Wood stoves

[greensider]

Just some food for thought for those thinking about putting one in we used a tank and a half more fuel oil last winter because of the very windy cold winter we had and the last tank was over 1000 dollars so we put in a large stove rated at 2400 square feet exactly what our house is but instead of putting it in the house we put it in the basement it heats the entire floor of the house keeping it very comfortable we keep the garage door cracked with a 2 x and it keeps that from getting cold because above it is baseboard heat pipes yes it's work cutting and splitting wood but I enjoy it so no big deal we started it late September and besides a few days it's been going non stop and have not turned heat on yet we put last wood in at 9 pm it's 67 in the morning now is the time with my putting in new laws banning fossil fuel heating systems by 2025

[Recurver]

yes sir.. mine is in my living room and heats the whole house we love it

[retired]

Best heat going and good for the bones

[GrizG]

The original renewable energy at it's finest.

[RageThruTheCage24]

Im on the same page. Love every minute of it. Just loaded mine up

[Geezer]

I have been heating my 3000 sq ft log cabin with wood for more than 15 years. I use a RSF high efficiency fireplace. It is air tight and works much like a wood stove. Based on the cost difference between fuel oil and wood I have paid for the fireplace, chain saw, log splitter, logs, fuel and maintenance many times over. I enjoy cutting and splitting wood, but even if I bought pre-cut and split cord wood it would be a lot less expensive than fuel oil.

I have an oil fired boiler that kicks in when I am not around to feed wood in the fire. When I get around to replacing that boiler I will look into a combination wood/oil or wood/propane boiler.

[DXT]

I’ve been burning wood for my entire life, I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way!

[walkabout]

I have a out door wood boiler past 15 years heat house, shop and water. only time I burn oil is summer to heat water..I've been buying wood most in chunks unspoilt still saving several thousand in fuel.

[WEM144]

Can’t beat it

[RageThruTheCage24]

Looking good WEM. The best part of heating by wood is the self sufficiency of it .Not counting on anyone but yourself to keep your family warm.

[greensider]

With the crazy wind I have both going we are down to 6 degrees already

[RageThruTheCage24]

With the crazy wind I have both going we are down to 6 degrees already

    wind is brutal tonight. I honestly cant ever remember such a fast temperature drop unlike anything ive ever experienced.

[greensider]

We dropped to 2 already and agree never saw it drop this fast

[GrizG]

It's dropped 30° here to 18° in the past 3 hours or so.

[greensider]

Just went below forcast low