The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

Good morning. I used to hang a sign in our door of our office that said "If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran!"

To all who served, thank you!

We have been steadily adding insulation to our home since we bought it. All we had when we bought it was inch thick foam board insulation under metal siding. Some blown in in places. Place was as drafty as a barn. Now we have to crack windows at times to control the heat from the wood stove.

 

[CapricornFarm]

We remember those who have served, including my wonderful father and exceptional grandfather. Our thanks to those who keep us safe.

Yes, those folks who serve are awesome. My Dad was a veteran.

 

[Latestarter]

a gravity feed gas fireplace in my living room.

Ummmm gravity fed and gas just don't go together... Gas is pressurized, well... gas. Gravity fed usually denotes a pellet or other hard material stove where gravity pulls the material down into the fire box...

 

[bruceha2000]

@superchemicalgirl Sorry about that pellet stuck in the auger's craw. Do you have to wait for the stove to cool or just until the rest of the pellets clear the auger?

The bedrooms never get above 70.

Not a problem here, DW likes the bedroom cold. The register is shut off, door mostly closed. Have a thick sock hanging over the top of the door on the handle side so no cats get trapped in or out. Max the thermostat is ever set to is 68° for the first 2 hours in the morning, then 65° until bedtime, then 55°.

I'm going to have some work done in the house and install some shelving and a gravity feed gas fireplace in my living room. That way the living room can be warmer, and the bedrooms can stay cooler, and I will have a heat source if the power goes out.

Single floor or multi? If multi can the staircase be closed off? If not a lot of the heat will go up the stairs .... and the cold upstairs air will come down. There is a saying that hot air rises though I understand that technically speaking the cold air (being more dense) falls and forces the warmer air up. Either way it can be pretty cool at the bottom of the stairs.

Also, the heat will travel in a straight line until it hits something or can rise up the stairs. I had a wood stove in the living room at one end of my first house (1200 sq ft ranch, 40' long). On that same side of the house were the front door and 2 bedrooms. Coming back up the other side was another bedroom, the bathroom and then the dining/ktichen area opposite the living room. The bathroom was always the last to feel the heat. I bought a small ceramic heater which I have to this day and I had that house from 1983 through 1988.

 

[bruceha2000]

Ummmm gravity fed and gas just don't go together... Gas is pressurized, well... gas. Gravity fed usually denotes a pellet or other hard material stove where gravity pulls the material down into the fire box...

Or in the case of my second house, a furnace in the basement under a 3.5'x3.5' grate in the middle of the first floor. There was, kinda sorta, a double wall plenum in the furnace. Hot air rose out the middle of it and cold air went down the outer "ring". That would be the gravity part.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am thankful for our woodstove. It is nice in here. Outside, not so much!

 

[bruceha2000]

Yeah, 22° this morning. Woodstove going every day all day (OK, dies out overnight). Refilled the "porch landing" rack yesterday. Still seem to be going through about 1 run every 2 weeks. When I had it filled over by the wood pile I attached a tarp to the non house side of the rack to keep rain and snow out of it. No snow so far which is fine with me.

 

[1muttsfan]

Ummmm gravity fed and gas just don't go together... Gas is pressurized, well... gas. Gravity fed usually denotes a pellet or other hard material stove where gravity pulls the material down into the fire box...

Correct, I meant vented, not sure how that came out instead. Especially since I'm only in the 3rd quarter of my 1st century.

I'll never live in another two-story house again. Upstairs always too hot, downstairs always too cold, carrying things up and down stairs. The older you get the less appealing that gets to be.

 

[perchie.girl]

43 here earlier this morning... getting dry out preparing for Santa Anna winds from the desert...we will be under redflag warning by the end of the day....

Mornin alll

 

[1muttsfan]

Perche, I heard that all of California top to bottom and side to side is basically going to be under red flag warnings for the near future. Hope you guys all stay safe.