how often do you burn?

[stanleyjohn]

For us we start burning by early December and end in April.Not a 24/7 burner here! we start the stove in the late afternoon and put the last load in late night just before bed.Has the much lower cost of oil made you think about burning less! not here! i enjoy stoking the stove.I burn between 2 to 3 cords a year which i get from our property here.Right now working on the 2016/17 burning season.

 

[firefighterjake]

I burn . . . when I am cold.

That said . . . I sometimes find it easier to exercise the oil boiler in early Fall and late Spring when the temp difference outside and inside can sometimes make starting the stove a challenge. For the last couple of weeks I have been doing a morning and evening fire . . . when it gets cold enough we'll make the transition to burning 24/7.

 

[sportbikerider78]

1st year on a wood stove. We ran the pellet stove 24/7 as soon as the temps starting staying in the 30's and 40's.

 

[izzyq]

We burn now in the evenings when it's chilly and let it go out overnight. Takes the chill off and makes me happy to look at. Once it gets cold out we will transition to 24/7.

 

[edge-of-the-woods]

Just burning some uglies right now and getting ready for the REAL cold weather. Don't have a ton of really dry wood, and would rather run off propane than burn the greener stuff.

 

[Highbeam]

I burn . . . when I am cold.

This is how we burn too. I use no other form of heat and with the long burning nature of my stove and the relatively warm time of year we are in I end up skipping days. Last night I didn't burn but tonight I will burn. Our house can coast one night without discomfort.

Normally, we burn every day from mid September to mid June.

 

[begreen]

We usually wait until it is cold enough to burn regularly. This year may be the first year I remember not burning in October. It's 53F now, was 53F last night and yesterday too. In these temps the heat pump makes more sense. It's cleaner and cheap to run so we'll save the wood until it gets colder. When it gets to the low 40s we start burning 24/7.

 

[prezes13]

Just like BG said but useing a oil fired furnace instead a heat pump. Haven't have a fire yet.

 

[Wood Duck]

I will start soon and at first I'll be burning all the time, whenever it isn't too warm for me to have a fire. This enthusiasm will last at least through New Year's Day, and probably through the coldest winter weather of January and February. After that I predict I'll be a little less gung-ho about burning wood, and some days I'll let the fire burn out even though I am home and it is cold outside. The same thing happens every year.

 

[nhburnguy]

Been having fires at night mostly when the temp dips below 40. Tomorrow is supposed to be an unseasonal 70!

 

[Starstuff]

Except when we leave the house for longer than a day or two, wood heat is the only thing that will warm my home. This early in the season, it's not yet cold enough to burn 24/7, but soon it will be. That won't necessarily mean keeping a raging fire going all day and night, as I do in January and February, but the stove will most likely not go completely cold for the rest winter starting mid November.

 

[revdocjim]

24/7 from mid-December thru mid-April when most of the snow melts. Before and after that as needed. August was the only month we didn't have any fires this past year. It all comes down to location, temps and other available heating systems. In our case we live high in the mountains, lots of cold temps and a very poorly insulated house with no central heating. Of the ten or eleven homes in our community only two others have wood stoves and central heating is pretty much non-existent in Japan so everyone else uses little kerosene space heaters. Japanese homes are definitely not made for cold weather. But we were warm and cozy last winter!

 

[RyanStorm]

We didn't use ours for a couple years, but we got a deal on a cord of wood last winter so used it a couple times. Salt Lake County now has a ban on wood burning on "non-burn days", and starting in 2016, is now a $300 fine, not just a dude driving by giving you a verbal warning.

We finished our basement and refinished our stove, and are fixing it up something nice, we plan to use it more, but of course don't plan to use it on non-burn days (which is when inversion terrorizes the valley with its smog, and people drive their cars with no care, but county feel they have to attack wood burning people).

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Hoping to keep it going 24/7, once the weather gets there, with our new stove. I've got a good stash of red oak and hickory and a new Super 27. I'm dying to stretch it's legs. So far I've just had some small fires to knock off a chill.

 

[stanleyjohn]

We didn't use ours for a couple years, but we got a deal on a cord of wood last winter so used it a couple times. Salt Lake County now has a ban on wood burning on "non-burn days", and starting in 2016, is now a $300 fine, not just a dude driving by giving you a verbal warning.

We finished our basement and refinished our stove, and are fixing it up something nice, we plan to use it more, but of course don't plan to use it on non-burn days (which is when inversion terrorizes the valley with its smog, and people drive their cars with no care, but county feel they have to attack wood burning people).

thats really sad!! does that apply to all wood stoves or just non epa stoves

 

[xman23]

We burn at the weekend cabin 24/2 most weeks. Over the years there are more full time weeks. Last year probably 6 full time weeks in the winter. With all the cold last year we burned a lot of wood. Normally I would be burning by now, but it's been to warm and so far this year I've been lazy.

 

[Avalonolympic]

Burned two weeks ago. Little fire stove to big to crank . Let it burn out before going to bed. Man was it hot up stairs wow. Now in upstate ny its in the 60s darn.

 

[Snotrocket]

Off and on during the fall and spring. With oil being so cheap I don't feel so bad about turning it on here and there. Usually if it's going to be in the 30's at night I'll start the stove.

Last winter I went 46 days straight without having to use a match.