Wood Burning Stove - is it worth having

[dmccarty]

We have had a very mild winter this year.

The warmest I can remember in NC.

Until the last couple of days. The temp outside of the house this morning was 20. When I got down to the gate it was 14.

I have kept the wood stove going 24 hours for the last few days. The stove was barely able to keep the house at 78 last evening. When I got up this morning, the stove needed wood and the house was at 73. Really cannot complain when it is, at best, 20 degrees outside. :laughing:

Very glad I use 0Wx40 oil in the truck.

I got to work and was talking with a coworker. The obvious topic of conversation was the COLD. :laughing: He told me that LAST month he paid $600 for propane! :confused2: Last month was MILD! I would hate to have to pay THIS months propane bill!

I have heard people using propane saying they spend $300-$600 a month which is just unreal to me. Then they have their power bill!

The coworker wants to put in a heat pump because the LPG prices are so high. I told him to get a wood stove. Even if he had to buy wood at $200 a cord that would be a huge saving compared to propane.

Later,
Dan

 

[NorTracNY]

Wow, John, second post here and you go ahead and insult many of us.

I hand split wood for years. IMO, buying a splitter eight years ago was one of the best things I've ever bought. But I won't insult you just because you have a different view.

Ken

John,
Please ignore Ken. Welcome and we all are free and encouraged to state what they "believe." I believe people should be allowed to state their opinion and not have it taken as an attack on someone that has a different belief. I also believe that real men know how and when to appologize.

 

[WayneB]

Well today it was 1 degree F when I got up. The only source of heat we have is the wood stove and all I can say is thankful we live in "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire and can keep warm burning wood and not $3.70 a gallon oil.

 

[ultrarunner]

Well today it was 1 degree F when I got up. The only source of heat we have is the wood stove and all I can say is thankful we live in "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire and can keep warm burning wood and not $3.70 a gallon oil.

Amen to that!

 

[300UGUY]

I finally ran across a friend who said her husband did not want a wood burning stove in their new house when they built it in the 60s. Her husband's quote according to her: "I've shoveled enough ashes in my lifetime I don't want to shovel any more." She is 90.

I just hope that when I'm 90, I can still get wood!!!

 

[ultrarunner]

I know some thought wood burning bans to be an only in California thing... Not True

Thurston County goes to a Stage 2 burn ban - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington news, weather and sports

 

[lumberbean]

This is my first year using a wood stove, literally first month and I've found out quickly that I need a humidifier. Does anyone have a good recommendation on some humidifiers?

My friend puts some tea pots on top of his stove but I can't as my stove is a flush insert.

 

[Pilot]

Today's news says a new study asserts wood stoves should be banned worldwide in order to reduce soot pollution as one way to slow down global warming--a more practical approach than reducing CO2. It seems the "settled science" isn't so settled after all.

I'm sure Oregon lawmakers will jump on this ASAP and I'll have to toss my wood stove, my only backup heat when the power goes out, which it does about 3 times in the winter.

 

[Johnp33]

Burning wood is carbon neutral, wood rotting in the bush releases the same amount of CO2 as it does burning.

 

[Skyco]

As for soot the new EPA stoves are pretty good...I have a Vogelzang EPA approved insert and it is amazing, when running properly you can see nothing coming out the stack. Can't always run it that way, it smokes some when reloading or first starting of course, but over all I'm pretty impressed.