Just got up to feed both stoves.6 degrees outside 63 inside.propane heater had been running.we burnt all there Xtra wood that we brought in yesterday.feed the stoves several times last night.just put 1 piece of tulip poplar, 1 piece of red oak and one big split of pin oak in the living room stove.in the kitchen stove after raking the coals I put one piece of ash,one piece of mulberry and one big pin oak split.next time I'll have to get some ash out of them,it's building up quickly
now that's COLD! . 6/68. I got up around 2am to feed grandma bear and the pellet stove has been running on level 2 all night. Wind is still kicking but not as bad as yesterday evening. Gotta go fire up the truck and head into work to salt. The ol duramax is gonna be angry this morning.
Down to 13 here. Just loaded the Wood Gun with Maple, Ash, and a big split of White Pine. It is a dam mess outside. And I volunteered to work 4 hours of overtime this morning when I could have been off.
4/75... We got to 8 degrees yesterday... absolutely beautiful day... cold and crisp... Will be moderating for a few days... So the wood usage will back off.. Its been a fun 2-3 day stretch for burning wood... I think the gas only kicked on yesterday morning for a few before the other half got up and reloaded the wood... I had the thermostat set at 65F.... as a safety net...
Warming up very nicely ! Thank God ! Has warmed up 15° F, 8 or 9 °C in the last 7 hours! Another load of seasoned white spruce in the stove.
It’s 5 and I’m burning Red and White Oak. I don’t recall a colder temp in NC in the 30yrs I’ve been here. Saw video of the Buffalo blizzard and I’m grateful my family can still travel today.
Actually warmed up yesterday to 8. That was a nice surprise. It was windy, and snowing all overnight. Looks like that plow truck is goig to have it's hands full today/tomorrow once I tackle it. No idea how much yet; probably close to 10? But its that dense heavy (not wet) snow that is wind driven. 6 now.
13 here with about 3" of new snow. Still blowing. Indoors is still 72. Boiler will get a reload with Oak here shortly.
-2 here a couple inches of snow that are just blowing around. The house was 66 when I woke up a mixture of ash and elm in the insert ash in the boiler. Old farm houses take some BTU's when it gets like this outside.
-4/64 Woke up when the furnace kicked on. Loaded at 10pm with Beech, lasted till 7:00. Thermostat is in the coldest room just to keep pipes from freezing.....I could dial it back a bit more maybe. The sun is up and the winds are down and doggo is ready for morning outing......finally. Might need gloves and heavy jacket today
4*f. 69 in the house. Temps are going up. High of 25f forecast. Oak and hickory keeping it warm. Mike in Okla
I hate to disagree but if you have the right stove, the new ones will heat much, much better using a whole lot less wood. I know we used to be cold all of January-February but when we got our present stove (2007) we learned how good the new stoves are. In addition, many stove makers are struggling to meet the epa standards but ours were well above the present requirements back in 2007. We used to struggle to get our house temp up to 70 but now keep it around 80 all winter, even with below zero temperatures outside.