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  1. hawkeye4771 New Member

    joined: Dec 3, 2009
    10 posts
    western NY
    am finishing up 2 cords of oak and walnut that i started burning in November, prior to that i burned 2 cords of ash and maple rounds from when i started burning end of September. So 4 cords since end of September and am now tapping into my hickory and black locust for the coldest months. had been averaging $40 in heat bills with the heat turned off but mid December it started getting into the teens night AND day, I can't tend to the stove while at work all day so turned up the heat a week or so ago. maybe after the 1st of the year i'll turn the heat back off and see how temps go. this is my first full year of having the woodstove [ Regency] so it's a learning process.
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  2. ihookem Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 25, 2009
    503 posts
    Allenton, Wisconsin
    About 2/3 of a cord. Half was popple, other half was oak. Started mid nov.
  3. BucksCoBernie New Member

    joined: Oct 8, 2008
    450 posts
    im about 1.5 cords in since early October.
  4. Riegel New Member

    joined: Mar 16, 2006
    36 posts
    Riegelsville, Bucks Co. PA
    I've been burning since early October. As of Christmas Day I have gone through 1 cord of maple, oak & locust.
  5. PapaDave Minister of Fire

    I've gone thru just under 2 full cords since September 28th, and we have about 3 2/3's left. Mostly oak with a 1/3 cord of maple and some pine mixed in the whole batch.
    I use an average of 2/3 cord every month, with Jan. & Feb. killing the average. The Jan., Feb. thing is pretty SOP for most of us, eh?
  6. heatwise Feeling the Heat

    joined: Sep 13, 2009
    395 posts
    ohio
    3/4 ,mostly scrappy bits and odd pieces. very mild shoulder season.
  7. katwillny Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 13, 2009
    1,285 posts
    Dutchess County NY
    About 1 Cord since early October. I have a pellet stove in the main part of the house so the Wood Stove gets used mainly at nights.
  8. ramonbow Member

    joined: Jan 8, 2009
    67 posts
    S. Minnesota
    about 1 cord of boxelder and similar wood. burning just on the weekends.
  9. jmhpsu93 New Member

    joined: Nov 11, 2008
    82 posts
    Baltimore, MD
    About 2 cords of oak and some other mixed hardwoods. Wood is moderately seasoned by Hearth.com member standards. We also have an open fireplace (blasphemy!!) that we burn in for ambiance and to waste good money.

    First full year of wood stove burning (installed Feb 2009). We burn 12 x 5 (weekdays) and 18 x 2 (weekends).

    Only 125-130 gallons of oil so far, and it's been fairly cold this fall/early winter here in MD, been burning since late October.
  10. pulldownclaw New Member

    joined: Mar 2, 2007
    396 posts
    Richmond, Va
    1.10 cord of pine and soft maple, 6 splits of oak.
  11. EKLawton Member

    joined: Oct 18, 2009
    130 posts
    central pa
    around 1 cord or less, oil just for the hot water, started mid October
  12. Max Headroom Member

    joined: Jun 27, 2008
    58 posts
    North Central MA
    About 1.5 cord of maple and cherry. On to the hickory and oak in January.
  13. Hiram Maxim Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 25, 2007
    1,049 posts
    SE Michigan
    I have burned like 20 logs sense last week. %-P (just got the stove back online)

    Black Locust, Cherry, white birtch and some Ash
  14. Hurricane Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 18, 2009
    564 posts
    Central NJ
    A little over 1 cord, mostly maple, pine, cherry. In the last few weeks I was burning some ash and oak because it was cold. I have been saving my good oak for Jan feb then finish up the maple and pine in the spring .
  15. mikes67 New Member

    joined: Sep 1, 2009
    29 posts
    SE PA
    Just finished my first cord some oak mostly ash. Started burning in the middle of November. Also used about 60$ worth of NG. decent for a 2300 Sq ft house that's a 100 years old :)
  16. runandjump New Member

    joined: Apr 7, 2009
    85 posts
    Southern Ohio
    Just a frog hair over 1 cord and "0" LP for heat!! And a whole lot warmer than years past. This is my first year!!
  17. gerry100 Feeling the Heat

    joined: May 16, 2008
    398 posts
    NY Capitol Region
    Little less than 1.5 cords - started just before thanksgiving
  18. LLigetfa Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 9, 2008
    7,310 posts
    NW Ontario
    I think I'm past the one cord mark now and will be going through the wood a little quicker now. It was -28C this morning and the stove was throttled back enough that the gas furnace came on. Still, I'd rather shell out a dollar for gas to have more coals in the morning for a quicker recovery and have a happy wife than see my breath and have a disgruntled wife.

    What a difference a day makes. Yesterday morning I awoke to 76 degrees in the house and lots of coals to get the fire rip roaring before the wife got up. She's not happy unless the whole house is at 74 degrees while she gets ready for work. A wood stove can't raise the temp nearly as fast as a 100,000 BTU gas furnace can. She's off work for the holidays now but when she is working, it seems like such a waste to bring the house up to that temp for such a short time but hey, whatever it takes to make her happy.
  19. fire_man Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 6, 2009
    1,121 posts
    Eastern Ma
    So far about 1 and a half chords, although the oil heat has come on a bunch of times this winter. we put plastic sheets on some of the windows and watch them inflate on most winter days. :bug:
  20. Fsappo New Member

    joined: Apr 9, 2008
    3,551 posts
    Central NY
    I HAVE BURNED 1 FULL CORD SO FAR THIS YEAR
  21. LLigetfa Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 9, 2008
    7,310 posts
    NW Ontario
    OK, ARE WE ALL GOING TO START SHOUTING NOW?
  22. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,130 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Could you guys keep it down in here...I'm trying to read the next thread over. :p Rick
  23. breamer999 Member

    joined: Dec 11, 2007
    70 posts
    Brackley Beach PEI
    Heating a 1100 sq. foot log home.
    Started burning Oct 2nd.

    Cord 1 was Dec 15th
    An additioinal 1/2 cord up to now

    All black spruce, from my property

    May go with a stick of maple tonight, -11C with a 80kmh wind out of the northwest.
  24. Fsappo New Member

    joined: Apr 9, 2008
    3,551 posts
    Central NY
    Not sure, but the OP shouted the title of the thread and I got caught up in the moment
  25. PapaDave Minister of Fire

    WHAT? Can't hear a darn thing with all this shouting going on.
    Oh well, my wife thinks I'm deaf in one ear, and can't hear out the other. :coolsmile:
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