How much wood are you using?

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My 8 foot wide, 4 foot high, one-split deep wood rack in the garage, filled, lasts between 2-3 weeks of 24/7 burning.

Going aggressive, I'm guessing I'd burn at a rate of .67-.75 cords per month of 24/7 burning.

This is my first year, so I'm going to guess/assume that 24/7 burning is December-February + 3/4 of November and March and a sprinkling in April. So I'd guess I'm on track to using 3 cords a year or so.

Course, I've only got 1.5 cords split and stacked so far and maybe another .75 cord of ash awaiting my axe....that leaves March looking uncertain :)
 
Backwoods Savage said:
VCBurner said:
As I sit here and watch my perfect cat fire with slow ghost flames lifting off the logs in the window I wonder: why didn't I do this years ago?

But my question was: How much wood are you going through? The Dutchwest is burning through a little less than two totes of firewood in a 24 hour period. I can fit logs up to 21 inches in the plastic totes about 40 pounds of wood I would think. Not bad for heating the house not less than 70 °C and not more than 76 °C usually in the hallway just outside the stove room.
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Wow! 70 C and 76 C is too hot even for me! Perhaps you meant F rather than C?!

We're not going through a big quantity of wood yet. Looks like we soon will be though.
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70-76c is about 160-165f!!! maybe you are talking about a sauna??? (even at those temps, the sauna is cooler than i like it!)
 
joefrompa said:
My 8 foot wide, 4 foot high, one-split deep wood rack in the garage, filled, lasts between 2-3 weeks of 24/7 burning.

Going aggressive, I'm guessing I'd burn at a rate of .67-.75 cords per month of 24/7 burning.

This is my first year, so I'm going to guess/assume that 24/7 burning is December-February + 3/4 of November and March and a sprinkling in April. So I'd guess I'm on track to using 3 cords a year or so.

Course, I've only got 1.5 cords split and stacked so far and maybe another .75 cord of ash awaiting my axe....that leaves March looking uncertain :)
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Your wood consumption may increase quite a bit in colder weather.
 
Not enough.

I had planned on 4 cords for the Oslo and 2 cords for the Morso as I only planned on burning it in the evenings when we are downstairs. The trouble is, the Oslo puts out so much heat we are only needing to run it in the evenings and then one fire in the morning and keeping our main level in the mid 70's. (My wife is finally warm and I'm staying in the basement.) I don't think I've even gone through a face cord for the Oslo yet. But, I am running the Morso 24/7 so I may need to change which stove I need to focus getting wood for.

So, unless it gets really cold I just went from being 4 years ahead to 8 for the Oslo. Easiest work I have ever done.
 
We have been burning 24X7 since mid November. Temps have just started to cool off. This is the first week of 100% -*C temps with days around -7*C (20*F) nights around -15*C (5*F). I am using roughly 1 curbside recycling bin per day whis is 20"x15"x16" in 3 burn cycles. I assume this will pick up to a box and a half when the cold finally sets in.

So far with the new stove I am seeing a 33% drop in wood comsumption over the old box store non baffled stove that the house came with. The best part is no re-ights. Always enough coals to stir and start full size splits with simply an open draft.
 
Dune said:
How big is your tote? Out here on Cape Cod, a tote holds a hundred pounds of codfish and twenty pounds of ice. I figure a wheel barrow full of hardwood per 24 hour once real winter gets here. Could be less this year since I about doubled my attic insulation last year. Might try some shrink plastic on the windows this year. Putting 2" foam against the rim joists this week. Burned a cord of pine and 1/2 a face cord of oak so far, no other heat source.
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Just 21" long by about 16" wide and 17"tall. About 40# of wood. Just those storage totes. I guess about a wheel barrow of wood is comparable. I grew up in Hyannis, a little colder here in the Watchusset area and a bit more snow! Similar wood usage and no other heat source here either, burn on!

Thanks for the reply!
 
joefrompa said:
My 8 foot wide, 4 foot high, one-split deep wood rack in the garage, filled, lasts between 2-3 weeks of 24/7 burning.

Going aggressive, I'm guessing I'd burn at a rate of .67-.75 cords per month of 24/7 burning.

This is my first year, so I'm going to guess/assume that 24/7 burning is December-February + 3/4 of November and March and a sprinkling in April. So I'd guess I'm on track to using 3 cords a year or so.

Course, I've only got 1.5 cords split and stacked so far and maybe another .75 cord of ash awaiting my axe....that leaves March looking uncertain :)
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I used 7 cords to heat a 1700ft space including 3/4 of unfinished basement last year. This year with a better stove and heating from the main floor I'm counting on using at least 4 cords to heat 1000ft of a 1930's single story ranch. Needs new windows and doors and more attic insullation.
 
Battenkiller said:
ckarotka said:
I've been burnin since mid Oct. So far I estimate under a half cord.
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Half a cord in six weeks? Man, CK, you're using less wood that the Fireview guys. Are you lighting that wood on fire or just letting it decompose in there? :-/
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LMAO! :lol: Yet another reason why I like these wood consumption threads!
 
FLINT said:
yes, we too love our new stove ! We have a woodstock keystone - the fireviews little brother.

Each row in my wood shed is exactly 1/2 cord and we've burned 3/4 of one stack. let me do the math here. So that would be a little over 1/3 cord burned since mid october :) :)


We fill up the little wood box 3 times each day, and easily get 8 hours out of each load with plenty of coals (sometimes need to let them burn down some).

6 deg yesterday morning, 7 deg this morning, with highs in the 20s and our house has been around 70 in the morning and 77 in the evening.
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Sounds like a great little stove flint!
 
Slow1 said:
So far this year I've burned .71 cord (best estimate)
December average is just under 16 splits/day however the last few days have been pulling that up as I've been feeding 20-22 splits/day. (I count about 770 splits/cord average so far this year).

We've been keeping the house a bit warmer this year than last year and our wood burn shows it. Burning different wood too - last year was mostly oak but this year I have some nice black birch but also have burned a lot of pine (early season) and poplar. All wood this year I think is on average lower MC than last year - overall too many variables to make fair consumption comparisons.
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Someday I'll have one of those Woodstocks!
 
Started off buring a bunch of chunks and uglies and hard to stack stuff so it is hard to say, but estimate about a cord so far. Eating some wood now with this cold snap. The new Jøtul 600 seems to run much steadier with hardwood than the pine and hemlock that carried us through the fall nights (and less smoke).
 
We just had a thread asking this exact thing a few days ago...

Anyhow, my cart which is 2ftx2ftx4ft lasts about a week. Wheelbarrow load is good for 3-4 days, but a wheelbarrow load is quite subjective, just like an "armload", "truckload", etc. Outside temps have been anywhere from -10 to 20*
 
at like 18/7 due to long work days and small box. so evenings I basically have to re-lite. I had maybe a face cord of seasoned wood, scraps mostly. now its dwindling fast, this wont last through christmas, so I'll be scronging and leaning on some friends.

Answer too much, for my supply.
 
2.25 true cords. I have been burning the Heritage 24/7 for almost 6 weeks and the Jotul has been running alot in the evenings and overnight.
 
NATE379 said:
We just had a thread asking this exact thing a few days ago...

Anyhow, my cart which is 2ftx2ftx4ft lasts about a week. Wheelbarrow load is good for 3-4 days, but a wheelbarrow load is quite subjective, just like an "armload", "truckload", etc. Outside temps have been anywhere from -10 to 20*
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Sorry I missed it. I like to know how much wood others use in comparison to me. Always interesting what people have to say. Can you send me a link to your thread?
 
One of these stacked to the top about where the guys hands are lasts me 24 hours. But that is sixteen to eighteen inch splits. Not axe handle material like he has on that cart.
 

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I am way south of all of you, but if I even think for a second that the heat pump is going to kick on, I start burning. I keep the thermostat at 68 degrees. With all of that said, I have burned a little better than half a cord, maybe closer to 3/4. Cherry, pin oak, cedar, and some old dead standing red oak. I am just getting into my seasoned ash and red oak. I have the old Black Bart II (I know, I know, they are old POS, and I have some issues with it, but it heats) and it is running pretty much 24/7 now.
 
BrotherBart said:
One of these stacked to the top about where the guys hands are lasts me 24 hours. But that is sixteen to eighteen inch splits. Not axe handle material like he has on that cart.
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I count 15 splits on his cart. To take it up to his hands perhaps add another 5-7 splits. Sounds like you may be in the 20-22 range then which would put you right in line with my burns this last week. Of course it is hard to judge size of splits but his look to be about normal (other than length) for what I like, maybe a little larger than my average.
 
It's really hard for me to keep track. I burn a lot of construction debris, and I burned a bunch of chunks and uglies that never got stacked. I think I've burned about 3/4 cord of wood so far. I was so excited to be burning again I probably burned a little more wood than I needed to in the shoulder season. This was my first fall with the stove. Rough fall for me personally. I really have been enjoying the comfort of the wood heat. Another bonus- it seems like I've already saved a tank of oil!

I only have just over 2 cords of seasoned wood left. I may have to burn some green stuff in the spring. I'm trying to get ahead so I don't have the same problem next year. I'm going to try to burn a lot of the construction debris on weekends and evenings when I'm home and don't need long burns. We'll see how it goes.
 
Slow1 said:
BrotherBart said:
One of these stacked to the top about where the guys hands are lasts me 24 hours. But that is sixteen to eighteen inch splits. Not axe handle material like he has on that cart.
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I count 15 splits on his cart. To take it up to his hands perhaps add another 5-7 splits. Sounds like you may be in the 20-22 range then which would put you right in line with my burns this last week. Of course it is hard to judge size of splits but his look to be about normal (other than length) for what I like, maybe a little larger than my average.
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Thanks for all the responses guys,

My stove fits up to 22" logs, well really about 23" logs other than where the door handle needs to latch. I wish I could have all logs cut to at least 22 but this skill I've yet to improve on. Overnight burns are great, but I bet I could get longer burns if I had every square inch of firebox filled. The totes I use to transport the wood are 21" and the logs need to fit in there so my cuts are around 20". I need to get a 20" blade for my saw so I can measure longer cuts around 22 inches. My blade is now 18" and I try to go for at least 20" cuts. My totes, I just measured, are 15x15x21. I go through 2 a day now with the temps in the teens or single digits overnight.

I need one of those wood carts they look really easy to use! One cart would last me 24hrs.+ I think!
 
I figure a wheelbarrow worth of wood in 24 hours in the dead of winter.
 
When it's cold enough I may burn 0.04 cord per day but average closer to 0.02 cord per day.
 
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