Hello all,
So, in addition to the cabin, I have been pondering putting in a small woodstove for backup/supplemental heating in my house in the middle of town. I live in a 10 year old 1000 sq ft duplex in a medium-sized town (pop. 30 000) on Vancouver Island - we are surrounded by lots and lots of other houses! But we live in an older part of town and there are some woodstoves around (including some smoke dragons).
The duplex has electricity only - baseboard heat, electric hot water, etc. We don't have power outages very often, but two years ago we had a massive windstorm that put power out throughout the town for 3 days - I assume these kind of storms will only get worse with climate change. Natural gas is available but we would have to pay to extend it down the lane to our house. But it might improve the resale value of the house. I doubt a woodstove would.
We had an energy assessment done, and the house is very tight and well-insulated, to the point where we are actually considering installing a fan to help with ventilation. We would have to buy wood because we don't really have time to go out and get wood when we're in town. So we probably wouldn't save any money. The energy assessor was very dismissive when I mentioned it - I think he was worried about air pollution. I have no idea what the other duplex owner thinks and I would have to clear it with her too.
What say hearth.com?
So, in addition to the cabin, I have been pondering putting in a small woodstove for backup/supplemental heating in my house in the middle of town. I live in a 10 year old 1000 sq ft duplex in a medium-sized town (pop. 30 000) on Vancouver Island - we are surrounded by lots and lots of other houses! But we live in an older part of town and there are some woodstoves around (including some smoke dragons).
The duplex has electricity only - baseboard heat, electric hot water, etc. We don't have power outages very often, but two years ago we had a massive windstorm that put power out throughout the town for 3 days - I assume these kind of storms will only get worse with climate change. Natural gas is available but we would have to pay to extend it down the lane to our house. But it might improve the resale value of the house. I doubt a woodstove would.
We had an energy assessment done, and the house is very tight and well-insulated, to the point where we are actually considering installing a fan to help with ventilation. We would have to buy wood because we don't really have time to go out and get wood when we're in town. So we probably wouldn't save any money. The energy assessor was very dismissive when I mentioned it - I think he was worried about air pollution. I have no idea what the other duplex owner thinks and I would have to clear it with her too.
What say hearth.com?
