Welcome to the forum Mark J It appears you are indeed a true hoarder so you are doubly welcome here. I find it interesting about the types of wood you have there and that they are difficult to split. Good thing you have hydraulics. I also would like to read more information about heating your house and your water (heating cold water, not hot water. Hot water does not need any heating! ) Reading about the stove heating water reminds me of when I was a young lad and we did not have running water in the house but did have a good sized reservoir in my mother's wood cook stove. We got along just fine but am happy we no longer do that. 100 acres is beautiful especially with 80 acres wooded. No, you won't be in need of firewood ever with all that. We have a bit over 40 here and it gives more wood than we can use. But it is great that anytime you want to go put up wood, you don't have to leave home. Again, welcome. btw, someone mentioned leoht and he is one great guy. We were blessed when he and his father came to our place last year. We have had a GTG (get-together) every spring for several years now and those two flew all the way from Australia and boy was they ever a hit here. Everyone loved them. He had such a good time he wants to come back and we want him also. hint, hint.
Welcome to FHC. You'll like it here. We like dogs, beer and pics. Nice way to start your journey here. Just a little warning. They have a saying "no pics, it didn't happen"
Wow!! That stack would keep me going for a few years. 2-3 cord a year here depending on the weather will get me through the Winter. To keep up with you I would have to work non stop. If you get time, would you post some pictures of your wood lot. Always interested to see wheat the woods look like in different parts of the world. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Winter temps where I live are usualy about 2 deg Celsius during the day and about -5 deg Celsius overnight. We usually get snow as well about 6 times during winter but it has been known to snow even in summer. Probably mild compared to the northern hemisphere winters, I must admit I like cold weather and not into the heat at all, fortunately where I live it doesn't get much hotter than 25 deg Celsuis, compared to the mainland where they regularly get 40+deg in summer. Usually start seeing snakes in October through until March, then they hibinate. Mating season is the worse because they get aggressive.
Well you can't say that now. The joke in Aust is that people from Tassie have three thumbs beacause they reckon we are all inbreds ha ha.
I'm afraid that won't stop them, they will just climb over it. They even chew through wire fencing, tin sheets will keep out.
We heat the house with a woodstove in the living areas, its capable of heating about 350 sqm, it also has a three speed fan but we never use it. In the kitchen we have a Rayburn stove, they are made in the UK. It has two ovens and a hotplate, there is also a boiler fitted. The way it works it that there is a 380 litre tank that sits higher than the stove, when the fire is running it heats the water in the boiler and then uses thermosyphon principle to lift the water into the tank, also there is a thermostat on the outlet pipe of the boiler, when it reaches 70 deg C it turns on a circulating pump that circulates hot water to the radiators, each radiator can be adjusted for temperature or turned off completely, we use radiators where the main fire doesnt reach like bathroom, laundry etc. When we don't use the stove the water is heated by evacuated solar tubes and if all else fails we heat the water from electricity. From a cold water tank it takes about 3 hours to get the water at a temp you can have a shower. The main fire is capable of a 12-14 hour burn time and the Rayburn about 10-12 hours so there is no problem keeping them running all the time. You might also be interested that we generate our own electicity from a hydro generator off one of the creeks. We are connected to the grid but generate more power than we use so we don't pay for electricity, actually the power company gives us money each quarter.
Mark this all sounds terrific. It has to either be or come very close to the ideal setup. Thank you for posting that.
Love the egg frying. When it's convenient, could you get a picture of the hydro power generat or on your creek?
I like the idea of the generator and solar tubes. Would love to see those systems. Welcome to the club, Mark J !
