wow 3.34 a gal! :gulp: only paid 2.80 a gal a month ago i only run the furnace at nights since i don't like baby sitting my wood burner.. gotta have some peace of mind....
vixster said:So Badfish, how much wood have you burned?
Shari said:46hemi said:I honestly dont understand how you guys do it. Even running my rockland full tilt 24x7 I still need to keep the heat on even minimally or the house gets really cold (upstairs and downstairs..away from the stove)
Even though we are heating 24/7 there are some cool mornings around here. I am awake first (always) and have seen 67 in the living room where the stove is when outside temps are single digits with a 20 mph wind. Within a 1/2 hr. starting the stove our room temps are rising so when hubby get up 1-1-1/2 hrs. later its in the mid 70's and might still be climbing depending on outside temp/wind.
This is not to say who don't have 'leaks' around here. This afternoon we will be installing a new front door storm door. I'd love to replace our living room window but that is a real biggy - about 9' long. It wouldn't hurt if our house were 'tighter'.
46hemi said:I honestly dont understand how you guys do it. Even running my rockland full tilt 24x7 I still need to keep the heat on even minimally or the house gets really cold (upstairs and downstairs..away from the stove)
Mad Tom said:I was curious how some of you gentlemen and ladies heat your hot water ??
gyrfalcon said:Not meaning to brag here, but it's just a matter of your expectations. If you want consistent 70-plus heat throughout the house, don't try to heat with a woodstove.
crossout said:wow 3.34 a gal! :gulp: only paid 2.80 a gal a month ago i only run the furnace at nights since i don't like baby sitting my wood burner.. gotta have some peace of mind....
Huskyforlife said:crossout said:wow 3.34 a gal! :gulp: only paid 2.80 a gal a month ago i only run the furnace at nights since i don't like baby sitting my wood burner.. gotta have some peace of mind....
Actually I think it's $3.44/gal! That's crazy, and why I will never go on a contract with an oil company. COD today here in CT at my local oil company is $3.06. Shop around...
Shari said:gyrfalcon said:Not meaning to brag here, but it's just a matter of your expectations. If you want consistent 70-plus heat throughout the house, don't try to heat with a woodstove.
Respectfully I disagree with this statement. There are many, many variables to 'heating your home' with wood heat; stove location, central vs exterior chimney, type of wood, size of firebox, insulated/non insulated liner, etc.
I can see where you are coming from with a home with more than one story. We own a ranch style home; central chimney; lined & insulated; 1700+ sq.ft. but kids are grown and gone so two bedrooms aren't used and are 'closed' in the winter. So, effectively we are heating 1500 sq ft with a stove rated to heat 2,000 sq ft. In our temperate zone, our stove guy said to deduct 25% from manufacturer stated sq. ft. heating - so that puts us right at 1,500 which is what we are comfortably heating, consistently in the 70's.
Granted, I do experience some cooler mornings if the outside temp is in single digits but then again I can avoid that by stoking later at night and burning higher BTU wood.
Huskyforlife said:Actually I think it's $3.44/gal! That's crazy, and why I will never go on a contract with an oil company. COD today here in CT at my local oil company is $3.06. Shop around...
stejus said:That's great if you can keep your oil consumption as minimal as possible. I still heat my hot water with oil so I go through about 1 gallon of oil a day on average. If you are only using 40 gallons a year, this oil is sitting and getting old. Do you add a preservator?
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