First post. Hello all! Thank you for all the information I have gleaned to make this, my first season of burning wood a success so far.
A little background. Moved with the family from Florida to the Adirondack mountains in spring this year.Beautiful part of the world but it can get a little cold.
We have a 500 gallon oil tank that I filled up and then shed a few tears. That won't even last a whole season I was informed.But we do have a little land with
sugar maple,ash and lots of scots pine and spruce.So we decided to put in an insert to try and reduce our oil consumption. My wife picked out a Lopi Revere
because she liked the cooktop and the ability to heat a little even in power outages.I got to work on toppling trees cutting,splitting and stacking.First time I
have ever done this,unfortunatly I came down with a case of woodpile OCD,constantly comparing my stack to others and always wanting more.From reading
some of the posts here I think its a common condition.
My results so far have been a surprise to me. I haven't even turned on the furnace yet. I'm really pleased with the way the stove is performing. Its a 2000sq ft
90 year old house. 1000 ft downstairs 1000ft upstairs plus a 1000ft basement. I probably would have had the thermostat set at 60 if I was burning oil but we are
cruising at 70 most of the time. Even the coldest part of the house hasn't been below 60. My bedroom is above the stove and I dont even use covers half the time.
I think I'll have to use the furnace when it gets to single digits and below. Teens haven't been a problem so far, but the weather hasn't been that cold for long either.
I'm running that stove 24/7, getting 10 hour burns(mostly 6-8 during the day) and having alot of fun doing it.Those people in Florida dont know what there missing.
A little background. Moved with the family from Florida to the Adirondack mountains in spring this year.Beautiful part of the world but it can get a little cold.
We have a 500 gallon oil tank that I filled up and then shed a few tears. That won't even last a whole season I was informed.But we do have a little land with
sugar maple,ash and lots of scots pine and spruce.So we decided to put in an insert to try and reduce our oil consumption. My wife picked out a Lopi Revere
because she liked the cooktop and the ability to heat a little even in power outages.I got to work on toppling trees cutting,splitting and stacking.First time I
have ever done this,unfortunatly I came down with a case of woodpile OCD,constantly comparing my stack to others and always wanting more.From reading
some of the posts here I think its a common condition.
My results so far have been a surprise to me. I haven't even turned on the furnace yet. I'm really pleased with the way the stove is performing. Its a 2000sq ft
90 year old house. 1000 ft downstairs 1000ft upstairs plus a 1000ft basement. I probably would have had the thermostat set at 60 if I was burning oil but we are
cruising at 70 most of the time. Even the coldest part of the house hasn't been below 60. My bedroom is above the stove and I dont even use covers half the time.
I think I'll have to use the furnace when it gets to single digits and below. Teens haven't been a problem so far, but the weather hasn't been that cold for long either.
I'm running that stove 24/7, getting 10 hour burns(mostly 6-8 during the day) and having alot of fun doing it.Those people in Florida dont know what there missing.