Woke to 14* temps

[drumbum]

Loaded last night at 8:45 w/30's OAT and stove temp was 350 this am @7:30 and OAT at 14*(Central heat cycled twice). Raked coals and turned the fan on and didn't reload until around 10am w/5 splits. Did not cook breakfast in the stove this morning.

Lit the downstairs stove downstairs mid morning and fed it twice. Haven't reloaded main stove yet as I type this at 6:00pm.

Temps never got above 20* today and forecast to drop to 12* tonight. Coolest part of the house was 74* mid day.

I'll bet the central heat doesn't cycle tomorrow.....lol

How do the non woodheat people live?

 

[VirginiaIron]

Loaded last night at 8:45 w/30's OAT and stove temp was 350 this am @7:30 and OAT at 14*(Central heat cycled twice). Raked coals and turned the fan on and didn't reload until around 10am w/4 splits. Did not cook breakfast in the stove this morning.

Lit the downstairs stove downstairs mid morning and fed it twice. Haven't reloaded main stove yet as I type this at 6:00pm.

Temps never got above 20* today and forecast to drop to 12* tonight. Coolest part of the house was 74* mid day.

I'll bet the central heat doesn't cycle tomorrow.....lol

How do the non woodheat people live?

Some of them aren’t living and some of them live in igloos. Those with gas/electric or fossil gas kits may not survive due to demand. We have a heat pump with oil furnace and a fossil fuel kit, but with the wood stove we do not need it.

[For those of you ON the grid] I encourage everyone to have a minimum of one alternative heat source, preferably wood.

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[drumbum]

Woke this morn to 11*OAT and 70* inside at 6:30.
320* stove temp,....raked coals, gave it some air and turned fan on,....temp went to 335.

Central heat pump did not cycle this am.

I may have an Englander omelette......Mmmmmmm

 

[beefhoof]

-40 c here the other morning 47 w chill.Both BK stoves on rock and roll.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

If you have mostly electric heat in your neighborhood like me, your non-wood burning neighbors live……expensively.

 

[MongoMongoson]

If everyone was burning wood for heat around here, I wouldn't get it dropped in my yard for free. For that reason, I am glad that most do not. I don't think there is anyone else in my local neighborhood using wood as their primary heat source. I know a couple of guys down the road burn at least some wood. They are across the street from each other and both have super scary and sketchy looking black pipe "chimneys". I think, locally, wood burning is more of an ambiance or once in a while thing for people. We have natural gas piped to our houses here, so that is the go to for most people.

 

[reaperman1]

I dont think a wood stove is really tested unless the temps fall under zero degrees F.

 

[drumbum]

I noticed I can't edit posts......

The first post should read that I reloaded with 5 splits.

 

[VirginiaIron]

If you have mostly electric heat in your neighborhood like me, your non-wood burning neighbors live……expensively.

Yeah, that is something I don’t understand. Even here at a local store in Hoggswallop, there is a cellophane wrapped bundle of wood for $12. This might get me half a day only if my stove is ALREADY up to temperature.
But, I imagine anyone with electric heat that has switched and is seriously burning has recovered their investment tenfold in no time.
Edit: Matter of fact, the other day when it was 14* here I was in a short sleeve shirt and boxer shorts and that would be VERY expensive temperatures heated with electricity.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Yeah, that is something I don’t understand. Even here at a local store in Hoggswallop, there is a cellophane wrapped bundle of wood for $12. This might get me half a day only if my stove is ALREADY up to temperature.
But, I imagine anyone with electric heat that has switched and is seriously burning has recovered their investment tenfold in no time.
Edit: Matter of fact, the other day when it was 14* here I was in a short sleeve shirt and boxer shorts and that would be VERY expensive temperatures heated with electricity.

I’ve tried to estimate the electric heat costs for my 1600 sq ft house and can’t figure it to be below 1000 a month. And that would be with shutting off a couple rooms and max temp about 68.