Best part of owning a wood stove

[joop]

best part is when power goes off don't have to worry about heat or cooking.taking a bath is possible but a rather long ritual lugging water from stove to tub but doable.

 

[kborndale]

best part is when power goes off don't have to worry about heat or cooking.taking a bath is possible but a rather long ritual lugging water from stove to tub but doable.

That's why I love my natural gas water heater. Pilot light and city water so even when the power goes out I still can take a hot shower, wood stove for heat and natural gas range top I can still cook on.

 

[joop]

ya all electric were i'm at, other house is ng moving into that one for retirement

 

[bigealta]

In our case you could feel the draft after 20 years with the wood slider. Good loss of heat. Some of the windows we replaced had trim rot that reached the window frame. All azek trim now no more painting. Resale of our home will also be higher with the improvements we made.

Yeah those sliders can be nasty. I still have the old metal framed ones in Utah. Yup it's cold and the 1st window door that's next on the replacement list. A few windows are those crappy metal sliders. I rebuilt 4 with custom double paned redwood. Got 2 more of those to go.

 

[Wildflush]

Yeah those sliders can be nasty. I still have the old metal framed ones in Utah. Yup it's cold and the 1st window door that's next on the replacement list. A few windows are those crappy metal sliders. I rebuilt 4 with custom double paned redwood. Got 2 more of those to go.

Started having dry rot in the wood slider.

I bet your custom redwood windows looks great! We are replacing ours as needed.

 

[bigealta]

Started having dry rot in the wood slider.

I bet your custom redwood windows looks great! We are replacing ours as needed.

Redwood windows are very simple rectangles, 4 clearstory ones. Fixed in place but could be easily hinged to open.

 

[begreen]

Best part of the wood stove is a happy family. Everyone loves it, including the cat.

 

[ozarkoak]

For us its cost, quality of heat and the amount of heat.

 

[bigealta]

As a pyro, Everything about woodstoves is great. Except maybe sweeping the chimney.

 

[Biglumber]

I second the pyro thing. Love the heat!

 

[BillBurns]

I like the heat the most, and money savings big time. I have saved around 3000 dollars in three years, and I have maybe 1500 in it,

 

[all night moe]

wood furnace here saves me big coin in heat. Oil would cost $8000/yr in current prices. Going on 4th year in this house.

 

[fvhowler]

Ellie and Kooper say this is the best part of owning a wood stove...I agree.

 

[Southwestpaburner]

Here’s why I burn plus I have gas stove hot water tank and dryer

 

[Caw]

Still paying bills by hand??? 😉

Love the low bill.

 

[Southwestpaburner]

Yea old fashioned I guess I remember when the gas co came and changed my meter 😂😂I then told the guy I installed a wood stove he gave me a 👍