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Minister of Fire
haven't done it personally but there are a few "camps" up here that have heated driveways, one i know has had it in for at least 10 years
The log splitter isn't any louder than a standard lawnmower. 22 ton. I borrow my coworkersLooks like you're in the city, Wayne. How do you split (quietly)?
I do split by hand as well I make sure to use the splitter during normal work hours so I don't interrupt sleep. I know my neighbors schedule lol.Looks like you got where I was going with that question. A lawnmower may run less than 30 minutes on a city lot, but log splitting sessions usually last hours and hours. Didn't know if you were an axe splitter or hydraulic guy.
On the water? Nice!
Since we're talking about splitters, anyone have any thoughts on electric splitters? Do they work well? Prone to failure/breakdown? I wonder if you have to have a dedicated circuit for them. Don't need one now, but as I get older it might be a consideration.
I've been fairly lucky here in Maryland. Only a few really cold nights so far ( in the teens ). Currently at 40 and the Madison isn't having to work all that hard to keep my first floor at 75
On those really cold nights though, I've had to keep the flue open and use the blower. Thank goodness we don't get down below zero often here! Unfortunately I have more splitting to do ugh [emoji12]
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Yes, many here use them, some even for their primary splitting. But rather than divert this thread, please search out one of the existing threads on them, or start a new thread. Feel free to drop a link to the new thread in here, so interested folks can follow over.
Back on topic, it got warm here! Unfortunately, you can't stop a stove once started. Here's my family room, 26 hours after last reload, it peaked at 80F.
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I try to do the same, but there are a few factors that foil me from time to time. First, if we're having guests and the wife is cooking, that part of the house will usually get warmer than I expect. I guess our kitchen oven throws some serious heat. Second, our weather forecast is so often wrong on sun and cloud, and that room is damn near all glass, so sun makes a huge difference in how much heat I need. They've been wrong on that twice this week already, calling for sun when it rained and rain when it was sunny, less than 15 hours ahead.Lol. I now rely heavily on the 24 hour forecast to help me decide how I'm going to run the stove. I've gotten into that situation a couple times. Easily done with a BK and the kind of weather we've been having.
Welp........ if it gets too hot.....I just open a window. Better to over compensate with heat than under compensate. Takes too long to heat the house up vs just cracking windows.I try to do the same, but there are a few factors that foil me from time to time. First, if we're having guests and the wife is cooking, that part of the house will usually get warmer than I expect. I guess our kitchen oven throws some serious heat. Second, our weather forecast is so often wrong on sun and cloud, and that room is damn near all glass, so sun makes a huge difference in how much heat I need. They've been wrong on that twice this week already, calling for sun when it rained and rain when it was sunny, less than 15 hours ahead.
Welp........ if it gets too hot.....I just open a window. Better to over compensate with heat than under compensate. Takes too long to heat the house up vs just cracking windows.
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Our snow has melted too for the most part. But that depends on location. This is at a friend's place about 80 miles north.
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Are the neighbors complaining yet about how you are depressing home values in the 'hood, with your hillbilly piles of wood everywhere?Wood piles just keep growing and growing. On my block im the only one the burns but a couole blocks away the whole neighborhood burns. Wonder if anyone is on here?
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