How much wood so far? 2014

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Built a 1500 sq ft well insulated and well sealed house last year and we're running the Keystone for 100% of our heating. We've burned about 1/2 cord of a mix of red/sugar maple and oak so far this heating season. It's been pretty cold up here so we're very happy with the results.
 
Probably somewhere around 2/3rd cord so far. I started burning some in mid-October and then more in November. So far December has been fairly mid (early morning fire).
 
I have gone thru about 2 cord of pine and maybe a quarter cord of hardwood only thrown in if needed at night. Oil is off and I'm doing 2 houses from one boiler. I was able to pick up 2 cord of oak last week so 2017 will be oak only I think. SIL thinks we should just use pine all the time because it works so nice.
 
I guess I'm not too far off the norm. Of course the heating needs, alternate heat sources (if any), and local weather conditions matter quite a bit, I was just curious to see where folks were at so far.
 
probably through close to one cord here in central Wisconsin burning a lot of softwoods. I have 14 cords stacked and probably 75% of it dry so I am not worried

we are in a 1200 square foot home built around 2002.
 
Will hit a full cord at some point next week. Been burning since mid October - mostly nights and weekends and when home for the holidays. Just had a PE Summit Insert installed in the middle of November - before that, was burning in a 1989 Lopi Answer. I'm about on track for where I thought I would be. I've been estimating about a cord for just under two months. It's been freaking cold here though so probably burned through more than I would in an average late fall/early winter.
 
About a cord and a third of red oak.
Been letting the oil burner take over on these warm days because the house just gets too warm.
I don't have any maple or much pine to use this year.
 
one cord so far for me, burning off and on since Sept 11th as primary source of heat. This Austral sips the wood compared to my wood furnace so im pleased with my wood use thus far.
 
I would say a little over a 1/2 cord since last week of Oct. most of that was pine. Plus we had colder than normal temps. for Nov.
 
My house was built in 1865... and the insulation that is in it... I installed.... and I'm not done.

When the redi-flash boiler was installed as a coal unit... then the grates and shakers got pulled and it was converted to #2 oil. My dad said it would go through 200 gallons a week!!!!!

Needless to say, the boiler is disconnected, and all of the radiators have been scrapped.

My grandfather shut that thing down more than 30 years ago, and put in an ashley. It did well... A chimney fire in the masonry chimney saw the ashley pulled and monitors put in. When I moved in... we starved and froze through a winter of $4.30+/gal kerosene. Then I finally scraped together enough $$ to put in a new class A chimney... and the monitors were yanked and the wood stove went in. This would be my second winter of 100% wood heat. I put up about 4 cord last year and ran out.

This year I have 9.... lol, not gonna run out.
old friend, originally from Houlton(god rest his soul), once asked me what are the three (maine) parts of a stove? I kinda just shrugged my shoulders. He replied," lifter, leg and poker" have a day
 
This thread makes me feel so much better. We've been burning for primary heat since Oct. and have only used between 1/4 and 1/2 cord. Since we only were able to acquire 2 cords, I am trying to ration the wood to no more than 1/2 cord per month.
 
I am about 1/2 to 2/3 of a cord. The wife will not mess with the stove so it only runs when I am around (one when I get home, one when I go to bed, and if I am up early enough one before work).

My furnace breaker tripped and I assumed we were out of oil (started the season with 1/2 tank). I ordered a fill up and when the delivery guy came it was still about 1/2 full! While the furnace was supposedly out of oil we burned 24/7. I was surprised how long the stove kicks off heat and how little wood we used (it was kinda cold for my area). I was pretty sure that the oil heater was doing a lot of supplemental heating, but apparently not.
 
So far we have used just under a cord of red maple and sweetgum. Haven't needed to get into the oak yet. The weather in this neck of the woods has been decent, thankfully. Very few nights below freezing. We started burning back in October.

Since the SheWolf retired, the Fire TV plays around the clock. She will burn through some wood. I got us enough laid in to last for the duration and then some.
 
I used about 10 last year. I've used 2 cord so far. Since Oct 25.

JP
 
Since the first fire in September, we've used around a cord in our wood furnace. We've seen single digits and the one night we had -20° windchills. Lots of days in the 20's, with a few teens. Since we've been tightening up the home, wood usage has dropped.
 
First fire was August 29, outdoor temps in the +40s dF, cloudy, rainy, blustery, it was time. Last time I used a match or anything else other than hot coals to light the stove was around October first.

Two cords gone, getting started on the third one now. I started the season with about eight cords, half and half hard and soft. So far I am just burning spruce, haven't touched "the good stuff" yet.
 
First fire was August 29, outdoor temps in the +40s dF, cloudy, rainy, blustery, it was time. Last time I used a match or anything else other than hot coals to light the stove was around October first.

Two cords gone, getting started on the third one now. I started the season with about eight cords, half and half hard and soft. So far I am just burning spruce, haven't touched "the good stuff" yet.

When does your burning season usually wrap up? And how much space are you heating? I think I'd move the family into a much smaller and tighter house if I lived in your climate.
 
When does your burning season usually wrap up? And how much space are you heating? I think I'd move the family into a much smaller and tighter house if I lived in your climate.


Last year my EPA non-cat and I started Nov 10 and finished eight cords in late March. My oil furnace also makes the Domestic Hot Water; depending on which kids are home taking showers my break-even/ wash point is around +45dF, that is I am making enough hot water anyway to keep the house warm too. The last of the long haired long shower daughters moved out in August 2014. I am pretty sure my wash point moved but I don't have enough data to claim a new number yet. I am guessing closer to +50-55dF now with a +62dF setpoint on the oil furnace.

I am heating 1200sqft of upstairs almost exclusively with wood, 600sqft of garage and 2beds 1 bath and a stairwell for another 600 sqft of downstairs, all at 55-60dF on the oil furnace that makes hot water anyway. Total 2400sqft, 2x6 framing, 5 star energy rating. I don't own any single pane windows, and other than the big picture window in the living room and the sliding glass door out onto the deck I don't own any double pane windows either.

OTOH if I don't keep the upstairs common areas at 80-85dF the wife starts talking about moving to California, which would significantly curtail both my hunting hobby and my fishing hobby.

I am running a new cat-equipped Blaze King (Ashford 30) this season. I know I am burning "less" wood than last year, but way too early to guess how much less, I haven't even seen -20dF yet this winter, never mind really cold weather.

Once the kids are out of college and established we are thinking 1200sqft single story home with something like 900-1200sqft of garage/shop space, all heavily insulated, prob +80dF in the house and +55dF in the garage/shop... http://www.cchrc.org/remote-walls represents our current gold standard for new construction.
 
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I'm heating a 2300 sq ft home built in 2004, and have gone through 2/3 of a cord. I have been learning how to use the stove and have darn near cooked us out a couple times. So I could have possibly used a little less.
 
Last year my EPA non-cat and I started Nov 10 and finished eight cords in late March. My oil furnace also makes the Domestic Hot Water; depending on which kids are home taking showers my break-even/ wash point is around +45dF, that is I am making enough hot water anyway to keep the house warm too. The last of the long haired long shower daughters moved out in August 2014. I am pretty sure my wash point moved but I don't have enough data to claim a new number yet. I am guessing closer to +50-55dF now with a +62dF setpoint on the oil furnace.

I am heating 1200sqft of upstairs almost exclusively with wood, 600sqft of garage and 2beds 1 bath and a stairwell for another 600 sqft of downstairs, all at 55-60dF on the oil furnace that makes hot water anyway. Total 2400sqft, 2x6 framing, 5 star energy rating. I don't own any single pane windows, and other than the big picture window in the living room and the sliding glass door out onto the deck I don't own any double pane windows either.

OTOH if I don't keep the upstairs common areas at 80-85dF the wife starts talking about moving to California, which would significantly curtail both my hunting hobby and my fishing hobby.

I am running a new cat-equipped Blaze King (Ashford 30) this season. I know I am burning "less" wood than last year, but way too early to guess how much less, I haven't even seen -20dF yet this winter, never mind really cold weather.

Once the kids are out of college and established we are thinking 1200sqft single story home with something like 900-1200sqft of garage/shop space, all heavily insulated, prob +80dF in the house and +55dF in the garage/shop... http://www.cchrc.org/remote-walls represents our current gold standard for new construction.

leave alaska for cal..... ? i can't even say that word anymore. is she insane? i'd live in haiti first
 
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I'm through one cord of poplar and 1/3 cord of birch/ oak. Temps have moderated so I'm hoping I can get through December on 1/2 cord... Then I think I'll be on track with the 4+ that I had when I started.
 
2.5 face cords here. Been having 40+ mph winds, and I wasn't able to do the windows this past summer. This upcoming spring I am taking a week off of work and any door or window that hasn't already been replaced is getting done. We went through about 10 cords and 200 gallons of oil last year. The oil burner does the dhw, and keeps the house from freezing if needed. Since I topped off the tank in July, it is currently down to a half tank. Also looking at putting in a Nyletherm in the spring to further cut oil consumption.
 
7 weeks in. We heat only with wood. I'd say we're just shy of a cord. 2k sqft cape.
 
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