Below are the propane numbers from 08/09 season without the stove and the 09/10 season with the stove. Our furnace and hot water(tankless) are the only items that use propane. This winter was a little warmer then last and we didn't get the stove install completed until the end of October. October 30th or 31st we had our first break in fire, if we had the stove finished up earlier in the season our Nov. fill this season would've been a lot less. The season isn't over yet so I know I'll be burning some still but this is a pretty good look at the saving.
08/09
11/21/08: 275 Gallons
12/26/08: 270 Gallons
01/30/09: 322 Gallons
03/06/09: 262 Gallons
05/15/09: 303 Gallons
Total: 1432 Gallons
09/10
11/06/09: 283 Gallons
12/24/09: 106 Gallons
03/26/10: 124 Gallons
05/??/10: Currently Unkown
Total: 513 Gallons so far
As you can see we put a pretty good dent in our use in the first year. 08/09 season propane was 2.50ish a gallon, this year it's around the 2 dollar mark a gallon. A huge savings and the house was never cold, last season and the season before the furnace was set on 66* during the day and 62* at night. This season I don't think the house was ever cooler then 70* and was typically much warmer.
I want to say thank you to all that post on this board and help us newbies out, without the good advice from all of you I wouldn't have had such a great first season! I ran into a little stumbling block(ran out of seasoned wood) a while back and Dennis(Backwoods Savage) hooked me up with enough great wood to finish out the season!(thanks again Dennis!) So far I've burned a little over 4 cords of wood, we should finish up without burning too much more. I'm working on finishing my 2012/2013 wood right now so I hope to never have an issue with seasoned wood again.
For all the new members who will be burning for the first time this fall remember the most important things are seasoned wood(can't stress this one enough) a properly sized class A or lined chimney. You get these two things right with these new EPA stoves and you'll be tickled by how well they work. This falls wood should already be done and if not look for white ash or black locust since they season pretty darn quick.
Thanks again everyone!
08/09
11/21/08: 275 Gallons
12/26/08: 270 Gallons
01/30/09: 322 Gallons
03/06/09: 262 Gallons
05/15/09: 303 Gallons
Total: 1432 Gallons
09/10
11/06/09: 283 Gallons
12/24/09: 106 Gallons
03/26/10: 124 Gallons
05/??/10: Currently Unkown
Total: 513 Gallons so far
As you can see we put a pretty good dent in our use in the first year. 08/09 season propane was 2.50ish a gallon, this year it's around the 2 dollar mark a gallon. A huge savings and the house was never cold, last season and the season before the furnace was set on 66* during the day and 62* at night. This season I don't think the house was ever cooler then 70* and was typically much warmer.
I want to say thank you to all that post on this board and help us newbies out, without the good advice from all of you I wouldn't have had such a great first season! I ran into a little stumbling block(ran out of seasoned wood) a while back and Dennis(Backwoods Savage) hooked me up with enough great wood to finish out the season!(thanks again Dennis!) So far I've burned a little over 4 cords of wood, we should finish up without burning too much more. I'm working on finishing my 2012/2013 wood right now so I hope to never have an issue with seasoned wood again.
For all the new members who will be burning for the first time this fall remember the most important things are seasoned wood(can't stress this one enough) a properly sized class A or lined chimney. You get these two things right with these new EPA stoves and you'll be tickled by how well they work. This falls wood should already be done and if not look for white ash or black locust since they season pretty darn quick.
Thanks again everyone!