The only time I hesitate is when it is very damp and zero breeze. Then I have to make sure I light a bigger fire to start things and make sure I keep my eye on it so it will keep going strong. In those damp & still conditions, it's easy to lose your draft.
How cold outside to justify a burn?
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GeHmTS
Feeling the Heat
If I have to turn on the electrical heating, I fire up the stove. I'll turn off my stove when the outside temp is around 65F or so. It depends on how I feel. It's nothing scientific.
jharkin
Minister of Fire
Anything above 35 and sunny or 40 and cloudy and I'll just let the gas heat run... Above those temps and even a small fire can overheat this place.
Above 50 and sunny we don't need heat at all usually, solar gain keeps it comfy.
Above 50 and sunny we don't need heat at all usually, solar gain keeps it comfy.
To all.... Thanks! Some really great replies on this thread.
I would like to hear more about running a smaller but clean fire that might generate less heat. On cold nights I can let the FP roar but it would be nice to supplement my primary furnace in milder weather.
I would like to hear more about running a smaller but clean fire that might generate less heat. On cold nights I can let the FP roar but it would be nice to supplement my primary furnace in milder weather.
MishMouse
Minister of Fire
If it gets below 40
and it is a cold rainy wet day with 0 thermal heating I run the stove.
Anything higher than that I would not burn as efficiently as I would like to.
Though only having 1 day above freezing since December with the majority of that time spent below zero, if it were to make it up above 40 I would probably run around in shorts and complain about getting heat stroke.
and it is a cold rainy wet day with 0 thermal heating I run the stove.Anything higher than that I would not burn as efficiently as I would like to.
Though only having 1 day above freezing since December with the majority of that time spent below zero, if it were to make it up above 40
I would probably run around in shorts and complain about getting heat stroke.
BrianN
Feeling the Heat
Swedishchef
Minister of Fire
I dunno. If I have wood, whenever it is chilly in the basement since that's where my stove sits.
However, if it is warmer than 50F outside I tend to roast myself out. especially on sunny days!
When it's cold a nice hot fire warms up my wife and she's happy. However on a milder day with a nice hot fire my wife gets hot and then I am in chit. (sleeping in a room that is 80F + is not her cup of tea). Burning wood in my house in the shoulder season is like ballroom dancing: delicate and precise!
Andrew
However, if it is warmer than 50F outside I tend to roast myself out. especially on sunny days!
When it's cold a nice hot fire warms up my wife and she's happy. However on a milder day with a nice hot fire my wife gets hot and then I am in chit. (sleeping in a room that is 80F + is not her cup of tea). Burning wood in my house in the shoulder season is like ballroom dancing: delicate and precise!
Andrew
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