Back to burning wood again. I stack wood in the stove in the evening for the wife to light when she gets up. Will not be long for a fire at night. At 78 I am getting a little tired dealing with wood for heat. In a few years I am going to see about a gas furnace. When I had my house built in the 70's electric ceiling radiant heat was popular. What a joke that was. I have used all those breakers now for my garage tools. On the bright side I have a fairly good supply of wood. Stan
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old
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How is that legal out there in CA??
grandpa Love
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I think it's funny how CA is thought to be all crazy by so many people. My guess is in many places it's about like the rest of the country. Heck I hate Birmingham and Montgomery, but rural AL is a great place to be.
flembo
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My house was built the same in the 70,s and I have used most of the breakers for wood working machines and air compressor as well. I had oil fired boiler base board hot water heat installed with hot water off the boiler as well. But we actually heat with wood about 5 cord a year so the oil is just backup and hot water.
parents house always had electric heat after we whent from coal unit. still in use today the electric heat is. when i grew up house i bought had lp furnace. was okay just keep eye on things so do not co yourself, i now have geo thermal in house. my shop i have radiant tube heaters
steve_in_mo
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Most places rural are good to be.
Oregon Tractor Jack
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My house was built in the 70's also and had radiant ceiling heat. The first winter we were here I figured out that it was not going to be used. That first power bill was an eye opener. About 5 years later I installed a gas furnace and it has been nice. We still build fires when it is really cold but we don't have to depend on wood heat. It is going to be expensive to install a central heating system because you will have to install all the duct work and run the gas pipe.
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"At 78 I am getting a little tired dealing with wood for heat".
I can relate to that. On a different acreage we once owned and lived on, we had a wood furnace in the house that was backed up by a propane unit. We could do about 80% of our heating with wood.
I sat down one day and figured out that with the amount of time I spent cutting wood, splitting it, feeding the stove, etc. that I was working for about $3.00 per hour when I was working with the wood. That put a whole different perspective on it.
I can relate to that. On a different acreage we once owned and lived on, we had a wood furnace in the house that was backed up by a propane unit. We could do about 80% of our heating with wood.
I sat down one day and figured out that with the amount of time I spent cutting wood, splitting it, feeding the stove, etc. that I was working for about $3.00 per hour when I was working with the wood. That put a whole different perspective on it.
Adirondack case guy
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I had to break down and lite the central wood boiler back on the 30th. I ran it 4 days and let it go out. Back in 1971 the wife and I built out ranch style house with passive solar in mind and we are in the grips of the nicest and longest Indian Summer that I can ever remember. Temps rising to 70 during the days with nice breeze and lots of sunshine. Also perfect weather for finishing the 2020 fall harvest and fall tillage operations, here in central NY.
Loren
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I honestly do not think you save any money burning wood over natural gas, especially in the mild climate you have. I would bet that it is close to a wash for propane, do not know about electric. I have more wood in my timber for two families that would last a lifetime. I work up and burn enough in fireplace for enjoyment.
Russ from MN
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A fire place is a polluter, a modern wood stove is not! I would not use a fireplace, it's a waste of wood! A stove like this pollutes very little, once it's up to temperature there is no visible smoke. This is a Drolet that we have in our cabin, very efficient.
Tgrasher
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Six years ago put in an outside wood boiler for backup on a propane furnace in the house and blower/heat exchanger in the workshop. With lots of river bottoms ( I live in the corner of two rivers ) there is always a good supply of wood. I use my Case 300 to carry logs to a cut up spot and from there load chunks on pallets to carry and set next to the wood furnace. The door is 17" square on the furnace and I cut donuts to roll through. I've found they stack better on their side on the pallet. Not unusual to have to back all the way to the furnance to keep the front wheels on the ground.
Texasmark1
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42 years ago I built my house and that was the year that Howard Duff wrote the book "How to Survive the Coming Hard Times". Side note: I did all the things he said waiting for the arrival and it never came....but the proceeds from his book probably insulated him from any that may have ventured his way. Wink!
I designed it to be self sufficient, with minimum exposure to the elements. In the center was an "Earth" brand wood stove that heated the whole house. Over the years I expanded the house from 1400 sq. ft. to around 2500 and I had to add supplemental heating but the original part was still fed by the wood stove.
I fed it all those years till last year. Wood has become pretty hard to get as retailers that supply the urban market scoop it all up and I don't grow enough of my own. So I bit the bullet and replaced it with a Propane unit with a thermostat. Still getting used to the convenience......isn't all that hard. At 79 I'm starting to see things differently.
I designed it to be self sufficient, with minimum exposure to the elements. In the center was an "Earth" brand wood stove that heated the whole house. Over the years I expanded the house from 1400 sq. ft. to around 2500 and I had to add supplemental heating but the original part was still fed by the wood stove.
I fed it all those years till last year. Wood has become pretty hard to get as retailers that supply the urban market scoop it all up and I don't grow enough of my own. So I bit the bullet and replaced it with a Propane unit with a thermostat. Still getting used to the convenience......isn't all that hard. At 79 I'm starting to see things differently.
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