Well I finally got my power back today from the hellish ice storm that we got. We have had no power for 11 days. Now we have close to 2 feet of snow on the ground also. I wasn't prepared for this yet.
Well, The chimney guy came out 2 thursdays ago and cleaned out the chimney. He wasn't gonna come but ended up anyways and thank God, we got the storm that night and I wouldn't have been able to run the stove.
Anyways, no running water, no heat, no phones, Nothing for 11 days. My G/F and our kids stayed at families houses as they got power back, so the kids could have warm baths and beds. I stayed in our house every night to keep a fire going so my house would not freeze up. It wasn't the same with out the stoves blower and could barely keep the house above 50 degrees. I had to layer up to go to bed and when I woke it was mostly around 40 degrees. I would get a fire going and go to work then light one when I got home before going to see my family and catching a meal at Mom's or my sisters.
My small stove did all it could. I am planning on buying a bigger stove in the spring anyway but this just REALLY sold me and the G/F on a bigger stove and maybe a generator.
My Bro-in-law builds houses and came to flush out my water pipes because we still did not get an answer from the power company as to when our power would be back. There was a little ice in the pipes but nothing major.
I just got off the phone with him and he said this " if you had put one less log on or did anything different, your pipes would have been done for!"
So the moral to my story is, thank God for my little wood stove, it wasn't nice and comfy in here but it quite possibly saved me from alot of damage and heart ache!!
Well, The chimney guy came out 2 thursdays ago and cleaned out the chimney. He wasn't gonna come but ended up anyways and thank God, we got the storm that night and I wouldn't have been able to run the stove.
Anyways, no running water, no heat, no phones, Nothing for 11 days. My G/F and our kids stayed at families houses as they got power back, so the kids could have warm baths and beds. I stayed in our house every night to keep a fire going so my house would not freeze up. It wasn't the same with out the stoves blower and could barely keep the house above 50 degrees. I had to layer up to go to bed and when I woke it was mostly around 40 degrees. I would get a fire going and go to work then light one when I got home before going to see my family and catching a meal at Mom's or my sisters.
My small stove did all it could. I am planning on buying a bigger stove in the spring anyway but this just REALLY sold me and the G/F on a bigger stove and maybe a generator.
My Bro-in-law builds houses and came to flush out my water pipes because we still did not get an answer from the power company as to when our power would be back. There was a little ice in the pipes but nothing major.
I just got off the phone with him and he said this " if you had put one less log on or did anything different, your pipes would have been done for!"
So the moral to my story is, thank God for my little wood stove, it wasn't nice and comfy in here but it quite possibly saved me from alot of damage and heart ache!!
