So just before midnight I loaded the stove up and went to bed. My wife asked me to sleep in ( she worries about me never getting enough rest.) so when I woke up around 7 I rolled over and went back to sleep even though I could hear the heat was on. ( I had set it to 62 to make sure the house stayed comfortable.) When I got up around 9 and came downstairs my 14 year old was on the couch. I asked wny he hadn't started the fire back up. "It's not that cold" he says. I informed him that it "wasn't that cold" because the heat was on. It was 18 degrees outside. So I had him help me load the stove. There were still a few red coals in the back of the stove and it started slowly back up. I also turned off the heat and told everyone that " it's wod heat or nothing, this weekend."
I don't want to wring his neck, but I was hoping for a little more common sense from him. He stacks firewood, splits it sometimes, has to fetch the wood every day. You would think he would take interest in how the stove works to keep him warm. I think I am going to have to put a lock on the thermostat and make him burn or be cold.
I don't want to wring his neck, but I was hoping for a little more common sense from him. He stacks firewood, splits it sometimes, has to fetch the wood every day. You would think he would take interest in how the stove works to keep him warm. I think I am going to have to put a lock on the thermostat and make him burn or be cold.