This will be my first year heating with my new Englander 30 wood stove.
How many cords does this baby eat in a season if run full time?
How many cords does this baby eat in a season if run full time?
Englander 30 - How much does it eat a season?
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cmonSTART
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When we had a 30 installed we ran through 6 cord to heat our old farmhouse. Our insulation is pretty lousy and it's pretty cold here.
This is like asking how much gas a Toyota Camry uses over the winter. It depends on the driver, the speed, the terrain, the temperature, the fuel, the tires, etc. The consumption is dependent on too many factors to quantify this way, especially if you have the pellet stove supplementing heat. There are too many variables. You might end up only using 2-3 cords or maybe you will like it to be 90 deg. with a window open for fresh air and will use 5 cords.
BeGreen said:
The stove will be in the basement. Winters here in MA are sometimes pretty bad. I plan on running it 24/7 because the price of pellets are getting costly. I was just curious how much it would burn if you ran it hard for 4 months.
The first season with it you are going to burn more wood than you will any year after that. Just a fact of life getting settled in with a new stove. Here in tropical Virginia I burn around three and a half cord of oak and some pine in the 30 year in and year out. Figure on five cord this year.
Dix
Minister of Fire
Welcome to the "Dark Side" ;0
Need more input, house layout, basement insulated, etc.
Figure atleast 4 cord to start, more would be better.That's my first thought from the size of the house, and the 30 in the basement and not on the main floor.
Need more input, house layout, basement insulated, etc.
Figure atleast 4 cord to start, more would be better.That's my first thought from the size of the house, and the 30 in the basement and not on the main floor.
I went through about a cord/month. Our house is uninsulated, and we are only heating the downstairs which is about 1200 sqft. The inside temp stays around 68. But we have to use the furnace on the extreme nights. My hopes are that we can have the upstairs at least sealed and insulated by the time winter gets here.
Danno77
Minister of Fire
I went through almost 3 in my 12. I figure the 30 is about twice as big, but more efficient, so I was gonna aim at 5 in my new 30.
As BG mentioned, this is a tough prediction. I burn about 4.5 cord a winter in mine burning 24-7 from Nov through early April. I suggest having 9 cord on hand so you'll be a year ahead w/ well seasoned wood next year and if you burn more than 4.5 this year, you'll be prepared for that too.
That stove demands dry wood, if you have it it's a breeeeeeeeze to operate. If not, it's going to be a tough first year.
pen
That stove demands dry wood, if you have it it's a breeeeeeeeze to operate. If not, it's going to be a tough first year.
pen
I have 4-5 cord of truly seasoned wood on hand and I am splitting for the future now. The basement is uninsulated fieldstone and is walkout in the back where I store the wood so that is convenient. The back wall which is walk out is wood construction and is insulated. The ceiling in the basement is open joists and not insulated. There are also 2 floor registers in the basement ceiling at each end of the house. The house itself is insulated fairly well and had all new windows. I was figuring about a cord a month and that seems to be the average. Even with no heat the basement stays fairly warm.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
I was going to post but BeGreen and BrotherBart posted exactly what I was going to post. Dang, those guys are good!
Good luck in your first year of burning wood treehackers.
Good luck in your first year of burning wood treehackers.
fredarm
Minister of Fire
Those uninsulated basement walls are going to suck up some of the heat before it ever makes it upstairs.
fredarm said:
Yeah - I see that happening some. Maybe sometime in the future I can spray foam the basement walls. Just got laid off a few weeks ago after 15 years with the same company.
I go through 2.5 - 3 cord heating 2000 sq. ft. house two story, with stove in basement on one side of the house, main bedroom is on opposite side of house which I like to sleep a bit colder, heats the whole house great, keep around 80 in the winter, obviously don't spend much time in the room the stove is in (not a very open floor plan). Also, I am in TN, so I would have at least 5 cord on hand in case its a bad winter. BTW my wood is very well seasoned, use anything during the day like pine, maple, etc, use oak at night to get nice burns. This thing will crank out the heat, gotta watch the air intake with very dry wood, stove will hit 900 very easily, never had a problem from this but I don't keep it there obviously.
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