Started stoking the stove at seven, when the boyz wouldn’t hold their water for one more minute. Took till nine thirty before the indoor temp reached 60, and it wasn’t because Uncle Joel was being afraid of fire. This was the first zero night of the winter.
I’ve got to go out later, I promised L some yard work for the use of her washing machine and drier – and I need that, because it’s going to be days at best before I can put stump socks on the line and expect them to dry rather than freeze. But I’ve put it off till early afternoon, because I’m a wimp.
Have you thought about a metal bucket/can filled with sand/rocks/gravel near the stove during the day to absorb BTU’s and store it in the thermal mass for slow release overnight? (I would say ‘on top of’ but I don’t know how much weight the stove would take). Something like this:
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00aMGQFgCYHeVA/Metal-Mini-Bucket-BU-1-.jpg
Or if you have big enough rocks out there, you could just pile them up under, and around the stove (between the stove and the wall to keep them out of the way).
Thermal mass is your friend when it comes to regulating temperature fluctuations…especially overnight.