29 Jun 2023 5:54 am
I love wood heat...good hard work too, handling each piece a minimum of 6 times from forest to firebox...RedheadedStranger » 29 Jun 2023, 4:45 am » wrote: ↑ We installed a wood stove in the living room last fall that is rated to heat 2500 SQ feet... which is more than our entire house.
Not only will it heat the entire house efficiently, we did a couple pots of soup and some chili on it last winter and it did great. I'm gonna try bacon and eggs this fall as soon as we get cool weather again.
Its nice to be able to keep the house at a comfy 75 degrees when it's well below freezing out without having to run the heat at all.
used to burn 6 cord every winter...problem is sourcing it close enough to home to make it worthwhile...
a guy down the road who takes our manure burns wood was over last fall and we took down a half dz trees...I asked how much he burns..."12 cord"...
good gawd...that's a lot of lumber...nice thing is with a boiler, 3-4' pieces will fit...just fill 2x per day...speaking of saving money, a guy at work always said, "I can't wait for winter to start burning just soes I can start saving money!"
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