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Tony Vidlak
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I heat with only wood and it takes right at 6 cords. I try to get ash , oak , elm hard woods but will burn what I get.I built a metal building to keep my firewood in so I try to keep it organized per wood species.
Zachary Hoyt
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We burn about 17 standard cords of firewood from October to
March, about 23 standard cords (60 face cords +/-) year round for
hot water. Are you talking standard or face cords in your figures?
Zach
March, about 23 standard cords (60 face cords +/-) year round for
hot water. Are you talking standard or face cords in your figures?
Zach
I heat only with wood, nearly all dead trees that I gather off my farm. House is 1400 sq ft main floor and basement, with a second story of 825 sq ft. I also heat my 40x30 garage with wood in a double barrel stove.....It takes more wood for the garage than the house. House has a centrally located Brunco wood burning fourance with forced air....well insulated. I go thru about 1/2 of this pile each winter.
Four+ cords per winter in SE Nebraska. House is 1440 sq ft. I use any hardwood---mulberry, hackberry, walnut, ash, maple. Tried pine, but no more---That stuff produces tons of soot!! We have our wood stove in the living room, and by having ceiling fans in every room, the heat is distributed well. Don't heat the bedrooms.
Ken Macfarlane
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2-3 cord of softwood, 1/2 cord of hardwood the last 3 winters. We
have one electric space heater we use when its just a bit chilly.
have one electric space heater we use when its just a bit chilly.
Harold Hubbard
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We burn about six cords in The living room stove,three in the kitchen stove. All hardwood
My sister burns three or four.
I burn three to eight in the shop. depending on how much iam in there, and on how good the wood is. It is usually the half rotten pieces, the odd shaped chunks, and the short softwood slabs.
I also burn between ten and fifteen cords of anything I can get for boiling maple sap.
My sister burns three or four.
I burn three to eight in the shop. depending on how much iam in there, and on how good the wood is. It is usually the half rotten pieces, the odd shaped chunks, and the short softwood slabs.
I also burn between ten and fifteen cords of anything I can get for boiling maple sap.
Doug in Illinois
Member
Well, I try to have two cords cut and split by my
basement door before it gets cold. That is really
about all I have room for while still keeping it
covered. That reminds me I have NONE ready yet,
but have access to all the dead trees I want.
By December I need to be restocking. So maybe 4 or
5 cords total. This is in a Freedom LODI fireplace
insert in the basement, so still use quite a bit
of propane to keep the upstairs warm. The insert
needs a bigger fire box, by morning it will be out
or almost out. Same thing when I get off work.
We hope to get an outdoor wood furnace in the next
year or two. Then I might need quite a bit more
wood, but can burn basically anything without
creosote worries. One of my friends has one, so
have seen what he burns and how it works. DOUG
basement door before it gets cold. That is really
about all I have room for while still keeping it
covered. That reminds me I have NONE ready yet,
but have access to all the dead trees I want.
By December I need to be restocking. So maybe 4 or
5 cords total. This is in a Freedom LODI fireplace
insert in the basement, so still use quite a bit
of propane to keep the upstairs warm. The insert
needs a bigger fire box, by morning it will be out
or almost out. Same thing when I get off work.
We hope to get an outdoor wood furnace in the next
year or two. Then I might need quite a bit more
wood, but can burn basically anything without
creosote worries. One of my friends has one, so
have seen what he burns and how it works. DOUG
Doug in Illinois
Member
Oops, should have stated by the END of December. January and February burn more than Oct-Nov-Dec. DOUG
Zachary Hoyt
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I grew up in Maine and we used to buy firewood there, it was always
sold by the standard (true) cord. Moved out here to northern NY 10
years ago and eveybody talks about face cords, which make no
sense to me. It's like selling milk by the square foot, it seems to
me.
Zach
sold by the standard (true) cord. Moved out here to northern NY 10
years ago and eveybody talks about face cords, which make no
sense to me. It's like selling milk by the square foot, it seems to
me.
Zach
Here in N. FL I burn about 2 cord (full cord) in fireplace with insert. Rest of the house is heated with propane fireplaces.
Tried talking wife into wood stove but she wanted "beauty of the fire" so needless to say most of the heat goes up in smoke.
Only burn hardwood here in FL. Miss splittig and burning tamarack (sp). Got some cypress that looks like tamarack in the fall.
Tried talking wife into wood stove but she wanted "beauty of the fire" so needless to say most of the heat goes up in smoke.
Only burn hardwood here in FL. Miss splittig and burning tamarack (sp). Got some cypress that looks like tamarack in the fall.
Pair-a-dice farm
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I'm in north Arkansas, I burn about 20 ricks (face cord or about 1/3 of cord) a year. I'm heating 1600 SF and full basement. I've got an outside wood boiler and burn mostly oak and hickory.
Russ from MN
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- Location
- Bemidji MN
We probably burn 5-6 cords a year, don't buy any
and never really kept track of usage. We have ash,
birch, elm, tamarack and what ever else dies in
our woods. I try to have it cut and split a year
ahead and just before the first rain in the fall I
cover it. We have a Jotul and it is important to
have the wood dry, makes for better secondary burn
(the smoke burning in the stove) and reduces
creosote buildup. When it is above 300F there is
no smoke coming out the chimney, some smell, but
no smoke!
and never really kept track of usage. We have ash,
birch, elm, tamarack and what ever else dies in
our woods. I try to have it cut and split a year
ahead and just before the first rain in the fall I
cover it. We have a Jotul and it is important to
have the wood dry, makes for better secondary burn
(the smoke burning in the stove) and reduces
creosote buildup. When it is above 300F there is
no smoke coming out the chimney, some smell, but
no smoke!
Face cord is not used in Maine.Face cord can be a 1/2 cord ,1/3 cord or 1/4 cord, depends on saw length.Most people dont know that standard 128 cubic foot cord will shrink to 100 cubic feet when sawed to stove length.On a long trip with my wife driving I notice every house, large and small has a wood pile now.
Zachary Hoyt
Well-known Member
You ain't kiddin'...
I stopped screwing around cutting wood years ago when Dad did. I burn about 4 1/2 tons of hardwood pellets a year now and about 100 gallons of fuel oil. I've got 4 high producing Marcellus gas wells within a mile of me and I still can't get hooked up to a gas line, but China can. Go figure.
JOHNNYfromMI
Member
I have a outdoor wood boiler, in northern Michigan. 8 full cords of hardwood will heat my house 1920 sq feet with a full basement. Oak is my favorite, but maple, beach and ash are good too. Years ago I had a woodstove in the house never measured how much wood I burned then, I worked in the logging industry and brought it home as I needed it.
Oh I use a stihl saw to cut my firewood too.
Oh I use a stihl saw to cut my firewood too.
Paul from MI
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I burn about 12 face cords a year + 200 gallons of fuel oil. Most of the oil is used during spring and fall when it's too warm for the add on furnace. House is 2000 sq.ft. plus full basement.
Briar Hill Brittanys
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- Location
- Near Jasper, MO
Our house is 1800 w/full basement, we heat it with a Buck Stove catalytic insert. Can't stand the "heat" from a heat pump. Don't know the cord figure, but there's 3 stacks under the barn shed roof 30' long x 6' high that will be gone about March. Wood is cut about 18-21". Most of the wood is oak and hickory. With the tornado in Joplin this past summer, we added hackberry, maple, elm, and mulberry. I've got 3 oak trees that died this summer, that will be a great start on a woodpile for the winter of '12/'13. Mark [/i]
I supplement the oil hot water furnace heat with a wood stove in the basement/garage, 4-6 cord if I am around the house a lot in the winter. One year it was almost 6 cord. If I used both fireplaces in addition to that, probably more than I can deal with, each one would take 4 cord or around that.
My favorite firewood is Black Cherry, just the smell alone, btu's are good, oak is better, not as much oak around here, we have a concentration of black cherry though. I burn dead elm, dutch elm wipes out so many of them, birch, poplar, maple, oak all find there way to the stove, but boy does that black cherry smell so nice, unlike elm or the willow I use for starter. I have lots of apple, that also has a nice aroma, apricot is another one.
My favorite firewood is Black Cherry, just the smell alone, btu's are good, oak is better, not as much oak around here, we have a concentration of black cherry though. I burn dead elm, dutch elm wipes out so many of them, birch, poplar, maple, oak all find there way to the stove, but boy does that black cherry smell so nice, unlike elm or the willow I use for starter. I have lots of apple, that also has a nice aroma, apricot is another one.
Anonymous-0
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Our house is about 2,500 square feet and heat it with 3 to 4 cord of wood and 200 gallon of LP gas a winter.
Feel your pain: there are two Haynesville Shale wells 1200 feet from my back door, but they might as well be in Australia. When I was growing up there were lots of gas wells around. If you could afford to run pipe to a well in your section you could hook up for free. We were too far, but an aunt who lived across the road from a well had free gas until she died.
Down here in the balmy south, my primary heat is natural gas; the fireplace is for "ambiance". I love to watch it burn. I use less than a cord per winter. Even so, it seems like I'm constantly bringing logs in from outside. You guys up north burning 8 or 10 cords must spend half your lives humping wood to throw on the fire.
James Howell
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Will burn a lot more this winter since moving to the farm.
Probably one or two cords of oak, elm and sweet gum.
Probably one or two cords of oak, elm and sweet gum.
gtractorfan
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We mostly heat our house with firewood, don't know how many cords. I stepped off my pile, it's 63 feet long and at least 3 rows wide and 5 feet high. Here's some of the things I made I use to haul firewood-- besides a garden tractor trailer. I made the cart from wheels I found at the local scrap yard. During the summer I put a 50 gallon water tank on this cart. I've gotten steel wheelbarrow wheels at auctions and used wood from a large wood pallet to make this one. I've made 3 wood wheelbarrows similar to this. I used scrap to make a bin to store wood during the winter right outside the door next to the woodstove. I altered the storm door with a reach-through opening.
gtractorfan
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Here's a picture of the wood bin outside the door I failed to get posted with the rest. It's not pretty but it's behind the house and handy.
Ultradog MN
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- Location
- Twin Cities
Am on natural gas here.
Sometimes the pilot light goes out on my kitchen stove. I keep a box of old wooden farmer's matches around to relight it. So I would say about 3 matchsticks.
Sometimes the pilot light goes out on my kitchen stove. I keep a box of old wooden farmer's matches around to relight it. So I would say about 3 matchsticks.
Fergienewbee
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I have a free standing wood stove in the great room. House is 2000 sf on main floor. The wood stove heats about half--the bedrooms are cooler. We go through about three full cords per winter plus about one 500 gallon tank of propaney. Our huse has six-inch insulated walls and 12" in the roof.
Larry
Larry
Shetland Sheepdog
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We burn somewhere near 12 to 15 full cords per year! We have an 11 year old OWB that is not too efficient, (about 35% according to research). We burn 365 days a year, as we heat our domestic hot water with the OWB as well. We burn mostly hardwood, but also some Pine and Hemlock when the heating load is lighter. We buck to 3' and split to 6" +/-. My favorite wood would have to be Red Oak due to ease of preparation and heat content.
Here's a picture of our home at the height of heating season!
The OWB and wood ready to burn, prolly a li'l more than a full cord on the 2 trailers.
Part of the main wood pile. Pile is 3' wood, 100' long & 5'4" tall when full, which gives a full cord every 8'.
Here's a picture of our home at the height of heating season!
The OWB and wood ready to burn, prolly a li'l more than a full cord on the 2 trailers.
Part of the main wood pile. Pile is 3' wood, 100' long & 5'4" tall when full, which gives a full cord every 8'.
chevytaHOE5674
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I usually try to have 10 full cord of aspen ready by fall and then if I get ambitious I will make some more until the snow gets too deep to get in the woods. Usually burn less than the 10 cord in a 15 year old OWB heating the place and our domestic hot water for a mobile home 1/4 of a mile from lake superior in Michigans UP.
(quoted from post at 17:29:16 10/08/11) We burn somewhere near 12 to 15 full cords per year! We have an 11 year old OWB that is not too efficient, (about 35% according to research). We burn 365 days a year, as we heat our domestic hot water with the OWB as well. We burn mostly hardwood, but also some Pine and Hemlock when the heating load is lighter. We buck to 3' and split to 6" +/-. My favorite wood would have to be Red Oak due to ease of preparation and heat content.
Here's a picture of our home at the height of heating season!
The OWB and wood ready to burn, prolly a li'l more than a full cord on the 2 trailers.
Part of the main wood pile. Pile is 3' wood, 100' long & 5'4" tall when full, which gives a full cord every 8'.
Gorgeous house!
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