If I can get use of a super-windy spot near here, I may be on the 'three-month plan."Would you feel better if we called it a dry wood plan? I am lucky to have hundreds of dead standing oak that will season in months not years.
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If I can get use of a super-windy spot near here, I may be on the 'three-month plan."Would you feel better if we called it a dry wood plan? I am lucky to have hundreds of dead standing oak that will season in months not years.
Just because we talk about the 3 year plan does not mean you have to stop! We've had from 3 years to 8 years on hand and it varies a lot from year to year. But the goal is to have a minimum of 3 years ahead at all times. The benefits are tremendous.
In addition, new people do not have to shoot for the 3 years all at once. That is a lot of work. It may take you 3 or 4 years to get that far ahead but then it is all easy from that point on.
I'm pretty much on the same page. Considering I burned about 8 cord this year, I think getting 24 in one year is going to be tough. I'm hoping to get 16 cord this spring, which should minimally be two harsh winters and hoping that mild weather may get me close to three.
Are you heating a barn as well as a house? If not you would do well to insulate and weatherstrip.
How much do you burn a year, and do you use any other source of heat?Are you heating a barn as well as a house? If not you would do well to insulate and weatherstrip.
I read this as you assuming 8 cords of wood is too much to heat a house? If I burned 8 cords, I could probably get my oil usage down to 600 gallons for the year... maybe.Are you heating a barn as well as a house? If not you would do well to insulate and weatherstrip.
Four cord of at least 3 year old wood. More if a lot of it is pine.How much do you burn a year, and do you use any other source of heat?
I've only burned 3 1/2 cords and two hundred gallons of propane in a 3,100 sq ft house in bone cold NW Wisconsin...where we still have 3 feet of snow in the woods. I've been heating the house since the first week of October and have a fire going now. Sometimes I'll be talking to a person who heats with wood up here and they'll say they've used something like 14 cord of wood and I'll say, HS! That's a lot of wood! But as time goes on you figure out that their talking face cords! Lol!
I read this as you assuming 8 cords of wood is too much to heat a house? If I burned 8 cords, I could probably get my oil usage down to 600 gallons for the year... maybe.
Yep! There's no question there's one big down side to old houses. But, my drafty old house has been standing 240 years, and will probably be here 240 more. Long after the tightly-built houses of today fall to the ground, and long after people fully realize the health implications of living in a house full of chemical-laden carpets and synthetics, with too-few air changes per hour.Needless to say, it was a drafty old house.
Wow! 240 yo! Cool! I've never been out east and prolly never will since family is in Cally. I thought your hearth looked like it was from an old, old house.Yep! There's no question there's one big down side to old houses. But, my drafty old house has been standing 240 years, and will probably be here 240 more. Long after the tightly-built houses of today fall to the ground, and long after people fully realize the health implications of living in a house full of chemical-laden carpets and synthetics, with too-few air changes per hour.![]()
Nope, just the house, hot tub and DHW. Not that it was insulated beyond code, but the house was just built in 2010, so it's fairly tight. My setup tends to overheat my basement (about 5 degrees above the rest of the house), so I am losing some efficiency there. All-in-all, I'm fine with the amount of wood I go through. I still save thousands a year over any other heating sources.
Old, yes, but not extraordinarily old for around here. The oldest house we have owned was in our family from 1692 until the early 1990's, and I have had grandparents / uncles living in several others dating to the 1740's. If you enjoy Rev. war history, this is the place to be... but the latest DIY / renovation craze has really done a lot of damage to most of these old houses.Wow! 240 yo! Cool! I've never been out east and prolly never will since family is in Cally. I thought your hearth looked like it was from an old, old house.
I'd really like to get out there and see Philly, DC and Boston. I sometimes think if not for the dogs I'd just hop in the car and go somewhere, lolOld, yes, but not extraordinarily old for around here. The oldest house we have owned was in our family from 1692 until the early 1990's, and I have had grandparents / uncles living in several others dating to the 1740's. If you enjoy Rev. war history, this is the place to be... but the latest DIY / renovation craze has really done a lot of damage to most of these old houses.
Thats pretty good. My basement must be about 90 to get my living room above to 75. And the floor above that to 68.My setup tends to overheat my basement (about 5 degrees above the rest of the house), so I am losing some efficiency there..
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