Living in upstate, NY, and the temps are floating around in the 40's but we're still feeding the fire. We still yearn for the 80 degree basement. Im so use to walking around in just shorts that I feel obligated to keep the house this warm. Instead of saving wood and adding clothes on, we just keep feeding the fire. Should I be more frugal with the wood? I crank it up to 700 degrees on the Castine too before I turn down the air. I'm starting to think I may use this stove during the summer months.
It's 50 degrees here in Rochester, but Im burning like it's -50
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Sounds right to me. Got up to fifty degrees, cloudy and raining outside. Sixty five in the house and I put up with it as long as I could and fired up the stove. Why be colder in the house in March than it was in January?
Temps here have been ranging between 35-50. We've been burning 24/7 for over a week now. Used more fuel this month than we used in February. No point in being chilly while there's wood in the shed.
savageactor7
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SolarAndWood
Minister of Fire
Don Ed
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Just got back from Church and with temps in the mid 40's here in NW Missouri we just got the fire going again. I've been burning quite a bit this past week after a little break in early March. The cats are all gathered around the fire like there is a foot of snow on the ground. I'll probably burn until the last of the wood is gone.
cmonSTART
Minister of Fire
Really chilly rainy weather here too. Some sleet also. Temperature in the living room: 75F and climbing.
I used two loads yesterday with wind, rain and 45 * . Today is my first one load day since November, only cause the sun came out. I'm glad it's almost over. I will also have at least two cords left over for next year.
Todd
Minister of Fire
Sunny and 63 here today, the stove will be cold tonight for the first time since mid Nov. Might as well save some wood because next month could be a whole nother story. I remember last years Spring was cold and even had a few fires in June.
northwinds
Minister of Fire
Windows are open for the first time since November too. The snow melted enough that I could get my trailer out of the
yard. Time to start moving wood to the new place soon. My stove has been cold since yesterday afternoon. With sunny
skies and mild temps predicted for all next week, I'm not sure when I'll be burning again.
yard. Time to start moving wood to the new place soon. My stove has been cold since yesterday afternoon. With sunny
skies and mild temps predicted for all next week, I'm not sure when I'll be burning again.
Northern NH Mike
Feeling the Heat
The rain finally made it to northern NH this morning. Temps have been in the low 40s and the wind has picked up. Been running the stove all day; it gives a warm feeling (no pun intended) on such a crappy day. Also burning some ugly poplar and ugly stuff, must be instinctual ;-)
wood spliter
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Since I moved the office back upstairs from the basement at least I won't be burning down there into June like before.
jhjove
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I'll keep burning to maintain 70's in the basement. Who wants the house to be cool or damp feeling.
Also with the high winds we experienced over the weekend old man winter was still making his presence known and felt.
Also with the high winds we experienced over the weekend old man winter was still making his presence known and felt.
Slow1
Minister of Fire
I don't know about anyone else, but this rain we've had here for the last week has me feeling cold to the bone. I generally tolerate the cold well and it hasn't really been too bad - certainly above freezing all the time. However I get a chill every time I head outside. Thus I've been running the stove more than I would have expected and the house was actually warmer (based on the thermometers) than it has been all winter in order to really feel comfortable. But you know - the idea is to be comfortable, not to get the magic numbers on the thermometer right? So I burned a few more splits but was happy to have the heat and all is still good. I'm just really glad that snow doesn't have this effect on me or I'd be in big trouble!
As to wood burn rate... I'm just hoping the pile I brought in lasts long enough that the wood now soaking wet on the porch will have a chance to at least stop dripping before I have to bring some inside. It is supposed to stop raining tonight then clear up for rest of the week. I don't mind damp wood drying out for a day or two inside, but I don't really want it to drip on the floor. Maybe next fall I'll find a way to put walls and a front door on my deck rack to better protect that pile from the rain.
As to wood burn rate... I'm just hoping the pile I brought in lasts long enough that the wood now soaking wet on the porch will have a chance to at least stop dripping before I have to bring some inside. It is supposed to stop raining tonight then clear up for rest of the week. I don't mind damp wood drying out for a day or two inside, but I don't really want it to drip on the floor. Maybe next fall I'll find a way to put walls and a front door on my deck rack to better protect that pile from the rain.
pinewoodburner
Feeling the Heat
It has been warm here but the stove is still going 24/7. I cut the air supply way back and I am maintaining a stove temp about 300 (spikes on reload), and the house is staying in the low 70's. The Fireview will burn a little wood forever when the air-supply is cut way back. Wood is cheaper to burn than the oil heat.
pulldownclaw
Feeling the Heat
Yep, we've had some mild weather here recently, so the stove's been out for a few days. We had a chill chaser last night with some red maple that I saved for shoulder season, and it's amazing how much I missed having a fire. Didn't really think about it while it was out, but sitting next to it last night sure felt good. Hope the face cord of that maple lasts me the rest of the way, don't know if we're in for a Easter chill or not...
45 outside and 75 downstairs and 72 upstairs. Practicing that E/W burning that I haven't been able to get the hang of for thirty years. As long as the flue is over 300 smoke is the neighbors problem. And they are a thousand yards away. Burning propane. Or not and wearing sweaters.
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