29 Jun 2023 7:46 am
My mother died in 2010 and I took over the farm, which has two rentals each with wood heat plus propane.RedheadedStranger » 29 Jun 2023, 6:25 am » wrote: ↑ We aren't in the cold belt by any stretch so the stove was just more of a stop gap/back up type thing for us personally... plus it has a glass front so it actually doubles as a fireplace as far as aesthetics goes.
It's one of those new EPA regulated secondary burn system set up deals that produces very little smoke at temp and gets the most out of the burn as far as heat transfer to the house. I can load it up with seasoned rounds at around 10pm and have heat all night with a good enough bed of coals to get going right back to speed in the morning.
I'm pretty impressed by the efficiency of the secondary burn setup too. About a dozen regular sized splits and a few rounds will get us through the night and into the AM no problem, with very little tending needed as well.
It will actually run you the hell out of the living room if you get it burning too hot. Out house isn't huge and the size stove we got was a little on the bigger than needed than the not enough range.
I know a couple folks that do firewood on the side so I gets my stash for the winter delivered and stacked too. All I gotta do is get it in the house after that.
There was some kind of $150 tax credit, if I installed an “energy star” rated wood stove. I bought a couple, and had them installed.
My friends were all afraid Obama was going to outlaw wood stoves, and the usual MAGA drivel they always raise to each advancement in tech, and always will.
The new stoves are infinitely better, indescribably better, than the old kind. Only a pig headed Republican fool with his nose buried into conspiracy literature would want an old stove for free.
There’s hardly any smoke. Wood use is a fraction. Neither renter ever uses two cords a year.
What fascinates me about Republicans is no matter how many times, on how many issues, they wind up wrong, and everything they were told an obvious lie, they’ll line right back up to be lied to again.