Wow.......... I have never burned that much up here in Ontario. Have you burned that much or do you mean processing 10 cords?
how far into your pile are you?
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No one in this area measures in face cords for the most part. Bush cord (128 cu ft) is the more common sizing.
Gearhead660
Minister of Fire
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Caw
Minister of Fire
I'm around 2.75-3 cords burned so far this season...counting the 5 days worth I brought in the basement today. Hard to be exact as my first stack wasn't quite full. I plan on 4 cords +/- 0.5 per season so it's going to end up being a light year barring any crazy March weather.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Burned. I burn up to 10 cords per year.
I processed another 12 cords over the last year, filling up some new sheds. I had let my stock get lower than usual during the super rainy and muddy years of 2018/19, and while I planned and built a new storage system. I used to keep roughly 30 cords stacked on two rows of pallets totaling 250 feet long x 3' wide x 5' high, but I'm aiming to hover closer to 20 cords in the future with a combination of reduced usage and dryer storage (so hopefully less time CSS'd).
About 350gal of oil and 2 cords of wood since November. I think long term answer is better insulation in the house.
Yes insulation would help me out greatly. Also an appropriately sized stove. If I were to guess I am closer to 400 gallons since Nov. I did just over 1000 gallons in the 2020 calendar year. I started burning late 2020 so I am looking forward to the totals for 2021. Not looking forward to the $4 a gallon for oil though.
It's getting ugly with oil at 3.5~3.9 per gallon - 400~500 per month in oil and another 150-200 in wood is getting very painful. Between August and Nov when heat was off I went through about 220 gallons - still that's a 70gal/month baseline even with heating being minimal. Something isn't quite right.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
For sure, residential hot water only shouldnt be more then 3/4 gal a day in the summer, my average is less then 1/3 a gal a day for domestic hot water, granted my holding take is insualted and will hold 165-170deg water for 18hrs @ 55gal if I remember correctly.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
I think holding losses are usually pretty low, unless tank is in cold space. Fuel consumption should be almost entirely dependent on number of users, with slight adjustment for long uninsulated pipe runs.
Last I checked, our consumption was right around 1.0 gallons per day, household of four.
Will check my heating oil usage for the year later tonight, I’ve been getting lazy on tracking it, the last two years.
That seems a little high for off months. Last year was our first summer in the house and we got our last delivery in April or May and didn’t get another one until October. Even at that point they called me to ask if I was sure that our hot water used oil (it does). It was a brand new tank when we moved in so maybe the seller got a good insulated one.
Just got an oil delivery last week. $4.29 a gallon.
JamesGuido
Feeling the Heat
only wet (18-24%) left...
had another cord brought in... filthy dirty bottom of the pile mixed hards...
also have some old apple laying around that was never used for smoking... been burning that inside when i've been outside to take in the sweet aroma...
hopefully, i'll make it thru with this dirty wood.
had another cord brought in... filthy dirty bottom of the pile mixed hards...
also have some old apple laying around that was never used for smoking... been burning that inside when i've been outside to take in the sweet aroma...
hopefully, i'll make it thru with this dirty wood.
Lost track but filling stacks back faster than depleting them so that's good.
FWIW household of 4 here consumes aprox 3/4 to 1 gallon of propane a day for hot water.Its a Condensing 50gal tank . We don't use the full 400 gallon propane tank within a year thus far. Wood does the entire heat load. Wife likes to use hot water for washing machine and there seems to be a load going nonstop. 4 showers a day and 1 load of dishes.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Just pulled the records. I'm right around 64 - 66% of our yearly consumption on all fuels as of today, having to make some rough guesses on use since last bill on each. Our yearly consumption averages:
10 cords red oak (full cords)
970 gallons #2 heating oil
80 gallons LPG
19,340 kWh
The kWh figure includes lighting and cooling, I haven't spent the time to separate out what fraction of that goes toward heating.
10 cords red oak (full cords)
970 gallons #2 heating oil
80 gallons LPG
19,340 kWh
The kWh figure includes lighting and cooling, I haven't spent the time to separate out what fraction of that goes toward heating.
We’ve had a very mild winter here. I’m a little over half through my pine stack (2.1 cord stack), and half a face cord of mahogany. I also burnt a bit of red elm which I wasn’t keeping track of but it was a very low amount burned this year. We’re usually burning 24/7 by late October-early November and this last season we didn’t start until December.
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