Is anyone here using thier wood stove yet?!

[FrozenChicken]

We cut a pickup loa of firewood on Saturday and have had the wood fire going as often as possible as there is an expected hike in gas prices this winter. (-2 C outside)

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

75 degrees here today.

 

[buc]

I will be moving more wood into the basement this afternoon, the weather here in good ole Kansas is about to get wet and much colder.

I much rather do the work of bringing in wood then burning propane.

 

[buc]

Ok, I understand this is an old thread but it seems to me to be a very timely one given that we are for the most part in the middle of the heating season.

I love to hear my friends talk of higher heating bills and lowering the thermistat in thier homes in an attempt to save money. I normally keep to myself on this issue as not wanting to again offend some by stating "if you would have bought a wood stove in the summer and layed in wood you would not have this problem now".

I wonder how many here have to bite their tounge on this issue as to not offend your friends?

 

[BrahmaMama]

We don't have a wood stove (though I would absolutely love to have one)-we do have plenty of firewood out in our grove though

We do have a corn stove, though with corn prices, for the average person it's not worth it right now. We have a friend who also has one in town, but he hasn't bought corn for it this year, or it sounds like much of last year. My father in law farms though, and grows corn and soybeans. Needless to say, our corn stove is running this winter, thank goodness lol! If we did actually pay for it though, it might be different. We do all the chores on the yard, so that covers our corn cost.

Speaking of heating, my son had a Dr. appointment this morning at 8:30. It was -1. Brr! I know it could be worse, and yes It has been colder here, but darn I couldn't warm up for the life of me.

Dawn

 

[Badhbh]

One of my ambitions is to eventually get a wood stove installed in my old farmhouse. For now, I have to make do with my Faux-Fire, aka electric fireplace

 

[TransplantedTexan]

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Wow,
It's hard to believe that some lumphead would actually take the hardwood that he cut down, and pay some one like the dump ecetera to take it off his hands. If they don't burn wood themselves and did not want to split it you would think they would at least place an ad in the paper offering discounted wood for sale. discounted for not being split.
Do these people not realize what a face cord of hard wood goes for?

 

[ozark hen]

Another thing I like about burning wood ....if it gets too hot then I can open a window or door and not worry about $ going out the door.

 

[bigzio]

Yep, the ability to be able to burn wood to stay warm and cut heating costs is a no brainer for country folks willing to work and stay toasty warm. We keep the thermostat set at 75 degrees and the fire is just at a nice burn....the chimney stays nice and clean, because the fire isn't dampered down too much, and all is warm and dry! Gottta love wood heat!

bigzio

 

[justusnak]

I love our wood stove, and am Sooo glad we had it installed last summer. The year before,winter 2006/2007, we would have gone through 500 pounds/gallons of propane already. So far...this year...we started with 500, and are still at 70%, thanks to the woodstove!!