This will be my second winter with the 30NC, so you might think I'd have an idea how much it uses. You'd be wrong.
The stove did not go into service until the week between Christmas and New Years, and the wood supply was way short of what it needed to be. I had on the order of a cord of natural wood, maybe a little more. Added to this was around a ton of horrible blocks bought from Lowe's and two ton of very good "Envi-Blocks".
Going on the theory that a ton of blocks is roughly equivalent to a cord, then I used around four cords over a span of four months, likely heaviest during a bitterly cold Jan/Feb.
I should have around 6 cords of natural wood, although my stacks are a little misshapen and thus hard to measure. I'm also expecting to pick up a ton of EnviBlocks as a safety blanket. I'm expecting the stove to be needed from mid November to mid April, possibly a couple weeks more before and after. I'm in eastern Mass, so it get's cold, but not Canada cold.
Should I be worried, or confident?
The stove did not go into service until the week between Christmas and New Years, and the wood supply was way short of what it needed to be. I had on the order of a cord of natural wood, maybe a little more. Added to this was around a ton of horrible blocks bought from Lowe's and two ton of very good "Envi-Blocks".
Going on the theory that a ton of blocks is roughly equivalent to a cord, then I used around four cords over a span of four months, likely heaviest during a bitterly cold Jan/Feb.
I should have around 6 cords of natural wood, although my stacks are a little misshapen and thus hard to measure. I'm also expecting to pick up a ton of EnviBlocks as a safety blanket. I'm expecting the stove to be needed from mid November to mid April, possibly a couple weeks more before and after. I'm in eastern Mass, so it get's cold, but not Canada cold.
Should I be worried, or confident?