You'd think that, especially since the house is full of "family" while we wait for the power to come back on in their homes, that we would be burning the wood in the wood stove daily, but that is not the case..........
Not sure if it is ONLY because there are lots of little ones running around, and all that that means (safety, ease of use, etc.), or what the reason is, ..........but the wood stove has sat more idle (we HAVE "power".........that's why everyone moved in HERE), than you might think, around here.
One group (the younger daughter and her family of four) will be moving back home today (I hear they FINALLY got their power back yesterday), will be gone by today, and the other .............well..........they are still without power and will be going home (obviously) once THEIR electrical is restored. In both cases, they live in dwellings that would not allow a wood stove.
I just realized this morning that the wood stove has become a secondary source of heat and I'm fighting that. I'd rather it was primary, but I guess the "family" doesn't want the duty when I'm at work, so it goes "unlit." I could light it in the morning (and have) but they would let it go out.
Ah well...........perhaps when its just "the wife and the dogs" again, we will be back to burning daily.
-Soupy1957
Not sure if it is ONLY because there are lots of little ones running around, and all that that means (safety, ease of use, etc.), or what the reason is, ..........but the wood stove has sat more idle (we HAVE "power".........that's why everyone moved in HERE), than you might think, around here.
One group (the younger daughter and her family of four) will be moving back home today (I hear they FINALLY got their power back yesterday), will be gone by today, and the other .............well..........they are still without power and will be going home (obviously) once THEIR electrical is restored. In both cases, they live in dwellings that would not allow a wood stove.
I just realized this morning that the wood stove has become a secondary source of heat and I'm fighting that. I'd rather it was primary, but I guess the "family" doesn't want the duty when I'm at work, so it goes "unlit." I could light it in the morning (and have) but they would let it go out.
Ah well...........perhaps when its just "the wife and the dogs" again, we will be back to burning daily.
-Soupy1957