I usually just hang out in the wood shed, but this seemed more about the stove than the wood so - here is my multifaceted post
So what do you think - we should be about half through the burning season right? Say mid Oct - mid April (for me anyways), so mid January should be half way.
Well, If so, I'm crappin my pants, because as of this saturday, Jan 15th, I had burned exactly ONE cord of wood. I know for sure because each row in my woodshed is exactly 1/2 cord and I've used exactly 2 stacks so far.
We have a small house 1000 - 1200 sq. ft. that is fairly well insulated, but not awesome, and this will be the first full year with our Woodstock Keystone stove. We have NO other heat source other than our wood stove. We've been burning 24/7 since late november, but have been burning at least one fire/day since mid october. I can't believe how little wood this stove uses. It keeps our house nice and toasty. We load the stove exactly 3 times per day and get 8 hours easily per load.
I won't believe it if we only end up using 2 cords of wood this year - that would be incredible. Also, it doesnt seem to have anything to do with the outside temp (i.e. if it was colder we would use more wood), because we always do 3 loads per day regardless of the temp. on warmer days, if the high is around 40, then its 80 in the house, on cold days when the high is more like 20, it will still be in the 70s in the house. Burns slow and steady and the house is never too hot and never too cold. on the coldest mornings when its 10 or below, it will maybe be 68-70 degrees at reload time.
So what do you think - we should be about half through the burning season right? Say mid Oct - mid April (for me anyways), so mid January should be half way.
Well, If so, I'm crappin my pants, because as of this saturday, Jan 15th, I had burned exactly ONE cord of wood. I know for sure because each row in my woodshed is exactly 1/2 cord and I've used exactly 2 stacks so far.
We have a small house 1000 - 1200 sq. ft. that is fairly well insulated, but not awesome, and this will be the first full year with our Woodstock Keystone stove. We have NO other heat source other than our wood stove. We've been burning 24/7 since late november, but have been burning at least one fire/day since mid october. I can't believe how little wood this stove uses. It keeps our house nice and toasty. We load the stove exactly 3 times per day and get 8 hours easily per load.
I won't believe it if we only end up using 2 cords of wood this year - that would be incredible. Also, it doesnt seem to have anything to do with the outside temp (i.e. if it was colder we would use more wood), because we always do 3 loads per day regardless of the temp. on warmer days, if the high is around 40, then its 80 in the house, on cold days when the high is more like 20, it will still be in the 70s in the house. Burns slow and steady and the house is never too hot and never too cold. on the coldest mornings when its 10 or below, it will maybe be 68-70 degrees at reload time.
