Is it all over?

[tadmaz]

My brother's in-laws had a little motel in Erin...

As in not anymore? I am a few houses west of the motel, 3 minute walk.

 

[Knots]

10 F this morning. Filled the stove...

 

[wooduser]

It was seventy degrees in Seattle yesterday and again today.


It was cool overnight. This morning I started a small fire to take the chill off and heat water to wash the dishes.

 

[Chuck the Canuck]

still burning up here most nights; got a ways to go yet....

 

[begreen]

It was seventy degrees in Seattle yesterday and again today.

It was cool overnight. This morning I started a small fire to take the chill off and heat water to wash the dishes.

It was 79º yesterday and today officially. A friend in Ballard had 81º on her thermometer yesterday. No fires for us yesterday or today.

 

[jetsam]

80! It's still 40-50 by day and 20-30 by night on the other coast.

 

[begreen]

80! It's still 40-50 by day and 20-30 by night on the other coast.

Yes, shattered the previous high by 16º! We're sending it your way now. It'll start cooling down here in the next few days.

 

[Highbeam]

Time to light up. We can skip days every so often but when your house is insulated sometimes the insulation keeps the heat out and your house too cool.

The trick is to heat the house without overheating

 

[begreen]

No fire here with these evening temps.

 

[mar13]

When doing my weather cruising on the internet I was surprised to see how warm it got up towards Portland and Seattle today. We got rain showers and stayed in the 50s, 400-500 miles south of you on the coast. The nights are barely getting into the 40s, though.

Shoulder season almost describes our temps here 12 months of the year.

 

[kennyp2339]

I'm still burning but in "light" mode, no more blower, no more morning or day time loads, just one big heavy evening load. Day time temps have settled into the mid 40's low 50's (with pockets of higher temps) night time is now upper 20's.
Normally I'm mentally ready by now to hang this up, but this year was a easy winter and I can go a few more weeks of this.

 

[Sawset]

Highs in the 40-50s
Lows in the 20-30s
Over 24hrs, we'll load and run once on the higher end. Maybe twice if on the lower end. The inside temp doesn't usually drop more than 10deg or so over 12hrs with no heat input, so we can anticipate that when deciding to bump some heat in the house or not. If the sun is out during the day, the sun streaming in through the windows adds a lot of heat right there. At some point the eaves will start shading, just about the time we'll need the shade.

 

[JotulOwner]

I mean the season... Will I burn wood again this year? Today it was over 70, and my car said 77! That first question was more for effect.

The real question is at what temperature does one stop lighting a fire? I’m sure we will see cold days again, and for sure cold nights, but the forecast is looking like it’s barely dipping below freezing temps at night and not for long.


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I will light a fire (to take the chill off) if it is 50 degrees outside or less (and depending on trending weather conditions) . Anything above 50 degrees I really have no interest in a fire.

 

[BethelStrong]

I will light a fire (to take the chill off) if it is 50 degrees outside or less (and depending on trending weather conditions) . Anything above 50 degrees I really have no interest in a fire.

Twas 47 during the day here, but I kicked on the heat this am when it was chilled. Now I’m starting a fire, even though it’s 44 still, as it will get in the upper 30’s. Feels good.


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[TradEddie]

It seems we always have a day of snow soon after the first day that hits 70, so I'm not putting away the kindling bucket just yet.
Add to that the fact that I've just paid a small fortune to have four large oaks and a tulip poplar taken down from around (and over!) my house, so I'm ahead for the next 5 or 6 years and have no need to conserve my firewood any longer. Feast or famine it seems.

Wood pile

• TradEddie
• Mar 16, 2019

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[Knots]

Snowing this morning. Looks like I'll have just enough wood indoors to make it to the end...

I gotta go to south Florida in a couple weeks. I'm gonna melt.

 

[Woody Stover]

Time to light up. We can skip days every so often but when your house is insulated sometimes the insulation keeps the heat out and your house too cool.

Utilize clean energy from the sun instead...open your windows.

 

[Woody Stover]

Low 30s, low 50s...I'm firing for a while yet.

As in not anymore? I am a few houses west of the motel, 3 minute walk.

So next time I get up there, your house will be the one with the silver rocket on the roof?
I'll get the details from my bro, and I'll PM ya. Bro and SIL live in Hubertus, BTW. Me and a buddy rented a house on Little Cedar Lake many, many years ago. I miss that pretty country, but not the frosty winters!

 

[Highbeam]

Utilize clean energy from the sun instead...open your windows.

Not when I’m away from home. Since the sun was setting, temperatures were going down.

 

[begreen]

Not when I’m away from home. Since the sun was setting, temperatures were going down.

I was surprised the interior was so cold at the end of that day. Is the house heavily shaded? Our house temp matched outside temp. We still had the windows open. With 72º outside maybe use a fan to move some outside air inside?

 

[frederico265]

We’ve been having a fire in the morning and at night. We have young kids so the thermostats set to 65. If the boiler is about to kick on we’ll throw a load in.


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[Woody Stover]

Our house temp matched outside temp.

So you aren't always cursing your plethora of windows, then...

 

[begreen]

So you aren't always cursing your plethora of windows, then...

Oh no, just in winter when it's very cold. Otherwise they are nice and bring a lot of light into the house.

 

[Highbeam]

I was surprised the interior was so cold at the end of that day. Is the house heavily shaded? Our house temp matched outside temp. We still had the windows open. With 72º outside maybe use a fan to move some outside air inside?

We don't have a single tall tree on the lot. I burned them all! My avatar photo is one of the fir trees that we fell several years ago when we decided that trees beside the home are overrated. Mature fir trees look great in the distance or in your stove but not when winds are blowing at 60-80 mph out of the gap. Zero shade from trees on the lot but in 1963 they built pretty low houses with two foot eaves and relatively high window sills so we almost get no sun actually on the window glass. All summer the house stays comfortable without AC. I've done some insulating and sealing which keeps us cool.

Just like forced air HVAC, if the supply air is only a few degrees warmer than the room temp you won't get much rise. The outside air is often warmer than the inside air but it would take some serious fans to warm up the house this way and honestly, after all of those years mowing fields I have developed allergies to the pollen. Tree pollen is very high right now and I would rather not bring in more outside air.

 

[Highbeam]

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No fire here with these evening temps.

I like that weather station.