Looks like the 13+ full cords of hardwood I processed over the last 2 years was a little over kill... I appear to be on track to only use about 3-3.5 cords this season. I guess it helps to be working again, not home durning the day to constantly feed the stove. Even though it has been an unusually cold winter in MN, I've not had to run the natural gas forced air at all - though I have used about 1/2 ton pellets in the back up quadrafire castille. Really loving the wood heat, wife likes it too, especially the 70 deg average temps inside vs the 62 we had with just pellet and natural gas. The radiant heat is great too, really dont miss the blower noise from the castille and drafts from forced air.
The neighbors think I'm nuts with the 13 cord out back ;-) oh yea, the highest nat gas bill has been $60, that's for heating water, cloths dryer and keeping 2 stall and 3 stall garages heated above freezing.
The neighbors think I'm nuts with the 13 cord out back ;-) oh yea, the highest nat gas bill has been $60, that's for heating water, cloths dryer and keeping 2 stall and 3 stall garages heated above freezing.