperature was a pleasant 72F. (It was 72-74F all day from the morning fire.)
It dropped to +8 overnight, so it's not really cold yet, but it's certainly cooler than it has been.
With no fire from 8 pm until 7 am this morning, Shorty has maintained a solid 65F in our leaky 100-year-old log cabin!
Even the far-back laundry room is delightful!
The old wood gobbler steel stove would have needed repeated loading, even overnight, and it would have been cold in my comfy chair when I got up.
The back bathroom would have needed the kitchen wood cook stove lit off or the unvented propane heater turned on—but not when you heat with bricks!

Living with Shorty and heating with bricks rather than burning wood to warm up a steel stove is the best thing EVER!
Once you go, Brick, you'll never go back!

thomas rubino wrote:......
Once you go, Brick, you'll never go back!

I like this!...   Just to confirm, the bulk...or all??...of the improved heating from shorty over the 'iron wheezer' is due to mass heating and not to longer burn time?  Or is a mixture of both effects?  Thanks!

Hey John;
Oh, the mass, for sure.
The wood gobbler was lit 24-7 from September through April, May.
Shorty gets one load of wood in the morning and one load of wood in the evening.
Until the current cool snap, we had windows cracked all night long.
Last night no windows were opened.
This morning, I fed three extra pieces of wood to Shorty, I wanted her Brick temperature up to 200F.
Currently, inside the arch top is 458F, the chimney temp is up to 220F, and the external bricks are 170F- 208F
She is all coals, and I will shut the air intake shortly.
No more wood for her until this evening!