Gretyl_Angura t1_j6hwkh2 wrote
Thermostat is set to 55 for base board heater. But we use the wood stove and the house can push close to 80 🥵 I have a question. Is it safe to leave a wood stove burning on low through the night? The sub freezing temps have us worried. But we have never left the wood stove burning when we go to bed. Always make sure it's out. Because we are worry worts. But are trying to figure out if it's "safe" in extreme cold.
ecco-domenica t1_j6l0oq8 wrote
It depends of course on your stove and your house. I don't know the state of your pipe and chimney. But, yes, most people do load their stoves one last time at night before bed, and once those logs are going good, damp it down just enough, without causing the logs to smoke, to keep the stove going as long as possible. Shut the doors, obviously. It's a nice thing to still have enough live coals in the morning so you can just open the damper and throw in some more logs to start the day. But, if you know you are a worry wart, I'd say do whatever you need to do, including letting it burn out, so you can sleep well. That's the most important thing and you are the boss of your house.
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