I live in the NE and heat my house 100% with wood. This is my first year doing it. It's a blast and I'm saving a small fortune. I have a wood insert in our fireplace and a freestanding soapstone stove in the rec room on the other end of the house. Even if you have to buy split and seasoned wood you still save depending on where you live and your heating costs.

This was my first fire in the new insert..(Hearthstone Clydesdale)


And this is the soapstone on the other end..


and it's chimney...



I have a forum going for wood and hearth related discussion. Please feel free to join. I'm trying to get it moving along with members.. Tell me what you think of the layout... suggestions?
http://www.hearth-forum.com/index.php

 

Does it have a breakroom?

Stove and chimney look great!

 

I like the layout from a non-logged in status viewpoint. All the topics are laid out in a format similar to that of DTR where you can see all the different categories of discussion. But once I log in, all I can get is a 'summary' page, and it's at the same web address as that which you posted above in your link. I couldn't get to the main forums page no matter what I clicked on.

This is the info on that page;

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Even when I clicked on "View unanswered posts • View unread posts • View new posts • View active topics", it brought me no where.

 

Thanks. Must be a permissions thing. Let me have a look.

 

Yes, I think there's something set up backwards. When I'm logged out, I can see the whole board. When I'm logged in I can't see anything and if I DO get to the forums page, it show's I'm logged out even tho I'm logged in. As soon as I click on a 'Reply to post' it says I need to log in, which I do, then when I go back to the 'Reply' page, it says I don't have permission to view that page. As soon as I log out, I can see it again.

When I set up my Fire Board, I set up a profile for myself that wasn't an Admin, just a regular user, so I could see what all other Registered Users see and not just from the perspective of an Admin.

 

My forum software allows me to log in with your permissions so I do see what you are experiencing. I'm working on it.

 

OK you should see one forum topic now???

 

Well, we're closer!

All it will let me see now is 'Wood Burning Roundtable'. Still can't get to the forum main page while logged in.

 

You'll see subtopics in there now..

I'm copying permissions to all of the other forums.

 

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OK how bout now

 

THAT'S better!

Now I can go and cause hate and discontent there as well as here!

 

Yea baby!

Thanks alot... you are my first victim. If you get a chance, throw in a post. It will be the very first member post.

 

Done!

 

I really love fires. Had wood heat in my last home.