Since for most of us we are probably half way through the burning season...I thought I would start this thread. I started burning around the beginning of November....Popular, Pine and some Maple just to take the chill out. Now I'm into Ash, Oak, Beech and some Black Cherry. So far I have burned I'd say 4-5 face cords. Mind you I like it warm in the house and with over 50 face cords on hand...I can burn away if you will. Now that the Polar Vortex is in retreat, I'm going to say probably at least 4 more will be in order, depending on how wet and damp the Spring will be...What about everyone else???
I lost track. I thought I'd have a half a cord or more of oak leftover for next year and that's not happening as there is now just a half a cord left and I have a cord of maple I thought I'd be into a little bit and it looks like we'll be into that a bit more than I thought/ hoped. Next year's supply is going to be tight and I'm considering bigger stoves.
I think there's another thread on this somewhere, but I'll play along here too. Timely question for me, as I was just taking inventory this morning and came to the conclusion I've gone through about 1.3 cord so far, plus the equivalent of another 1/2 cord or so of nat. gas. Even with the Vortex, I'm thinking I'll be about a cord less (whole season BTUs) than normal. Our forecast is showing some decent (comparably) temps for the rest of this burning season, which might mean I'll come in under expected overall use. I'll know better in the middle of May.
I can usually tell how much we've burned but not this year. I got the wood out a bit different and it is hard to keep track. I do know that by December 1 we had burned much more than normal but December turned out to be not burning as much. I'm sure we've burned more wood this year than normal though, but not a big lot.
Burnt 1 1/2 cord so far and usually 2 1/2 for a season so about a 1/4 cord more than normal. So looking at maybe 1/2 cord more for the season.
Yes, but so has burning nat. gas. Still fewer BTUs than normal. Once the house was up to temp in the below 0 temps, I could get by for quite a while just burning down coals with a single split. I was doing that all day w/o the house getting too cool. At least SEEMS to be helping.
