Here is a couple pics of an ash tree I cut and split, being my first year cutting wood I am not sure how much to plan on needing,will take me some time but plan on getting enough for 3 year plan before winter!
Dont even worry about how much you think you will need. Just keep C/S/S. If you have the room to put it don't stop.
Welcome aboard Dmorris . What are you burning in and maybe we can help give you a guesstimate of how much you'll need. Also are you planning on burning 24/7 in the cold months or not.
The house we bought has a stove with no markings on it, looks a lot like a vogulzang stove, it has a blower mounted to the back of it, was professionally installed by previous owners, I burned it a lot last year while we were remodeling and it burns very clean with no smoke, throws out a lot of heat too, we moved in around February and burnt wood 24-7. My main goal is to try to save 1 tank of propane a year, think I should be able to do that fairly easy.
My guess would be 4 to 5 cords maybe a shade more. If you post a picture of the stove someone on here might be able to identify it for you.
Welcome aboard, Dmorris . I'm in Northern Michigan, so not a great comparison, but we were told to expect to burn about 5 full cord every winter. So far (since winter of '06), it's almost dead on advise (except last year). Down there in TH, I'd take a WAG and say about 3 cords/year, so you need about 27 times what you have in the pic to be on the 3 year plan. My wife will be visiting one of her nieces in Terre Haute next week. Small world, eh? ETA: Locust Post , you really think that much? I guess it depends on a lot of factors. Dmorris , give us some more info on the house and stove, and we can maybe narrow things down a bit.
I was going to say 3-5 but shaded toward the high side for 2 reasons, he's a fairly new burner and I think you tend to burn more because you like to play with the stove (heck I'm bad enough at that myself) and secondly I would rather he be more prepared with plenty of wood than not have enough.
Oh yeah, there's that. I become a new wood burner every winter. Actually can't wait. 5-6 more weeks.....woohoo!
Here is my stove, it is 24" wide, 21" deep,and 18"tall. It has 3 rods in top of firebox with a row of holes through them, and a plate that sits on top of the rods. My house is 2200 square foot but I can't get the wood heat to the front 2 rooms so I plan on getting a gas log for the front of house.
Stove doesn't look like a Vogelzang. Looks more like a Century, US Stove Co., Country Hearth. The decorative window arches are throwing me. It's a secondary burn stove since it's got the tubes up top with a baffle. There should (hopefully) be a tag or plate on the back of the stove to help identify.
I will have to look again at back, would like to know for sure what it is, I really do like it though, just put new firebrick in it.
Try placing a small fan or 2, near those two rooms, on the floor blowing the cool air near the floor towards the stove area/room. It will help create a convection loop and push the warmer air out of the stove room and it should migrate into those rooms. And nice start to the addiction we have all succumbed(sp?) too!
Maybe this would be a good candidate for a convection deck. papadave can help you with this he just had a crane in to set his in place.
Have you checked the moisture content on the firewood? Good thing I have the new larger front door, or that thing woulda' never made it in the house.
Welcome Dmorris ! Great start on the wood pile. Sconnie Burner is right on! It will help a lot moving the dense cool air toward your stove to warm the other rooms. Are you planning on hand splitting all three years worth this year? You are an animal if so!! That's a lot of swinging of the ax.
Thats a pretty good guess that should cover it for most people if you are a 24/7 burner. The bigger your heat load, the closer you will be to using all 5 cords...if you have a small well insulated house, or just burn on the weekends, you may only use 2-3 cords. Sconnie Burner gives solid advise about the fans to move the cold air toward your stove. It doesn't take much, even a small fan on low will help a lot, it is much easier to move cool air down at the floor than it is to move the warm air up at the ceiling. Welcome to FHC, and good decision to get on the 3 year plan...you will be pleasantly surprised how much better truly dry wood burns/heats
