Wood heat.

[Dekster]

I had Thanksgiving dinner with a family that lives in a huge house. The large main floor was heated solely by an ornate enameled cast iron wood heater (although there is a backup heating system). A slow-moving ceiling fan gently circulated the heat throughout the open floor plan living area. Throughout the four or five hours I was there the heater was fed only three or four pieces of oak firewood. I was amazed at the heat output and the efficiency of the heater (it was cold outside that day). I have an open fireplace as well that heats my whole living area but uses several times as much wood as that heater.

You could look into one of those outhouse looking external wood heat systems if you live in a house. They are somewhat popular in my area. Some people also use wood pellet heaters. I do not burn wood, but I give plenty of it away. The smell drives my sinuses crazy and it would smoke the hell out of my neighbors because we are in the bottom where cool air and smoke settles in. A man up the road used to smoke us pretty hard but he died and his greedy heirs sold everything not nailed down before they put the house on the market. I would have bought that stove just to make sure it went but them bastards wanted higher than a new woodstove price for it. They found some idiot to take it off their hands though.


Coal heat is a far superior heat than wood BTW but good luck finding coal these days.

 

[initforme]

You could look into one of those outhouse looking external wood heat systems if you live in a house. They are somewhat popular in my area. Some people also use wood pellet heaters. I do not burn wood, but I give plenty of it away. The smell drives my sinuses crazy and it would smoke the hell out of my neighbors because we are in the bottom where cool air and smoke settles in. A man up the road used to smoke us pretty hard but he died and his greedy heirs sold everything not nailed down before they put the house on the market. I would have bought that stove just to make sure it went but them bastards wanted higher than a new woodstove price for it. They found some idiot to take it off their hands though.


Coal heat is a far superior heat than wood BTW but good luck finding coal these days.

The mining companies dont pay their miners.

 

[Dekster]

The mining companies dont pay their miners.

It is just really hard to get unless you have some company still ordering it by the railcard in your area unless you live in one of those places where you can find it beside the road/on the tracks. We used to have a coal depot to service industrial boilers but those are way gone and so is the coal yard. They used to order extra to sell people in small loads though.

 

[sparky]

If one burn wood right, the products of combustion are nil to none.....~S~

 

[Woodznutz]

It is just really hard to get unless you have some company still ordering it by the railcard in your area unless you live in one of those places where you can find it beside the road/on the tracks. We used to have a coal depot to service industrial boilers but those are way gone and so is the coal yard. They used to order extra to sell people in small loads though.

Our house was right next to the RR tracks back in the 1940's. When the overloaded coal trains came past people would rush to the tracks with buckets and pails to collect the fallen coal. Even our well-to-do neighbor went out to claim her share of the free fuel. However, by 1950 most had converted to oil heat. I came home from school one day to find the coal bin gone and a 250-gallon oil tank in its place. It was great as we could now use the basement without getting coal dust all over us. And no more shoveling coal into the furnace several times a day or cleaning out the 'clinkers' and ash.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Fireplaces are inefficient wood eaters.

If you want more efficiency get a insert.

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True, but,... There are highly efficient Free standing wood stoves also1srelluc.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

Mine is an insulated 'heatilator' type that circulates air around the firebox and into the room. A variable speed blower helps the process. My fireplace not only heats the entire downstairs (five rooms) but helps heat the second floor as well as heat rises powerfully. I set my furnace at 72 degrees but when the fireplace is going the house reaches nearly 80 degrees. The furnace never comes on while the fireplace is burning even on the coldest nights.

Two years ago I upgraded the attic insulation to R-49, which has also helped measurably.

Have You ever used your furnace blower, with the T-stat set to "Fan", to help move the heat around?

 

[1srelluc]

True, but,... There are highly efficient Free standing wood stoves also1srelluc.

You think?

I've been running a Lakewood (Canadian made) like the one below for 32 years. It was used when I got it and all I've done to it was replace one brick I cracked and the door gasket when I got it.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

I plan on installing one of the free standing air tight woodburners, with a large enough Return air near it, to pull the heat throughout the house, via the Furnace Blower. I'm also installing a Condensing Gas Furnace, with a Low Temp heat Pump.

And, I'm installing at least a 17KW Generator so that when We have any of the Frequent Power Failures, out here in the Country, that We'll have all the power that we need, as long as We have Propane for the Generator.

As far as the Wood Burner,.... We've got approx 45 acres of Timber

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

You think?

I've been running a Lakewood (Canadian made) like the one below for 32 years. It was used when I got it and all I've done to it was replace one brick I cracked and the door gasket when I got it.

"You think?"

Yeah,... I Do. I've been doing HVAC/Electrical, & Refrigeration, for more than 30 years, & Have installed quite a few Wood Burners/Triple Wall, & The Newer Double Wall pipe for many Customers.

 

[1srelluc]

"You think?"

Yeah,... I Do. I've been doing HVAC/Electrical, & Refrigeration, for more than 30 years, & Have installed quite a few Wood Burners/Triple Wall, & The Newer Double Wall pipe for many Customers.

You implied that I knew nothing about wood stoves.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

You implied that I knew nothing about wood stoves.

I Did Not,..... But if that is how You saw it,... I Apologize for You being so Sensitive.

Dang Dude,.... I Was Agreeing with You.

 

[toobfreak]

We had a old two story chestnut log house (hunt camp) that only had a old stone fireplace for heat.....It really sucked ass.

Well sure. I mean, stone was good for building homes if plenty was available in the area, but the stone just keeps soaking up all the heat from the fire instead of radiating it out into the room. I bet it takes a week of constant fires in a good stone fireplace before it stops acting like a battery and begins returning heat into the house! Meanwhile, those big cast iron things heat up within just a few hours and radiate heat out from all four sides!

 

[1srelluc]

Well sure. I mean, stone was good for building homes if plenty was available in the area, but the stone just keeps soaking up all the heat from the fire instead of radiating it out into the room. I bet it takes a week of constant fires in a good stone fireplace before it stops acting like a battery and begins returning heat into the house! Meanwhile, those big cast iron things heat up within just a few hours and radiate heat out from all four sides!

Like I said, you had to keep a fire going for days to halfway heat it. One hunting season of that BS was enough.

LOL....Lucky for me I had a Korean war vintage evacuation sleeping bag (for wounded GIs), it was half again bigger and loftier (down fill) that a standard GI bag so at least I stayed warm in my bunk.

 

[toobfreak]

Like I said, you had to keep a fire going for days to halfway heat it. One hunting season of that BS was enough.

If there is any upside to those big, thick stone fireplaces, it is that once fully heated up, if the fire goes out or you run out of wood for a while, it keeps sending out heat for days, too, almost like there is still a fire raging in there. The downside is that once heated through, a lot of the heat you burned so much wood to create is also now radiating out from the back wall of your cabin out into the snow and woods outside.

 

[Woodznutz]

Have You ever used your furnace blower, with the T-stat set to "Fan", to help move the heat around?

I do sometimes use a box fan to circulate heat.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I had Thanksgiving dinner with a family that lives in a huge house. The large main floor was heated solely by an ornate enameled cast iron wood heater (although there is a backup heating system). A slow-moving ceiling fan gently circulated the heat throughout the open floor plan living area. Throughout the four or five hours I was there the heater was fed only three or four pieces of oak firewood. I was amazed at the heat output and the efficiency of the heater (it was cold outside that day). I have an open fireplace as well that heats my whole living area but uses several times as much wood as that heater.

I have an electric fireplace which does a pretty good job. I always wanted to build my own logcabin, cut trees to heat the place. My grandparents cottage was heated by wood fireplace and you are right, it worked bloody well.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

I have an electric fireplace which does a pretty good job. I always wanted to build my own logcabin, cut trees to heat the place. My grandparents cottage was heated by wood fireplace and you are right, it worked bloody well.

Shocked,.... Have you had any major increases in Your Electric Bill?

And what would you do if there was a Power Failure?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Shocked,.... Have you had any major increases in Your Electric Bill?

And what would you do if there was a Power Failure?

I am ok as I have multiple back up for critical apps and I keep track of my power usage as I'm quite conservative. Ultimately, unless the Creepy Ones interfere we never lose power unless the entire province does (as happened a few years ago where half of Canada lost Rogers power).

I dont use my fireplace often but I do to save money.

 

[TruthSeeker112125]

I am ok as I have multiple back up for critical apps and I keep track of my power usage as I'm quite conservative. Ultimately, unless the Creepy Ones interfere we never lose power unless the entire province does (as happened a few years ago where half of Canada lost Rogers power).

I dont use my fireplace often but I do to save money.

Do You have a Generator/ Solar Panels? &/or a Wind Mill?