Come the real cold temps the stove basically doesn’t stop. It’s essentially died out come morning but the house stays in the low 60’s or high 50’s overnight and then I start a fresh fire in the morning. Luckily my wife works from home so she can load it up throughout the day

Once cold weather sets in we burn continuously. Properly loaded and adjusted can get 7+ hours of burn time. Also our house was built specifically to be heated by the wood stove as primary heat. The chimney goes through the center of the house. The stove is on the bottom floor with a granite wall to absorb heat so even when the stove dies down the stone radiates heat back in to the house. Also have a duct fan set up to pull hot air from downstairs and blow it through the FHA ducts of the furnace if we want to warm the house up quickly.

What kind of stove is it? A modern catalytic stove will give you crazy long burn times. I have a Heartstone Green Mountain 60. I load it up at 9pm, and at 8am I still have a thick hot bed of coals and the stove itself is still wicked hot. I just throw more wood in and it takes off by itself.

These stoves work by recycling and burning the smoke the fire gives off. The important thing with these stoves is you need a professional with experience with these types of stoves to install it.