What's left of the stack/winter supply

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Another thread got me thinking about what I have left this winter so I went out this morning after my run and measured. 772.72 SF conservatively measured. That doesn't count the pile of unstacked splits. A bit more than half that is ready to burn now. I always say I want to start the winter with 10 cord put up but have yet to achieve that. I am sure I've burned at least 2 cord but since I m oved a lot of my wood this year I started off "cleaning up" the old stack areas so it's hard to be exact.
 
Unfortunately 3 cords gone already Chewed up a bit the last 2 weeks but happily can report no furnace ignition for heat even when it wa below zero

the used $500 Encore has taken my heating to the next level long productive burns and my home has never been warner. I no longer need to get up early AM to feed it

though running it at 600 reduced the burn time down to 7 hours. At that temp, the next hour real good bed of coals remained and never drops below 400 stove top surface temp
I will end up burning 2 more cords maybe more on the nights in early spring to knock the chill out.

What impressed me the most was no matter how cold it waS IF THE TEMP DROPPED TO 67 which it did i=on the severe cold windy nights,

I was able to raise the home temp up a dregree or two. Never was able to do thar with my prior stoves the past 30 years.

I would slowly loose ground below 10 degrees and my furnace would kick in

Anyhow I still have 12+ cords on hand and another that needs splitting stacking. All my wood is seasoned 2 full years any scrounging is 3 or 4 years away from burning now
 
We have a full 2+ cord left and next years wood is almost at the point where I am cutting down Pines for the not so cold nights.
I have gone through about 1 1/2 cord and the boiler only runs when we take showers.

I am surprised at just how much heat this stove puts out with nice dry wood, the design of the house and the fact that the "big window side" of it faces South certainly helps.

Anyone want any Maple J/K
I loaded the stove with mostly Maple , a few rounds and splits to fill the firebox Monday night.
I usually load up with Oak but I am getting into the pile that has Maple in it. The Oak with a similar load burns MUCH longer with a deeper coal bed.

If the living room is 77 or so when we go to bed and its in the teens with moderate wind, I can wake up to a living room at 73-74 if I load up with Oak.
Same conditions with Maple and it drops to 70 (still perfect really) but I dont have near the coal bed as I would with Oak after a 7-9 hour burn.

I guess it all evens out in the end, Maple splits if you look at it all mean and sorts and Oak is just all mean and sorts at the splitting station.
 
I'm starting to put a dent in my stacks and the forcast thru Valentines day is well below zero. So far though I've used about 3 face cords (hard maple, beech, ash) in the Englander 13NCP in my 1350sqft ranch. This is my first year with a wood stove and most folks around here normally use 10-14 face cord a season. What really makes me smile is that the propane furnace has not run once. That might change.

I'm curious to see how this wood heat thing handles the -30F windchills coming. I'm guessing I'll have to start setting the alarm clock to stoke it.
 
I've used just over a cord so far this season, and have about a cord left ready to burn. Been burning the old plum tree from the yard, taken down by a spring storm. I've got lots of Birch left that's a little long in the tooth, which burns like pine. I've still have to heat one small zone with #2 fuel oil though. I've got over a cord of swamp maple seasoning for next year. I'm probably going to get a triaxle load within the next 6 months, if I can find someone to sell it to me. I've become addicted to splitting by swinging a heavy implement. I'd like to be able to scrounge future supplies, but I've got a little car, and can't justify swapping it out for a pickup truck with worse gas mileage.
 
Got about 13 cords left of the 15 i started out with + i have some stacks of Hedge down in the lower 40 out of the way for there 2-3 years to be seasoned. (3-4 cords maybe? )

I need to get started on 2009/2010s winter wood supply.

Pictured is whats left except for the cord on the back porch and the 3-4 cords of Hedge down in the field.
 

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Them's some major mounds of wood Roo. Awesome. We've gone through about 1.5 cords and are about at the 50% point with our piddly piles. I've been scrounging deadfall when I get time. So far have about 2 cords waiting to be split. But the neighbor has about 5 cords sitting from the big maples they took down that will probably supplement our burn pile.
 
Hmm... my guess is we've burned just under 2 cords and have around 3 left. I find it ironic last year we kept the house around 66-68F to conserve wood. This year I did some major insulating and sealing of the house but our wood use hasn't really gone down compared to last year. The reason? With all the improvements our house maintains a warmer temp and now we don't feel guilty keeping the house at 75F instead!
 
Burned one full cord of wood and about one ton of coal so far.

My dad said he is just getting into the 3 ton bin, after emptying the little one ton bin near the house. Unless we hit an ice age, it looks like we'll be going into next year with 2 tons of coal left.
 
Burned maybe 1.5 cords out of original 5.5. It's finally staying cold here, so perhaps that will accelerate a little. I've already scrounged more this winter than I've burned, had to start a new stack.
 
Haven't gone through half of my 2 cords left, but then again, I don't do 24/7 burns and I don't burn when I'm not home for the most part. I'm typically out weekends hiking and of course, I'm at work for most of the day so I burn about a milk crate full of splits per day.

Jay
 
K31Scout said:
I'm starting to put a dent in my stacks and the forcast thru Valentines day is well below zero. So far though I've used about (hard maple, beech, ash) in the Englander 13NCP in my 1350sqft ranch. This is my first year with a wood stove and most folks around here normally use 10-14 face cord a season. What really makes me smile is that the propane furnace has not run once. That might change.

I'm curious to see how this wood heat thing handles the -30F windchills coming. I'm guessing I'll have to start setting the alarm clock to stoke it.
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Just 3 face cords so far is great in the UP.

Remember wind chill is a affect of wind on damp skin. Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed. Wind chill means Air movement increases the rate at which the temperature of an object reaches the temperature of the ambient air. Humans feel this increased rate of heat transfer as wind chill. Any wind increases the rate at which moisture evaporates from the skin and carries heat away from the body. The phase change of water (in sweat) from liquid to vapor requires that the molecules reach a higher energy state. That energy is acquired by absorbing heat from surrounding tissue by conduction (see heat transfer).

Any wind speed at any temperature increases forced convection, which directly transfers the heat away from a dry house. The big problem is giving that same wind a way into and out of your heating envelope at any temperature. Look for and seal all drafts to stay worm.
 

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K31Scout said:
I'm curious to see how this wood heat thing handles the -30F windchills coming. I'm guessing I'll have to start setting the alarm clock to stoke it.
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The real neat thing about wood stoves is that the colder it gets the better the stove works. A stove that seems sluggish at 40°F in the fall can have you opening windows when it is -10°F in January.
 
This is my first year burning, installed Dec. and I started out with 3 cords. There is a little over 1 cord left, so I'm in conservation mode. Have 5 cords cut/split/stacked and 3 cords of rounds in the bank. Some of next years stock is from a standing dead ash that I will dip into when I run out.
 
Gunner said:
This is my first year burning, installed Dec. and I started out with 3 cords. There is a little over 1 cord left, so I'm in conservation mode. Have 5 cords cut/split/stacked and 3 cords of rounds in the bank. Some of next years stock is from a standing dead ash that I will dip into when I run out.
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March. The month where wood burners start eying the wooden furniture.
 
Andre B. said:
K31Scout said:
I'm curious to see how this wood heat thing handles the -30F windchills coming. I'm guessing I'll have to start setting the alarm clock to stoke it.
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The real neat thing about wood stoves is that the colder it gets the better the stove works. A stove that seems sluggish at 40°F in the fall can have you opening windows when it is -10°F in January.[/quote

So true. Well said.
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Since this was the first year with a pellet stove I had to guesstimate we are down to 25 bags which at the currect rate will get us into late feb.
 
Started out with 7 cords, burned 1 1/2 so far. It's been mild on Long Island except for now. Temps are in the 20- low 30's during the day and teens at nite. All my wood was split back in March and is burning pretty good. I too am amazed how when it's colder outside the stove works better. Is it a draft thing?

The wife thinks the house is cold at 75. I just tell her to but a sweater on. It's pretty funny watching her sit 10 feet from the stove with a sweater on! This is our second season with the stove and it's great. Bought 200 gallons of oil in Oct and still have nearly 3/4 of a tank left (used for hot water only)
 
Started out with about 11 cords. Have about 7 now, but at least 3 were pine and Kevin and Steve have stopped by.

More Kevin than Steve. Kinda thinking Steve doesn't like me. Either that or the fatwood pine nearly melted his stove. :)
 
BrotherBart said:
Gunner said:
This is my first year burning, installed Dec. and I started out with 3 cords. There is a little over 1 cord left, so I'm in conservation mode. Have 5 cords cut/split/stacked and 3 cords of rounds in the bank. Some of next years stock is from a standing dead ash that I will dip into when I run out.
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March. The month where wood burners start eying the wooden furniture.
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Ain't that the truth, I got a nice maple dining room table we hardly use.....

I really sucks running out of seasoned wood when you got 5 cords taunting you outside the kitchen window. Although I think that dead ash I got should burn just fine.
 
I have gone though 2.5 full cords have @1 left under the porch have @2 season cord in the side yard. I've a wood furnace heating a 2000sft colonial . The upstairs and downstairs is @ 72-5 most of the time. I've used less then a half tank of oil in 2 winters which
I thinks good.
 
moralleper said:
Since this was the first year with a pellet stove I had to guesstimate we are down to 25 bags which at the currect rate will get us into late feb.
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I'd start looking for another ton real soon considering this is your only heat source and a baby's coming.
 
Started with about 7.5 cords split and stacked in the sheds, have nearly emptied the 1.5 cord shed except for the almost full bay of kindling (haven't been using that anywhere near like I anticipated) and a few odd bits of birch and the like. Also burned about 1/4 of the 6 cord shed, should be in good shape to finish the year with about 1/4 to 1/2 the 6 cord shed left, plus about 2 cords of rounds that I didn't have split from last year.

Gooserider
 
March is also the month when a man with a big stock of wood can make a buck, help his "motivationally challenged" friends out, or trade a face cord for a case of hard cider to help him over the hump into Spring. It's also a good time to do a good deed and help out a neighbor or two who runs short through no fault of his own.....a few hours in the woods with a saw isn't really work; it's a gift!
 
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