Am I the only one still heating with wood??? -15 C with the wind!!

BeGreen said:

Cold and wet here. The T6 is on cruise control.

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yep, I am still burning, mostly just at night, but I re-lit the fire this morning as house was pretty chilly. I'll let it die out than start it back up this evening

I've burned maybe 3 nights in the past month and half.. The air conditioner is kicking on every now & then the past few days. Every azeala in the area is in full bloom & all my firewood has been moved outside. I have already replaced the 1.5 cord l burned this year and will cut another 1/2 cord at most. On wood burning cruise control :coolsmile:

yup +1, still burning here as well. Pesky wind really bites.

Fire at night, last till the afternoon sometime.
Small fires but house in the 70s
20s nights, maybe 40s daytime.
Nearing 13 hours of sun, so that helps allot.

I've only been able to let the stove go cold for one night so far. That sure was nice, I can't wait till I can shut this thing down. I figure end of April or first part of May and I'll be done.

had -14f last night.

Still burning, but being kind of "lazy" about it - not burning as hard as I was back in January, but I'm not letting it get cold either.

I burn a small fire at night and that's it. 2-3 small splits at the most.

I was outside working on stuff for a few hours in just a T Shirt. Seemed quite warm, I would have guessed close to 50*, but it started to snow a little so I came in to check and the thermometer was saying it's 34* out, so I'm not sure what the heck is up with that.

Honestly would not mind winter to hand around another couple months.

We are in the same boat here.... Winter is hanging on to the point where even though our backyard rink has been going longer than ever before I am ready for spring.

We could still be heating 24-7 but I am almost out of dry wood so I am rationing a little bit.

I am trying to avoid burning partially seasoned wood but we are getting to the point where I will do what I have to do to avoid using more electricity than necessary.

I am also getting antsy to begin cutting wood again soon with the priority being to follow a path around our shelter belt prior to heading off of the yard to nearby woodlots. We are about to see significant flooding in our region but thankfully our home is above any historical flood lines..... Or so we hope and we are told by the experts.

Chance of rain/snow showers but temp to the 40s for this week.
Small fires at night now

Pretty sad day at this house. Burned the very last of my split wood this morning. Its chilly still, single digits, and the snow is far from beginning to melt. I do have about 40 wood pallets out back that I can/need to take the skilsaw to, but that is all I have.

And fuel oil is $5 a gallon.

Putting up more wood this year, that's fer sure. Just wish I had a way to keep a year ahead of split/dried.

Just filled up my rack (about two days wood supply, all that's left). After that...? I went through 11 face cords this year, last year was 9 and the year before around 8. I guess I may have to go 15 for next year and if I only burn 10, I will have enough for the start of the next year after that. I guess I will have to rely on the oil furnace for the rest of the heating season, mid-May.

Had snow on the ground this weekend in Southern Indiana! I hadn't burned in about two weeks, it had been around 70 during the afternoons. Dropped to 27F and had the stacks covered with snow. I cranked the Jotul 118 up and had a nice toasty basement!

Still burning here in north west PA. I should be burning 24/7 still but taking the nights off between 12-6am. Looks like it's gonna stay this way for at least another 5-7 days before we see 50*F again.

Still burning here in Maine . . . although on some days I'm lucky and can get by with a fire in the morning and one at night . . . just not this past weekend due to the cold and wind.

Yep, still burning every night. It's been a colder than average winter here. I was surprised at how much wood I went through. Fortunately, I had just about enough seasoned, just barely. Am planning on trying this summer to really get ahead 1-2 more years. At least I already have next winters splits put up in stacks.

Frostbit said:

Pretty sad day at this house. Burned the very last of my split wood this morning. Its chilly still, single digits, and the snow is far from beginning to melt. I do have about 40 wood pallets out back that I can/need to take the skilsaw to, but that is all I have.

And fuel oil is $5 a gallon.

Putting up more wood this year, that's fer sure. Just wish I had a way to keep a year ahead of split/dried.

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Still burning 24/7 here. That much longer before the ticks come out!

Swedishchef said:

Thanks for all the replies, it's nice to see that I am not alone. I just reloaded the stove and have had it going for 7 hours today. -15 C with the wind this AM. Stupid NW wind...

What's less nice to see is the 4 feet of snow sitting in my back yard. UGH. I am the type of person who looks forward to new seasons. I love snow in November but not so much in April. This year I bought an Ariens snowblower and said " I can't wait to give it a try". Well, 11 storms later I regret it (including the last 2 which were 65 and 45 CM respectively and were only 8 days apart).

Andrew

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Hang in there. Yours good weather is coming. -9c/15f in the AMs and +8c/46f in the afternoons. Scraped the slush off of the driveway in a T-shirt yesterday. Should be dry gravel this afternoon. We were above zero before noon today. The longer days are here and starting to sound like summer with all the birds chirpin.

yooperdave said:

had -14f last night.

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CRAP! had -15f this a.m. just about ready to move!! tired of seeing everyone pics with green grass, flowers, summer birds...too damn much white here yet

yooperdave said:

yooperdave said:

had -14f last night.

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CRAP! had -15f this a.m. just about ready to move!! tired of seeing everyone pics with green grass, flowers, summer birds...too damn much white here yet

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Ya gotta look at the bright side of things like......I bet you havent had a mosquito bit or a wasp sting yet. Better yet, no grass to cut for a little while. The glass has to be half full for a wood burner. Half empty dont cut it. :lol:

Swedishchef said:

I am really glad to see that I am not the only one in the boat...

North of 60, what town do you live in? Good friend of mine lives in Yellowknife (I know, wrong Territory but it's relatively close compared to how far I am from him).

No fire tonight, too lazy to go split kindling (none left and no supercedars) so I will live in my 17 degree basement and plays NHL2011 with a blanket over me. LOL>

Andrew

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I am 20 minutes north of the metropolis of the north, known as Whitehorse. :coolsmile:

When she is 40 below I will find myself beside the BK playing Rapalas pro bass fishing tour in the basement until I have to head out on a trouble call.
Cheers