Posted by MF Poor on March 14, 2009 at 05:37:34 from (98.19.23.193):
In Reply to: Using Wood for heat posted by 37 chief on March 13, 2009 at 18:52:45:
We have natural gas forced air furnace for main heat source, along with a big fireplace in the living room. The house is such that when we keep a good fire going, I can keep the furnace from running at all when temps above 15 or 20 outside.
Also, I heat my shop entirely with wood. Home made stove. (55 gal drum lined w/fire brick) By putting a thermostat controlled blower behind the stove to circulate heat, I can keep the shop "tee-shirt warm" in zero degree temps.
I've got roughly 22 acres of woods that I'm gradually clearing, so plenty of wood. I broke down and bought a hydraulic splitter this past year. No problem with packing wood, I've done that since I was old enough to carry wood anyway. We burn 16 to 18 ricks per year. (Rick is a regionally popular term for 1/2-cord.) We burn a mix of red oak, white oak, beech, hickory, some walnut, a little hard maple, and some hackberry.
We like the smell of the fireplace. Watching a fire is extremely relaxing. And there's nothing quite like the heat you get from good hardwood fires.
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