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« on: October 30, 2009, 08:06:45 AM » |
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My wife keeps bugging me to get a woodstove for alternative heat - use it now as supplemental or replacement of our old, natural gas furnace or for when gas gets too expensive or disappears. It's not something I can install myself so I just keep seeing short-term dollar signs. Plus we'd be hardpressed to find a place to put it in our tiny house. I suggested if we just get rid of the TV and all related paraphernalia we would have lots of room. We are still negotiating.
Anyway, anyone have any other suggestions? I am thinking more in terms of if we ever lost our gas furnace for whatever reason. Should I get a kerosene heater or three and store some kerosene?
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wickedwd5000
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« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 11:59:05 AM » |
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kerosene = expensive. installing wood burning stoves isnt to crazy hard....how experienced are you with roofing? that would be the only thing you would need an odd skill to cover....ive roofed houses for 14 years, ive you try it and need some advice shoot me a pm
wicked
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lightyeare
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« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 12:13:14 PM » |
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we have a chimney that our furnace is using (i should have someone take a look at the chimney - we moved in 18 mos ago) and i assumed someone could hack into that. i have a real problem with taking things apart and not being able to put them back together again. add carbon-monoxide/room full of smoke and i'll pass. thanks anyway.  |
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SHOOTER Z
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« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 12:55:18 PM » |
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If you're gonna burn wood have the chimney inspected make sure it has a liner in it AND the liner is good and not cracked or broken.
Find a QUALIFIED person to install it for you and find someone reputable who will sell you some DRY seasoned wood.
After you cut down a tree and cut it up let it sit for a year to dry and season [lets the sap or moisture in it dry out. Also NEVER EVER EVER burn soft woods like pine [or trees like that that have sap in them as this will lead to creosote buildup and lead to a chimney fire and could move into the surrounding structure and burn your house down. Have your local firedept check it out for you EVERY year BEFORE you start burning wood.
Burning wood can be nice and toasty warm [nothing like a warm fire on a cold rainy or snowy day] also if you get a cookstove as a furnace you can cook meals on it as well. Some of my best meals were cooked in a wood stove. [One Thanksgiving when I was a kid my dad had found a rock maple tree and we cut it up and let it sit for a whole year and saved it for the meal. Mom cooked our turkey with the rock maple wood and it was the best tasting turkey I've ever had.]
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DeDuBe
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« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 01:36:07 PM » |
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We had a wood burning furnance in our first home. Burnt wood and hard coal for 20 years. Its work period. My 2 sons grumbled each time we filled the wood rack but loved the summer vacations that the savings paid for. I'm retiring and have been thinking that with our air tight home we could get by with a very small pellet/corn stove.
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I'll keep My Money, My Freedom, and My Guns. It is better to perish than to live as slaves.
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blvdbuzzard
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« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2009, 06:56:00 PM » |
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We tore out a fireplace and installed a wood burning stove. What a difference. The total cost of the new chimney and stove was almost $2,000.00. It paid for itself in the first winter.The FAU used about 200 gallons of propane every 3 weeks.
It has served very well over the last 10 plus years. Well worth the effort to put in.
I would have to think right now, without seeing your chimney, it is no where near able to handle the heat of the wood stove. Teh parts for our stove are triple wall with the inside piece being stainless steel.
Dru.
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 05:47:02 AM » |
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After you cut down a tree and cut it up let it sit for a year to dry and season [lets the sap or moisture in it dry out. Also NEVER EVER EVER burn soft woods like pine
It's ok to burn some pine in your burning schedule, if you have a stack of it over-dryed it makes excellent kindling wood as it burns hot and fast. Not very practical for a damped down fire however, stick to the hardwoods for that. And remember to burn the fire hot with the damper open with full air for at least 30 minutes every day. This will help reduce creosote buildup. |
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SHOOTER Z
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« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2009, 08:08:39 AM » |
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After you cut down a tree and cut it up let it sit for a year to dry and season [lets the sap or moisture in it dry out. Also NEVER EVER EVER burn soft woods like pine
It's ok to burn some pine in your burning schedule, if you have a stack of it over-dryed it makes excellent kindling wood as it burns hot and fast. Not very practical for a damped down fire however, stick to the hardwoods for that. And remember to burn the fire hot with the damper open with full air for at least 30 minutes every day. This will help reduce creosote buildup. yes you're correct [I forgot to say that] |
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69burbon
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« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2009, 09:49:45 PM » |
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Been wanting to do that myself. I am not going to do it in the house I'm in now though. I'm looking for a new place that I can set up right. A woodstove is the way to go if you can. The old style fireplaces have their purpose but suck out too much from the house plus you cannot use them for cooking very easily.
There are woodstove options you can add to your existing furnace as long as it is not one of the "high efficiency" type. Supposedly there is something coming out for those types but I haven't heard much about them.
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neo
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« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2009, 10:03:59 PM » |
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A cute curvy girl who isn't above "alternative energy" utilization?  OH....you mean fuel sources. Damn. |
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wickedwd5000
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« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2009, 10:45:05 PM » |
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A cute curvy girl who isn't above "alternative energy" utilization? OH....you mean fuel sources. Damn. somebodies been locked up in the hospital for too long, LOL....you want us to send you some "magazines"? |
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neo
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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2009, 07:32:36 PM » |
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A cute curvy girl who isn't above "alternative energy" utilization? OH....you mean fuel sources. Damn. somebodies been locked up in the hospital for too long, LOL....you want us to send you some "magazines"? Nope, my girl's been sending pics via phone, and she's on SuicideGirls herself...so I got plenty of material  Ok, back to topic... |
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wickedwd5000
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« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2009, 09:02:53 PM » |
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nice....what was the topic again?.....
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SHOOTER Z
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« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2009, 07:04:22 AM » |
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A cute curvy girl who isn't above "alternative energy" utilization? OH....you mean fuel sources. Damn. somebodies been locked up in the hospital for too long, LOL....you want us to send you some "magazines"? Nope, my girl's been sending pics via phone, and she's on SuicideGirls herself...so I got plenty of material Ok, back to topic... NOT so fast!!! You gotta show us some pics here dude!!! |
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neo
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« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2009, 01:37:35 PM » |
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A cute curvy girl who isn't above "alternative energy" utilization? OH....you mean fuel sources. Damn. somebodies been locked up in the hospital for too long, LOL....you want us to send you some "magazines"? Nope, my girl's been sending pics via phone, and she's on SuicideGirls herself...so I got plenty of material Ok, back to topic... NOT so fast!!! You gotta show us some pics here dude!!! They are not appropriate for here.... but, if you log into suicidegirls.com, and get a membership you can see all you want. Besides, if I start posting them elsewhere I'd have to get her permission. Ok, ENOUGH with the thread hijacking...sooooo sorry to the OP  |
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