after getting a wood stove... im COLD!

par0thead151 said:

well, i should clarify, my home is nice and warm.
however when i go to my family and friends homes(or even at work) i am constantly cold.
i did not sign up for this!
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Shhhh! It's a side effect not mentioned much here on hearth.com.

Welcome to the "Two Wardrobe Group": one for home where wood heat rules vs one for visiting non-wood burning homes/locations.

Shari

OK I will admit it, I read the title and thought WHAT??? How can that be ??? You got me But I am the same way when I go to someone else's house. I am cold.

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

Let me add a bit to my above comment:

1. Mom & Dad thinking about adding a wood stove - get it installed.
2. Son #3 visits shortly after the install in February 2010: "It's smaller than I thought it would be. You CAN'T heat this house with that thing!"
3. Son #3 and his 2 little girls stay with us for 2 weeks recently during 24/7 burning: "Geez, it's HOT in here! Did I bring any t-shirts?"
4. Son #3 & children go back to their home: "Geez, Mom, we're cold here. Did I leave a sweatshirt or two at your house?"



Shari

I hear ya Parrothead . . . I've been freezing to death at work . . . of course it doesn't help that once in a while the AC comes on for some odd reason.

Franks said:

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

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We had a good friend over for dinner last night. They live down the street and probably keep their thermostat set on 62. He came into the house, went right for the oslo and said "Man, I could stand her all night".

I must admit, our woodburner has turned us into really unsociable people.

We hate going out to other people's houses, restaurants, or anywhere really, especially in the cold evenings when we know we are going to shiver until we get home.

The most amusing thing was a visit to a pub recently where everybody was huddled round the wood fire saying isn't it nice.

I was freezing, just thinking about home, where I like sitting in T shirt and shorts, with the welding gloves ready to hand for loading a couple of splits............

sullystull said:

Franks said:

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

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We had a good friend over for dinner last night. They live down the street and probably keep their thermostat set on 62. He came into the house, went right for the oslo and said "Man, I could stand her all night".

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At some point, I'm sure you told him he had to go home. :lol:

PapaDave said:

sullystull said:

Franks said:

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

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We had a good friend over for dinner last night. They live down the street and probably keep their thermostat set on 62. He came into the house, went right for the oslo and said "Man, I could stand her all night".

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At some point, I'm sure you told him he had to go home. :lol:

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LMAO The same thing was running through my mind when I read that.

I work outside all day so when I get home I like it 74-76 deg. In the summer just the opposite...60 deg would be GREAT!

Yup! First year burning, but getting cold (9* tonight). Never been warmer. When I visit my sister, her house is set to 67* I think (oil), and it just seems chilly and uncozy (if that's a work). Loving the wood heat so far and getting spoiled! Cheers!

Franks said:

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

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I hear you Franks. However, we also know of two families we hate to visit during the winter months.....and they both heat with wood. One has a wood furnace in the basement and the other has an outdoor wood boiler. We about freeze when going to either of these homes. They roast when they come here! I really like to make them sweat too.

PapaDave said:

sullystull said:

Franks said:

You should be preaching the joys of wood heat to all your friends and neighbors. If they dont believe you, have them over to your home.

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We had a good friend over for dinner last night. They live down the street and probably keep their thermostat set on 62. He came into the house, went right for the oslo and said "Man, I could stand her all night".

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At some point, I'm sure you told him he had to go home. :lol:

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He's not much of a drinker...so I kept pushing my wife's homemade Irish Cream on him and after 2 glasses of that (and the beers we had over dinner), he thought he should stumble down the street.

Having all that heat seems wrong in some way, but then I think that it is the fruit of my labor. It can sometimes be difficult to get a few neighbors to leave on a cold day.

What about inviting people over and not being able to get them to leave?

I'm cold at home, too. Can somebody train my dogs to tend and load the stove when I am at work? I should clarify, I don't have one of those blaze kings that heats for 24 hrs on one load. So, while I work all day, the house ends up back down at 62 where I set the thermo. Brrr. Must train dogs.

I can never explain to anyone how nice and mellow the wood heat is. If someone told me it was 78 degrees in their living room I'd tell them to not bother inviting me over, as I'm "hot blooded".. but that's radiator or forced air heat. There's just something so mellow about this heat that makes it completely different.