Moisture from inside on the exterior walls is what you are talking about right? That would most likely be from warm air escaping through holes in your walls, right? Would keeping your house in the upper 60's instead of the mid-70's make a ton if difference? Over time, ok, yes, but on a rare really cold day, I have a hard time believing that a 68 degree temperature differential would behave a whole lot different than a 74 degree temperature differential with this respect (mold).
Now how do you keep your hot air from escaping through your walls... hmm... I guess you'd need to turn your house into a vacuum somehow (so cold dry air comes in instead if cold moist air forcing out through those holes in your walls). Hmm... What would work well to make a house a vacuum? I know! A good old fashioned fireplace with no outdoor air intake!
Toast that fire!
(The colder it is outside, the hotter I like the fire room. It makes those rare trips outside bearable, and seems to kill any cabin fever from staying inside.)
Did I get this post right?
do you normally use when its real cold????I've got an old Big Buck and it's eating wood like an aardvark at an ant convention, but it's keeping the house toasty.
Another couple nights and we'll be sitting on the patio, sipping whiskey and the Buck will be back to it's regular diet of White Ash.
Yes, it kept our 1000sf house at 74 to 76F, even when the outside temps were below 0F.What wood
do you normally use when its real cold????
Who would that be I wonder? Small world I may know him. Send me a Private message if you like.Keep warm out there! A friend of mine is in Gander and was telling me about your mess.
Cheers
Andrew
You are correct. I meant sub-zero. Thank you : )Well, for sure central PA does have sub-freezing temperatures a lot. Perhaps you meant below zero readings?
You bet that wood heat feels great. It is very easy to get hooked on it and I'd really hate to be without it. And we keep it around 80 all winter. A friend was complaining a couple days about the cold and said it was -7 degrees when he got up. I told him to come on over as it was 76 when we got up and was 80 right then. He called me a smart-???
EDIT: As for the glass, we've cleaned ours once so far this year. There is a very light haze in a couple spots from some fly as but that is it.
Are the animals on your surround sold as an option from osburn or did you do that yourself? I really really like itCome on dad....load this stove up....
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I don't need a wood stove....I got my electric heating pad.....
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Are the animals on your surround sold as an option from osburn or did you do that yourself? I really really like it
Holy cow just checked out the website and I couldn't believe how cheap the prices are!! Wish I had someplace around my stove to put someIt took me forever to find them, finally got them from here....http://www.metalcraftusa.com/animals.html
Holy cow just checked out the website and I couldn't believe how cheap the prices are!! Wish I had someplace around my stove to put some
No way It looks good just the way it isI might take one off of each side, 6 might be too much....
I have the 2000 and I'm impressed with it. Almost went with the 2400, but decided against it, figured it'd be overkill for 1400 sq ft, even though I have an old log cabin which does not have the best draft free situation. I would like a deeper (depth) firebox for ashes though.
You have top be lying about the Osburn. Every two years we have somebody come through and swear that an EPA stove can't keep their house warm like their old Nashua did.
Just glad to have one member not go on and on and on for years about how the Nashua was God's gift to wood burning and how their new stove sucks.
Congrats on making the swap and knowing how to run it.
it's eating wood like an aardvark at an ant convention
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