I have been on Wood heat now for 3 weeks. I have a 2600 SF Raised Ranch with a 1200 SF Garage. I keep my garage on 60, and the entry way and my daughters room which is downstairs is on a programmable T-STAT that kicks on prior to her waking up, then off a few hours later and then back on after school and off at night at bedtime. So I am still using oil in the garages 24/7 and what appears to be 75% of the time in daughter room and entry way den.
Not having any heating seasons under my belt I did as best of an analysis as I could and I came up with this:
-5 and above, wood stove handles all SF except the garages.
-6 to about -15, wood stove handles about 2000 SF and oil supplements about 500 SF (den, entry, and daughters room, which is basically basement) still 100% oil for garages.
-16 and colder, wood stove handles about 1500 SF, oil supplements extreme far end of house, and all mentioned above, and oil heats almost 100% of den, entry, and daughters room.
House is an Interior AK house built in 95, sealed as good as humanly possible.
I wonder if this is on par for acceptable wood to oil ratio. I won't really see a difference until next years heating season when we tackle the -40 plus temps. I have a Blaze King Ultra with fan, I also use my ceiling fan to circulate. I am using about 60/40 Birch/Spuce mix. I am getting about 12-16% moisture on the wood. I am averaging about 14 hour burns with a mid-normal range setting.
I know there are some extreme cold pros out there, and if you have the time I would love your thoughts.
Thanks in Advance, Mike
Not having any heating seasons under my belt I did as best of an analysis as I could and I came up with this:
-5 and above, wood stove handles all SF except the garages.
-6 to about -15, wood stove handles about 2000 SF and oil supplements about 500 SF (den, entry, and daughters room, which is basically basement) still 100% oil for garages.
-16 and colder, wood stove handles about 1500 SF, oil supplements extreme far end of house, and all mentioned above, and oil heats almost 100% of den, entry, and daughters room.
House is an Interior AK house built in 95, sealed as good as humanly possible.
I wonder if this is on par for acceptable wood to oil ratio. I won't really see a difference until next years heating season when we tackle the -40 plus temps. I have a Blaze King Ultra with fan, I also use my ceiling fan to circulate. I am using about 60/40 Birch/Spuce mix. I am getting about 12-16% moisture on the wood. I am averaging about 14 hour burns with a mid-normal range setting.
I know there are some extreme cold pros out there, and if you have the time I would love your thoughts.
Thanks in Advance, Mike