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Enjoying the sunshine and the warmer temperatures! All the windows are open including the front and back doors! And.....I still have 1 1/2 cords of seasoned wood left over.
 
n3itn said:
it's stove withdraw here in se pa ... 3 days- no lugging pellets, cleaning ash, filling the humidifier... what's a guy to do?
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Here's a couple ideas for those cooler nights.

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Burning low and slow. Six splits in the past 24hrs. (2 every 8hrs).
The cat is doing what is meant to do. 77 inside, 35 outside for the past few days. Using my spring stash of silver maple.
 
Same here, no cat though. Inside 73F, outside 46F. Whittling down the doug fir stash and nibbling on the hardwood.
 
I've been wanting to start a new thread to discover how much over the outdoor temps various homes can maintain with no active heat supply at all; stove, furnace, etc. I'm sure it's all over the place, but I've noticed here that if the the outdoor temp is, say 60 F, the house will stay over 70 - 72 with no more than normal home activities. Regardless of the actual temps involved it seems that around a 12 F difference can be maintained here. I can use that rule of thumb to help plan the day.
 
Sprinter said:
I've been wanting to start a new thread to discover how much over the outdoor temps various homes can maintain with no active heat supply at all; stove, furnace, etc. I'm sure it's all over the place, but I've noticed here that if the the outdoor temp is, say 60 F, the house will stay over 70 - 72 with no more than normal home activities. Regardless of the actual temps involved it seems that around a 12 F difference can be maintained here. I can use that rule of thumb to help plan the day.
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Don't forget solar gain, it makes a huge difference
 
Diabel said:
Don't forget solar gain, it makes a huge difference
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Yes, it can. Our place was not built with solar advantage in mind, but it does have a lot of southern window exposure and two skylights. It just illustrates how many variables there are in the equation. Our PacNW environment (think Seattle stereotype) is not normally considered prime solar, but it sure can help (as long as you can mitigate the summer effect...)
 
Yea, it also took a couple of days to warm the mass of the house from outside in and it finally did. Last night it was in the low to mid sixties outside and calm and it took all night with windows down to cool back off. Need a exhaust fan!!
 
Sprinter said:
I've been wanting to start a new thread to discover how much over the outdoor temps various homes can maintain with no active heat supply at all; stove, furnace, etc. I'm sure it's all over the place, but I've noticed here that if the the outdoor temp is, say 60 F, the house will stay over 70 - 72 with no more than normal home activities. Regardless of the actual temps involved it seems that around a 12 F difference can be maintained here. I can use that rule of thumb to help plan the day.
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Must be a lot of HOT AIR in that house.;lol:p
 
Diabel said:
Don't forget solar gain, it makes a huge difference
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Also, I know our refrigerator can give off a lot of heat. The floor is always warm directly in front of it.
 
CenterTree said:
Also, I know our refrigerator can give off a lot of heat. The floor is always warm directly in front of it.
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That's the kind of thing I was referring to. That and two hot-headed adults, a cat an an active dog. The wife likes to cook, too... Decent insulation helps a lot.

I'm sure that other homes could beat us/
 
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