Below 0 Temps

[katwillny]

Hi all,

Just got in from work and boy is it cold. This has been the coldest of the 26 winters I have lived in NY, temps are expected to drop below 0 overnight. So glad I use wood to heat out home. Talking to a lady a work today i really got an illustration of how much she pays for oil heating. She roughly spends 6000 a heating season and her house is kept at 63. My wife will not be a happy camper if the temps were anything lower than 70. Happy Burning Y'all.

 

[agartner]

I just checked. Outside temp is 9, inside temp is 78, and I have yet to hear a peep from the power vent on the propane boiler. Almost makes winter bearable.

 

[yooperdave]

Hi all,

Just got in from work and boy is it cold. This has been the coldest of the 26 winters I have lived in NY, temps are expected to drop below 0 overnight. So glad I use wood to heat out home. Talking to a lady a work today i really got an illustration of how much she pays for oil heating. She roughly spends 6000 a heating season and her house is kept at 63. My wife will not be a happy camper if the temps were anything lower than 70. Happy Burning Y'all.

either she needs to close the doors or get a much smaller dwelling...6000 is absolutely nuts!

 

[tfdchief]

When I was younger we used to keep the house at 68. Now I would freeze to death at that temperature. The old bones like it 74 and above. My wife used to hate the wood stove because she complained it was to hot in the house....not anymore! Oh, the dog likes it too.

 

[North of 60]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

 

[Lukas060606]

Yeah we're freezing in Southern CT too. I'm finishing my storage tank tomorrow. Couldn't be any sooner. I'm getting tired of feeding the monster all night. I'm actually so tired right now I'm willing to pay the oil man for a full night's sleep tonight. After that, he's on his own. Good night to all you burners!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

It's 6 degrees out now in Schenectady. 6000 is something like 1500 gallons of oil. That is a lot of oil.

Matt

 

[katwillny]

It's 6 degrees out now in Schenectady. 6000 is something like 1500 gallons of oil. That is a lot of oil.

Matt

Thats what i said to her. 1500 Gallons is a lot especially at 63 degrees. I suggested switch to natural gas or upgrade the boiler. Those old victorian homes chew up oil and BTUs, especially with poor insulation.

 

[BrotherBart]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

Is that that "C" stuff?

 

[Hogwildz]

Cold is cold, I had enough of this sh-t this year. Cmon spring.

 

[BrotherBart]

Cold is cold, I had enough of this sh-t this year. Cmon spring.

I hear ya hog. I usually am sick of sticking wood in the stove by late December. It took another week or two this year. Guess because we have had such lower than normal temps this year. Or such higher than normal all last summer.

 

[ecocavalier02]

7 degrees here. loving it. no getin up in the night for me to load. burning a little hotter tonight though thats for sure.

 

[BrowningBAR]

It's 6 degrees out now in Schenectady. 6000 is something like 1500 gallons of oil. That is a lot of oil.

Matt

Thats what i said to her. 1500 Gallons is a lot especially at 63 degrees. I suggested switch to natural gas or upgrade the boiler. Those old victorian homes chew up oil and BTUs, especially with poor insulation.

1500 gallons would have given me temps of 65-70 all winter. 1200 gallons gave me temps at about 63. That was 4 winters, 3 stoves, 12 tubes of caulk, and 20 cans of The Great Stuff ago. I've used about 60 gallons so far this winter with the downstairs at 75.

 

[Blazin]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

Is that that "C" stuff?

Actually, at -40 Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same.

 

[North of 60]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

Is that that "C" stuff?

Actually, at -40 Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same.

:coolsmile: Thats her. Either way f or c it still= lumpy tires in the morning for the 1st few miles.
Here is a good useful link for all of us to use> (broken link removed to http://www.worldwidemetric.com/Measurements.html)

 

[nate379]

6* here but with the wind blowing at 70-80mph it's darn cold outside!

 

[ecocavalier02]

Just woke up to 2 degrees out this morning.

 

[Ro3bert]

0(zero)F on the New Fairfield side of the CT/NY border.

Haven't seen it this cold for years. Been here 34 years.

 

[ecocavalier02]

Past couple years we've gotten some cold spells like this.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

-3 when I got moving this morning.

Matt

 

[katwillny]

Woke up today to -1 feel temperature outside. Home was at a nice 78 degrees with both stoves going.

 

[iceman]

-11 today (morning) -7 yesterday... and I am loving it ....
Just discovered I don't Need oil as a back up anymore! If turn on the pellet stove on the lower level and leave the door open the heat makes it to the bedrooms upstairs! So no need to set furnace as a safeguard anymore for nights like these!

 

[Todd]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

Is that that "C" stuff?

Actually, at -40 Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same.

:coolsmile: Thats her. Either way f or c it still= lumpy tires in the morning for the 1st few miles.
Here is a good useful link for all of us to use> (broken link removed to http://www.worldwidemetric.com/Measurements.html)

Ha, I know what your talking about, I remember a cold -40 morning in Duluth MN where I thought I had a flat tire but it was just a flat spot from sitting all night in the cold.

 

[mainemaul]

-2 F this morning. 30 NC has the house at low 70's F. SOO NICE!

 

[Battenkiller]

-40 and all is well.
Stay warm!

Is that that "C" stuff?

;-)