It is great to see that we all think that the way we each heat our homes is the best for each of us. One size shoe doesn't fit all and what works for you might not work for me. I have been living in a home whether it was my parents house or the 2 homes i have had since 1992 that have only used wood for heat.
In 1980 my parents installed a Fisher wood stove in their dining room. The day after it was completed my dad went down in the basement and took the glass fuses out of the fuse box for the fuel oil furnace and told the family if you want heat tonight in the house we are going to the woods right now to cut wood.
It has been wood heat for me ever since.
I took control of the family farm and its house in 1998 after my grandmother moved out. At that time the house was heated with wood and still is, but the house was severely outdated. There was no furnace or duct work, The upstairs had no electrical outlets and the plumbing was the original from when indoor plumbing was installed in 1954. I did a complete remodel in 1998 and installed duct work and a propane furnace. Along with updating the plumbing and electrical. I only installed the duct work and furnace because i wanted central air. Since 1998 i can count on one hand the number of times that furnace has ran.
I love to cut wood. If time and circumstance permitted i would cut wood 7 days a week and twice on Sunday. I sell wood on the side. When I cut wood i sort it out. The good wood gets sold and what i call Junk Wood gets burnt by me. I waste nothing when i cut. Whether i am cutting a dead tree or tree tops from a recent logging i cut everything right down to the size of my thumb. It does not matter to me if the wood is great or punky. All wood makes heat if it is dry. Some just makes more than other. When i split wood i save all of the scraps and any big pieces of bark that comes off of the wood while splitting. It all goes in my stove and it all makes heat.
The money that i have saved from not running my furnace over the years and the money i made from selling wood allowed me to retire early and comfortably. Now that i am retired i have even more time to cut. A win win. There is nothing better than being outside in the fresh air every day cutting wood. I love to come home after a long day of cutting, stoke the stove, and put my supper on the woodstove to cook with food that i harvested from my land. I go to bed with a full belly, a warm home with a roof that doesn't leak and my bills are always paid on time. Life is good
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