When Room Temps Are Too Hot

firecracker_77 said:

Trktrd said:

Got up to 90 the other night and had to turn on the window fan. 34 outside and open windows didn,t cut it. The fan stays in the window all winter.

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Impressive. I never had any temps close to that. That would be a little much.

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1200 feet of very tight, well insulated house, and an older stove that could very well give a BK a run for it's money.

I like it anywhere from 68 to 72ish.
I used to like it colder, but since I installed the insert, I find that I have become acclimated to the mid 70's. Now the temps I used to like 62-65ish, seems cold.
About 74 and it is getting a bit too warm for me. Then again when its single digits to teens outside 74 ain't so bad, but I seem to sweat even more.
I truly think your body will become used to any steady temps, and much of a 5 or 10 degree difference from then, you really notice.
The higher the temp, the more tired is also makes me.

If one is working physically, then lower temperature are nice. However, when one is sitting, like at the computer, I like it warm. It is very common for us to have the house at 80 degrees and sometimes above that. And I also keep stoking the fire until the wife begins to remove clothing.

:lol: Funny Dennis and I definitely have to try that one on my wife! %-P


Fredo

Backwoods Savage said:

If one is working physically, then lower temperature are nice. However, when one is sitting, like at the computer, I like it warm. It is very common for us to have the house at 80 degrees and sometimes above that. And I also keep stoking the fire until the wife begins to remove clothing.

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Was that intended cuz if not its even funnier now :lol:

Pete

Somewhere around 80 the windows get opened. It's a blessing to get the fresh air in the winter. I hated how stale our house used to get from November to March when we were stuck with forced air heat.

75 is plenty warm for me, I slow the heat after that. On a cold night it feels good laying on the couch by the stove but I start looking like one of the cats sprawled out half asleep at those temps.

I try not to get the house over 80, since too warm = a waste of wood. It has been tricky with the mild weather this year.

It helps if I don't reload before the house temp drops down to 70. If the stove room is 75 when I reload, it will be 85 within an hour or two!

-SF

If I seal up all the leaks and upgrade the single pane windows in my 800 square foot cabin I'll have to swap stoves out for something smaller. It can still easily keep it 80 if I so choose though.

Treacherous said:

If I seal up all the leaks and upgrade the single pane windows in my 800 square foot cabin I'll have to swap stoves out for something smaller. It can still easily keep it 80 if I so choose though.

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Reminds me of the Winter I spent on a trapline. The trapper's shack was nothing more than clapboards over bare studs with a barrel stove. I'd load that sucker up and crawl into my 40 below down sleeping bag and feel snow blow on my face through the cracks. At some point through the night, I'd wake up in a sweat with the cabin lit up from the orange glow of the barrel and stovepipe, throw open my sleeping bag, and fall back to sleep. A little later I'd wake up shivering and zip up the sleeping bag. Come morning, the water would be frozen in the pail and I'd have to break the ice to make coffee.

Fortunately not that extreme but heat retention is far from optimal.

I have stayed in a trappers shacks like that before so I know of that experience.

LLigetfa said:

Treacherous said:

If I seal up all the leaks and upgrade the single pane windows in my 800 square foot cabin I'll have to swap stoves out for something smaller. It can still easily keep it 80 if I so choose though.

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Reminds me of the Winter I spent on a trapline. The trapper's shack was nothing more than clapboards over bare studs with a barrel stove. I'd load that sucker up and crawl into my 40 below down sleeping bag and feel snow blow on my face through the cracks. At some point through the night, I'd wake up in a sweat with the cabin lit up from the orange glow of the barrel and stovepipe, throw open my sleeping bag, and fall back to sleep. A little later I'd wake up shivering and zip up the sleeping bag. Come morning, the water would be frozen in the pail and I'd have to break the ice to make coffee.

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I just installed my stove late last winter so I haven't go a lot of experience with it yet, its also my first wood stove, so I have been very cautious on how much wood I load, its a Fireveiw so I know what its capable of and since I live in a moderate climate I'm afraid of running us out of the house. My house is very well insulated on top of that, 1756 sq living and similar to a ranch design with the stove on one end and bedrooms on the other. I haven't seen outside temps below the 40's yet and so far I've played it pretty well keeping the house in the low to mid 70's on the colder nights, messed up one time a few weeks ago and got it up to 78 when we got up but it didn't get as cold that night as I thought. 72-75 degrees seems to be our comfort zone though. I will say that this stove seems to be a perfect fit for my situation, has no problems running at these lower burns, does a wonderful job. I am fixing to have my first real test this week starting tonite, coldest temps we've seen since the stove was installed, so we'll see how it goes. I am burning only maple too, its all I have seasoned right now, and only putting 3 to 4 splits in at a time, just c/s/s a big load of oak for next year so I'm looking forward to that,interested in seeing how the different types of wood effect the stoves output and behavior.

Pete1983 said:

Backwoods Savage said:

If one is working physically, then lower temperature are nice. However, when one is sitting, like at the computer, I like it warm. It is very common for us to have the house at 80 degrees and sometimes above that. And I also keep stoking the fire until the wife begins to remove clothing.

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Was that intended cuz if not its even funnier now :lol:

Pete

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Pete, I may not be as young as you are but that does not mean I don't appreciate the finer things in life.

Haha that's good to hear Dennis ;-)

Pete

68-74 degrees F is about right for my wife and I . . . when I mess up and reload with too much wood or too soon and the heat climbs into the high 70s or low 80s . . . it is too hot.