One 18" face cord would be 48 cu ft. You would need 2 2/3ds face cords to equal a full cord.
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I think in the old days people did not even try to heat the entire huge house to 70 deg.
There's probably quite a few of us with that mentality still around. During a cold snap I'd be happy if the avg temperature throughout the house was above 60. The room with the stove, 70-75, elsewhere 60's & 50's.
Every time I hear the forecast for the night in The Valley I go and throw another split in the stove. You guys get damned cold out there.
True, a little cooler out here than NoVa/DC, but then I read some of these guys' posts from the upper midwest & Canada & I think I've got it easy.
When I was a kid, I got to see how my grandparent's generation lived in some of the houses that had been in my family for hundreds of years, and some of them did in fact do all of their winter lounging and entertaining in just one room. However, they always still slept in the (much colder) bedrooms. The bedrooms always had fireplaces (open), but I think they mostly just relied on heavy pajamas and blankets, rather than hauling wood upstairs to light a fireplace for the night. They still used the whole house, but any time sitting was in the living room by the stove, you wouldn't sit and read in a cold bedroom in winter.I think in the old days people did not even try to heat the entire huge house to 70 deg. Probably slept near the fireplace or stove on the coldest days. Think of 3/4 of your house as 3 seasons rooms.
Bart you are getting old and crochety.Every time I hear the forecast for the night in The Valley I go and throw another split in the stove. You guys get damned cold out there.
I'd have torn out the Jotuls and gone to pellets long ago.
Living in a home of that heritage and maintaining it in that condition is more a lifestyle choice than anything. One must suffer for their art. . . .or cut down on labor and expense with a pellet boiler and a few pellet stoves for ambiance.I might have considered leaving one in for ambiance if the ambiance is highly desired.
But I would have absolutely added either a wood or pellet boiler to the baseboard system.
Curious what the oil bill is even after the savings? Still must be sizeable.
The conversion on that is 1 Canada tonne equals 2.7 US face tons, right?The little Napoleon has saved us a tonne of money this year
I've never added up total heating costs, as we have a mix of oil, propane, and electric. I can say that we still burn about $3500 in oil for an average winter, with 5.5 cords of hardwoods, and estimates put our oil usage without wood over $7k.I might have considered leaving one in for ambiance if the ambiance is highly desired.
But I would have absolutely added either a wood or pellet boiler to the baseboard system.
Curious what the oil bill is even after the savings? Still must be sizeable.
You can easily cross connect the pellet with the oil. You'd save about $1,500 a year in oil if your estimates are right.I've never added up total heating costs, as we have a mix of oil, propane, and electric. I can say that we still burn about $3500 in oil for an average winter, with 5.5 cords of hardwoods, and estimates put our oil usage without wood over $7k.
I had received suggestions to put a wood boiler in our basement, before installing the second stove. I rejected that, as I didn't want to do that much work processing firewood, to hide it in my basement. I wanted to sit in front of the fire.
A pellet boiler might be a good idea, tho. It could be installed next to my oil-fired boiler, with some work. Substantial install cost, and double maintenance, but that's not out of the question. The bigger issue is that I just paid to have my chimney re-worked a year ago (new liner, new lathe and stucco), and there's no room in that chimney for a second liner. I couldn' knock it down and build a larger chase for two liners, when we rebuild the part of the house to which it's connected, but I hate throwing away money already spent on that repair. I also hate the idea of storing 7 tons of pellets, which is what it would take to get us off oil.
Not quite 1 full cord at 18". They would have to be 24" on avg for 2 to equal 1 cord.ours are 18" on average 4x8x18 cord here so I figure 2 make's full cord?
That is why you areI'd have torn out the Jotuls and gone to pellets long ago.
what is a us face tonne?The conversion on that is 1 Canada tonne equals 2.7 US face tons, right?
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