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LostrebelHeuvelton, New York USA9 Threads 661 PostsOf woodstoves for heat. I have heated my home with a woodstove for many years now and love the warmth it gives ,wood heat is one of the most efficient ways to heat....it will warm you many times over ,such as when you cut it ,haul it ,stack it ,burn it and even when you take out the ashes...the down side is it is a bit dirty and dusty. My friends without a stove will cost them in the range of three hundred to six hundred dollars a month for gas,my bill has never been over $135.00. I do have to buy my wood but in the course of the winter it cost me around $1000.00 to heat as some I know pay as much as $3000.00 and they keep thier house at 62 or 65 degrees ....mine stays pretty much around 72. We have opened the windows to cool the place off some as it can be a bit hard to regulate. I may move to a pellet stove next year as there is less tending than a wood stove,but the warm dry heat of wood or pellets is hard to beat I think. Stay warm all this season
and Merry X-mas all..
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Lostrebel: Of woodstoves for heat. I have heated my home with a woodstove for many years now and love the warmth it gives ,wood heat is one of the most efficient ways to heat....it will warm you many times over ,such as when you cut it ,haul it ,stack it ,burn it and even when you take out the ashes...the down side is it is a bit dirty and dusty. My friends without a stove will cost them in the range of three hundred to six hundred dollars a month for gas,my bill has never been over $135.00. I do have to buy my wood but in the course of the winter it cost me around $1000.00 to heat as some I know pay as much as $3000.00 and they keep thier house at 62 or 65 degrees ....mine stays pretty much around 72. We have opened the windows to cool the place off some as it can be a bit hard to regulate. I may move to a pellet stove next year as there is less tending than a wood stove,but the warm dry heat of wood or pellets is hard to beat I think. Stay warm all this season and Merry X-mas all..
I have never had one before, and it sure is cozy!
I do love the smell of the wood, and there is something very comforting about it, and seeing a heap of wood stacked up!
I have to say, its lovely to be able to sit with a t-shirt on, when its below zero outside..
And the money you save can be used on a vacation in the sun the following winter!! Maybe???
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ogdensburgbabe: I have never had one before, and it sure is cozy!
I do love the smell of the wood, and there is something very comforting about it, and seeing a heap of wood stacked up!
I have to say, its lovely to be able to sit with a t-shirt on, when its below zero outside..
And the money you save can be used on a vacation in the sun the following winter!! Maybe???
I do love the smell of the wood, and there is something very comforting about it, and seeing a heap of wood stacked up!
I have to say, its lovely to be able to sit with a t-shirt on, when its below zero outside..
And the money you save can be used on a vacation in the sun the following winter!! Maybe???
I also Heat alot with Wood, I built in a Wood burning Furnace, into the Front Wall, By My Front door, I load the wood in it from outside, and the Ashes and Dust goes Outside, when I clean the Ashes, I open the door from Outside, and no Dust or wood Bark and Spiders and Bugs inside, as when the wood warms up inside the bugs start crawling arroun inside, when they warn up.... so ALOT LESS MESS , this is why I did mine that way!!! and its Great! Much Better , and no ash dust!
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HotrodLarrys: I also Heat alot with Wood, I built in a Wood burning Furnace, into the Front Wall, By My Front door, I load the wood in it from outside, and the Ashes and Dust goes Outside, when I clean the Ashes, I open the door from Outside, and no Dust or wood Bark and Spiders and Bugs inside, as when the wood warms up inside the bugs start crawling arroun inside, when they warn up.... so ALOT LESS MESS , this is why I did mine that way!!! and its Great! Much Better , and no ash dust!
Great Idea Larry....
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Lostrebel: Of woodstoves for heat. I have heated my home with a woodstove for many years now and love the warmth it gives ,wood heat is one of the most efficient ways to heat....it will warm you many times over ,such as when you cut it ,haul it ,stack it ,burn it and even when you take out the ashes...the down side is it is a bit dirty and dusty. My friends without a stove will cost them in the range of three hundred to six hundred dollars a month for gas,my bill has never been over $135.00. I do have to buy my wood but in the course of the winter it cost me around $1000.00 to heat as some I know pay as much as $3000.00 and they keep thier house at 62 or 65 degrees ....mine stays pretty much around 72. We have opened the windows to cool the place off some as it can be a bit hard to regulate. I may move to a pellet stove next year as there is less tending than a wood stove,but the warm dry heat of wood or pellets is hard to beat I think. Stay warm all this season and Merry X-mas all..
We dont use Woodstove usually in villages we use the coal to heat the houses and in cities there are heaters ------ This thread is Archived ------
ali110: We dont use Woodstove usually in villages we use the coal to heat the houses and in cities there are heaters
Coal heats hotter but is very costly here and we do all have gas or fuel oil heat as well.------ This thread is Archived ------
I'm currently in the process of installing a pretty good airtight wood / pellet stove. In my opinion you can't beat em, I had them in a couple of other houses in the past , both in snow country and here in the desert where it can get down to 30 degrees Fahrenheit on winter nights.
The electric furnace in here is too costly to run constantly and my propane space heater works OK for some supplemental heat, but in my opinion direct heat from the wood stove is the best and cheapest and if you cut your own wood even cheaper yet.
Merry Christmas
The electric furnace in here is too costly to run constantly and my propane space heater works OK for some supplemental heat, but in my opinion direct heat from the wood stove is the best and cheapest and if you cut your own wood even cheaper yet.
Merry Christmas
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Desertguy49: I'm currently in the process of installing a pretty good airtight wood / pellet stove. In my opinion you can't beat em, I had them in a couple of other houses in the past , both in snow country and here in the desert where it can get down to 30 degrees Fahrenheit on winter nights.
The electric furnace in here is too costly to run constantly and my propane space heater works OK for some supplemental heat, but in my opinion direct heat from the wood stove is the best and cheapest and if you cut your own wood even cheaper yet.
Merry Christmas
Well this is my point as well...the wood heat seems warmer somehow ,I know 72% is 72% but wood or pellet heat just seems warmer,perhaps it is a very dry heat...The electric furnace in here is too costly to run constantly and my propane space heater works OK for some supplemental heat, but in my opinion direct heat from the wood stove is the best and cheapest and if you cut your own wood even cheaper yet.
Merry Christmas
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Lostrebel: Well this is my point as well...the wood heat seems warmer somehow ,I know 72% is 72% but wood or pellet heat just seems warmer,perhaps it is a very dry heat...
Right on, and as an added plus, when you have a lady friend over for company, they love the ambiance when you crack open a bottle of wine, open the stove door (with the screen installed of course) put some tunes on the system and turn out the lights.......
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Lostrebel: Coal heats hotter but is very costly here and we do all have gas or fuel oil heat as well.
Here is not much expansive,it is available every where and the peoples make it from wood ------ This thread is Archived ------
ali110: Here is not much expansive,it is available every where and the peoples make it from wood
I thought coal was a fossil fuel??
Charcoal is made from wood. Coal is not, as far as I knew..
Anyway, good to see you, Ali!
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I loved having a wood stove. You are so right...can't beat the heat, and it is cheap, too.
It took a while to learn how to work the damper, but once I did I could heat the house just right and use less wood.
I had to get rid of my truck at the time, so I didn't have anything to haul wood on and couldn't afford to pay someone. One of my good friends would cut the wood up with a chainsaw, then we would throw some plastic down in the trunk of the car. I would load the wood in there and roll on. You just have to do what you have to do sometimes.
I lost that house (I was renting) in a fire. It wasn't from the wood stove. That's how I ended up where I am now. I hope to put a wood stove in here one day. I don't have to worry about wood, either. I have 6 acres of woods. I have a chainsaw. It's back-breaking work, but it won't kill ya.
I loved putting a pot of potpourri and water on top on the stove and smelling up the house all pretty.
It took a while to learn how to work the damper, but once I did I could heat the house just right and use less wood.
I had to get rid of my truck at the time, so I didn't have anything to haul wood on and couldn't afford to pay someone. One of my good friends would cut the wood up with a chainsaw, then we would throw some plastic down in the trunk of the car. I would load the wood in there and roll on. You just have to do what you have to do sometimes.
I lost that house (I was renting) in a fire. It wasn't from the wood stove. That's how I ended up where I am now. I hope to put a wood stove in here one day. I don't have to worry about wood, either. I have 6 acres of woods. I have a chainsaw. It's back-breaking work, but it won't kill ya.
I loved putting a pot of potpourri and water on top on the stove and smelling up the house all pretty.
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woodzchick: I loved having a wood stove. You are so right...can't beat the heat, and it is cheap, too.
It took a while to learn how to work the damper, but once I did I could heat the house just right and use less wood.
I had to get rid of my truck at the time, so I didn't have anything to haul wood on and couldn't afford to pay someone. One of my good friends would cut the wood up with a chainsaw, then we would throw some plastic down in the trunk of the car. I would load the wood in there and roll on. You just have to do what you have to do sometimes.
I lost that house (I was renting) in a fire. It wasn't from the wood stove. That's how I ended up where I am now. I hope to put a wood stove in here one day. I don't have to worry about wood, either. I have 6 acres of woods. I have a chainsaw. It's back-breaking work, but it won't kill ya.
I loved putting a pot of potpourri and water on top on the stove and smelling up the house all pretty.
Ahhh as I said wood will warm you when you cut it ,hal it ,stack it and burn itIt took a while to learn how to work the damper, but once I did I could heat the house just right and use less wood.
I had to get rid of my truck at the time, so I didn't have anything to haul wood on and couldn't afford to pay someone. One of my good friends would cut the wood up with a chainsaw, then we would throw some plastic down in the trunk of the car. I would load the wood in there and roll on. You just have to do what you have to do sometimes.
I lost that house (I was renting) in a fire. It wasn't from the wood stove. That's how I ended up where I am now. I hope to put a wood stove in here one day. I don't have to worry about wood, either. I have 6 acres of woods. I have a chainsaw. It's back-breaking work, but it won't kill ya.
I loved putting a pot of potpourri and water on top on the stove and smelling up the house all pretty.
We do the same with the potpourri in a very large pot of water as it adds the moister to the house...------ This thread is Archived ------
Lostrebel: Ahhh as I said wood will warm you when you cut it ,hal it ,stack it and burn it We do the same with the potpourri in a very large pot of water as it adds the moister to the house...
*haul....moisture.... 
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Lostrebel: Ahhh as I said wood will warm you when you cut it ,hal it ,stack it and burn it We do the same with the potpourri in a very large pot of water as it adds the moister to the house...
Before I learned how to work the damper you couldn't walk across the floors or touch the walls, because they would get so hot. I would open the window in fear of the house just igniting. Once I learned to work the damper, that was all she wrote.
I always had a hard time getting the fire going. I remember spending hours sitting there just trying to get the thing lit. Then I discovered the fire logs.
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