The main reason we put in the little wood burner was because we like the feel and smell of it...we both grew up with wood burners and we are now hooked. However, we have a very efficient geothermal heat source so saving money wasn't the biggest issue - got a used Century Hearth at a good deal so decided to install it. The kicker is that during the first full month of using it, our electric bill was not much different at all - approx 2% less...we leave our thermostat on 63 and around midnight, i assume it kicks on and stays on until around 6 or 7 am when we get up. the rest of the day it is not on at all. I am not running the blower on the stove but am running a box fan blowing air towards the stove room. Any thoughts on why we wouldn't see any change? Of course, we will test it another couple months, but...
and, we are hooked and already thinking about upgrading to a larger stove so we don't have to use our geo at all...
and, we are hooked and already thinking about upgrading to a larger stove so we don't have to use our geo at all...