Switched to 3 year old oak, and the house is getting to hot. Down stairs is reading 75 and the upstair is 80 I'm going to have t turn the air on pretty soon.
IT"S TO HOT
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i've been burning down coals for the last 2 hrs for the same scenario. Might hafta open a window.
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i've been burning down coals for the last 2 hrs for the same scenario. Might hafta open a window.
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i've been burning down coals for the last 2 hrs for the same scenario. Might hafta open a window.
shawneyboy
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LLigetfa
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You can say that again. %-Pmaxed_out said:
I can't seem to get the house hot fast enough for the wife. Se turned up the gas furnace!
SimpleManLance
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your not alone! the girlfriend and i have been burning ash in our wood furnace. 77-83* is where the house is at. i was around in my boxers and we have the heat in our room closed and we sleep with the windows open and sometimes a window fan blowing in.
Well it's 5am and the house is at 72 and out side temp is -5 before wind chill, so what do I do load it up. You got to love it.
You can all bring your extra heat to my log home. I have my Englander in the basement going with White Oak and Hickory and my insert going with Cherry and its a balmy 68 by the fireplace and 66 in my computer room. Had to start my wood furnace from scratch this morning after a 8 hour burn of big oak and hickory. Don't buy a log home with high ceilings unless you build it from the start. :roll:
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mayhem
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That doesn't always help. The logs and everythign else tend to contract anc check over time no matter what, so filling gaps cracks is now a twice a year maintenance item. Just the other day I thought my dining room (NW corner of my 28w x 24l x 26h great room) was unusually cool...a little running my hand over the log seams on the windward side of the house yielded a couple dozen gaps that were letting in fresh (and very cold) air. Filled them with some putty for now and the rom is alot better. My great room has enough window surface and height that the act of heating it and havnig it be cold outside creates its own vortex near the front peak of the house...sometimes I've got a 15-20 degree difference from the stove area to the front wall of the house...though to be fair, I think my builder had his helper do alot of the front of the house as I've been correcting mistakes for 7 years now.
mayhem said:
I had my log home restained and rechinked this summer and found 4 places where water came in when they pressure washed it prior to staining. They also used 33 tubes of caulk and put caulk in the checks on the logs. This along with having new triple pane double low E windows installed. Now I have found I need a new roof as I have leaks near the dormers. So having a log home with 2 wood burning devices still doesn't always mean its toasty as some post in their nice hot houses. :cheese:
Shipper
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Ya, my log home has a few drafts. I sealed up the living room pretty well last year, and this year I feel a slight draft when I sit on the couch.
It's charming as hell, but between the squirrels running on the side, the mice that found the attic, and the little drafts/leaks- it's some damn work
It's charming as hell, but between the squirrels running on the side, the mice that found the attic, and the little drafts/leaks- it's some damn work
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