Hope those in the artic deep freeze are alright and coping.

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I know those of you who live in Alaska, the northern extremes of Canada and other regions where the daytime highs stay below 0F (-17C) may think this a funny post since you have to deal with extremes all winter--all I can say is that you are hardy souls. I hope everyone in the lower 48 experiencing the extreme sub-zero temps are hanging in there and doing alright. In my region it looks like we won't break above 0F until next weekend. Stay safe, especially when venturing out. This is certainly a major wood burning event. I'm glad I got the blower kit when I bought the new stove. I may not have used it in shoulder season but it will be on 24/7 during this cold spell.
 
We went outside to hay the cows and carry wood this morning at about 9:30. We were out until a little before 11am and is was around 55*. Came home from getting groceries at noon and it was 30* and now at 3:15pm it is 15*. Lows tonight of 0 and highs tomorrow of around 10 above. Loaded the wood rack with enough oak to carry us through much of the week, so we are set.
 
I am one of those lower 48 dwellers who constantly wonders how those 'up there' live in such a cold climate....

Yesterday it was in the high 40's. This morning I woke up to -3*. It is holding at about 7* now - 4"-5" of new snow and blue skies. Really beautiful BUT cold.

Cheating on the heating thing today. Back of house was 50* upon awakening and, even though our insert is huge, it's heat just doesn't make it back there. Had to go to the thermostat and set it to 64* so house heat is helping out today. Insert room is nice and toasty at 75* and some of it's heat is drifting down the hallway. Glad for a backup for days like today.
 
41 here right now, still waiting for the front to pass through. The weather man says it may not get above 0 tomorrow. Little early for this cold stuff, the fish were biting pretty good and this Artic front is going to screw things up.
 
I'm just North of the 49th but it's cold and windy here. Woke up to -20C with blowing snow and it hasn't let up any all day. In fact it's getting colder and more blowing snow. The weather guessers figure on 8 inches of snow and the temp continuing to drop to -27C tomorrow afternoon.

I've gone out and shovelled the front of the house and the path to the woodshed to bring in more wood. The blowing snow is getting on my wood inside the shed. It's still snowing and blowing so I haven't done the driveway yet since it will just drift back in. Will tackle that tonight after supper and then probably have to do it again tomorrow night again.
 
So who is going to be the first to have a 100 degree temp difference? I want to see a post on it.... it better be with 100% wood heat.
 
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So who is going to be the first to have a 100 degree temp difference?
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Not sure what you mean by this ... our summer typical high is about 90, and typical winter low is -30. This year already, with a 90 high, have seen lows below -10. Tomorrow night is forecast at -18. Record low is about -54, and record high is about 100.

We've had about 100 yd visibility most of today with heavy snow and 20-30 mph winds. Snow is starting to let up, and visibility is starting to increase. We are snowed in; won't be able to get out until tomorrow sometime when the plow comes through. House is 72, 100% wood stove heat, outside temp is -1 and dropping.

Big pot of chicken chili on the stove. Invited the neighbors over, live 1/2 mile away, but they too can't get out their road. Got a DVD movie for a little later; full woodbox inside. Couldn't be nicer.
 
He means the temp diff between outside and in. Like it being 30 below outside and 70 inside, or 10 below outside and 90 in the house.
 
It's been raining and sleeting all day long today. It's about 40* right now. The last time I put wood in the stove was at about 1:30AM and I let my fire go out after that. It's still 70 degrees in the house right now. Temps are dropping now though and tomorrow it is supposed to be a high of 0F. We're not supposed to make it into the double digits for the next few days.

Stay safe and warm everyone! We'll be warm, but we've got a case of hand, foot, and mouth going through all the kids! House bound for the next week straight!
 
Rockey said:
So who is going to be the first to have a 100 degree temp difference? I want to see a post on it.... it better be with 100% wood heat.
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I had an 81 degree difference last night--(without factoring in wind chill) we got down to -17F (-27C)--this morning the house was 64F (17C). I did run the propane furnace this morning to bump the heat up since our daytime high was below 0F. Tonight we go down to -20F (-28C) but our winds will be worse so the wind chill will make it feel like -41F (-40C). The propane furnace may kick in (I'm keeping it set on 55); the wood stove's working like a trooper but there's a certain point where it's just too darn cold and it needs some help. I did turn up the fan that I use to direct cold air toward the stove up to it's highest setting--that seems to help, too. (We got a foot of snow with this storm; unfortunately, the cold killed the new battery on my lawn tractor with mounted snow blade so I spend a good part of yesterday and today shoveling out.)
 
Rockey said:
So who is going to be the first to have a 100 degree temp difference? I want to see a post on it.... it better be with 100% wood heat.
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We are close if you allow for wind chill. Wind chill is -20* and we are nice and cozy at 75* inside! That makes 95* difference, and we are 100% wood. :cheese:
 
This is the kind of weather where people will find out just how good their wood heaters will work out. I've heard lots of bragging on how houses are 80 degrees when it's only in the 20-30's outside. Big difference in heating with wood when it's below 0 and windy. I predict many looking to upgrade to larger stoves after this arctic blast.
 
Todd said:
This is the kind of weather where people will find out just how good their wood heaters will work out. I've heard lots of bragging on how houses are 80 degrees when it's only in the 20-30's outside. Big difference in heating with wood when it's below 0 and windy. I predict many looking to upgrade to larger stoves after this arctic blast.
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Very good point, wood stoves are space heaters not heating systems....many will realize just that in the next few days!
 
Todd said:
This is the kind of weather where people will find out just how good their wood heaters will work out. I've heard lots of bragging on how houses are 80 degrees when it's only in the 20-30's outside. Big difference in heating with wood when it's below 0 and windy. I predict many looking to upgrade to larger stoves after this arctic blast.
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Read that and smiled. I did just that last winter. We had a Napoleon 1101 which was a great insert on days above 40*. Cold days were a struggle. Today it is 0* and dropping and the room with the insert in it has been nice and toasty all day - no coal build up. This insert seems to operate better the colder the outside temps. get. No regrets from this shopper. :coolsmile:
 
I just found this forum a few days ago. I have learned a lot reading through the posts. We had some errands to run this afternoon loaded up the stove (Clayton furnace) in the basement before we left about 1:00. Just got back home the house was 72 still, our outside temp is 0 windchill is at -22 with a northwest wind blowing at 26 mph There wasn't much left in the stove when we got back through in some kindling and some more elm and got a good fire going 76 in here now it won't be long before we hit 80. We live in an old 2 story farmhouse that was built in 1870 in western Iowa. I just want to thank everyone here for all the good info. I have solved a couple minor problems and got a few good ideas of things I want to do in the near future.
p.s. this is with 100% wood
 
I have the "Weather Channel" thermometer next to my chair in the lower level of my tri-level home. The avalon 901 insert is on the main level and pumping away at 70 degrees, 80 degrees upstairs and it is 0.7 degrees outside and 63 degrees at my chair and the furnace has not kicked on once today...bring on the negative numbers! This wood heating is awesome!
 
Brrr!

Full bore on the wood heat yesterday. Highest temp outside was 1 degree. I did get the house up to 75 just before I shut the broncos game off.
2500 sq foot house heated with a wood stove. Oh yeah, I do it with pine! Whatever that means.

On the 40.

Peace
 
+1 on the Brrr! -6 here this morning -28 windchill 70 degrees inside when I got up a little while ago from an all night burn, 7 1/2 hours nice bed of coals. It's starting to warm back up in here 72.8 already! burning elm Gotta love wood heat. I would hate to see what this would cost with propane. The heat that comes out of that " high efficiency furnace is never warm"
 
Logand4c said:
Gotta love wood heat. I would hate to see what this would cost with propane. The heat that comes out of that " high efficiency furnace is never warm"
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Isn't that a fact! I'm loving wood heat. Even this morning when it was only about 68* in the house, it still felt nice. The floors were warm and I wasn't shivering on my way to the shower. With our NG furnace, we used to keep the heat at about 68* and I would wear a sweatshirt around the house most nights.
 
Unusual cold here. 20* last night. The stove seems to like it. :)
 
We got to really run the heritage hard last night. Stuff it full of good fir every few hours trying to bring the house up from 66 to 79 while it was 20 outside and blowing steadily.

I got the 60 degree differential which is pretty big for this part of the country. I was running the heritage at 95%. The only thing I could have done was put in small splits to get to 595.

I did put a big floor fan on the hearth to try and make a convection "air heater" out of the radiant stove and it seemed to work very well. Fans are loud but the air movement really warmed the room.

Got to show the wife about air currents along the floor with a lighter. You know, how the air along the ceiling is rushing away from the stove and the air along the floor is rushing towards it.

Oh and we all just had to use the opportunity to go outside and sit in the hot tub. Awesome weather.
 
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