I get hardwood at $150 a cord and pine at $50 a cord. For the year, heating with wood costs me about $1500. With oil, it is 5,200-5,900 at $3.50...
No natural gas for my area. By next winter all the insulation will be done and the VC stoves will be out of here (replaced with either two more...
Bought 13 cords from the supplier this year. Still trying to get several years ahead. But last winter screwed me.
Turns out a lot of people in this area claim they want 10-15 cords to try and get a discount. They do this knowing that no one can deliver that...
Nice. That's a great area. Not as desert-like, with more seasonal change with some great landscape/views.
That ain't right, man.
Wait, what?!
Odd, I heard that the Almanac was reporting that the entire Northeast was going to be much colder than normal.
Where are you in northern AZ?
Pine for shoulder season. Hardwood when the temps turn to frozen hell.
I run a 6" on my Encore. It works fine apart from normal VC issues.
Speaking of which, I am switching the Defiant and the 30NC locations. The Defiant does NOT like running on a 6" chimney. Decided not to purchase...
Ask him. He might have other wood on hand that he could sell you.
Based on the threads that came up earlier in the burning season, I would suspect the IS would perform just fine in shoulder season. It seemed very...
I'm telling you, with your specs, your location, running one stove in the basement, and relying on radiant only, you will be reloading often. The...
You are in a much milder climate than OP.
With your specs and requirements, I would consider a wood boiler/furnace.
Nearly 2400 sq ft in Wisconsin with a basement install in a ranch style home. That chit seems like it would be challenging to get whole house...
I do, but He also had some pine. I got several cords of dry pine split form him last fall, but he had two cords of pine in rounds, also. He...
I was splitting some pine over the winter (before it got ugly cold), and water was literally splashing out of the rounds when I was taking an ax...
