A recent post (thanks, muncybob) got me wondering what percent of households nearby that burn wood at least halftime or better. Here it's only about 2-3 %. How about near you?
Out of 18 houses: 10 less that 25% of their heating needs, 4 about 50 to 75%, and 4 over 75%
All of the houses on our street have some type of wood burning appliance. 8 have fireplaces they use occasionally for ambiance fires. 4 fireplaces are used almost every cold night. There are three smoke dragons I know of, one of which is used full time. There are three EPA stoves used for 75% to 100% of heating needs. One is a Jøtul 550 that is run like a smoke dragon, smokes the whole block out every cold day. His glass is so black you can never see the fire. He knows he is burning correctly so it must just be a bad stove design. Another EPA was installed last January. After a couple of smoky fires I offered him some advice on burning and he accepted. Walked over with a wheelbarrow load of dry oak and showed him how his stove could burn. He burned eco logs mixed with his not quite seasoned wood last year and started gathering for this season then and there.
KaptJaq
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