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Alpinbogen:
Does anyone else enjoy heating their home with wood?  What's your stove?  We have Jotul's Rockland fireplace insert.  Between the built in blowers, the ceiling fan on reverse, and a floor vent, it keeps the whole house toasty in the winter...which is way beyond its manufacturer rating.  We try to burn as much as possible, though the furnace does kick on in the middle of the night as the fire dies, or when we're not so vigilant.  This week I cut a cord of oak (for next year) and my wife and I stacked all of our 6 cords of dry wood in a shed.  About 12 hours of exhausting work, with half just today.  I'm beat, but it will have been well worth it when the mercury drops.  I love a good fire, "warm" heat, and saving 75-85% off the gas bill.  ;)  Like bow wood, you can never have too much firewood dry and ready.    ;D

Pat B:
Wood has been my primary heat for over 30 years. We have a Fisher Momma Bear that heats our 2000sqft house with no problem. Last year we went through 5 cords of red oak(mostly). Had to buy the last one because I was down with a bad back and we had a cold, snowy winter.
  We very rarely use our back up heat.     I have lots of wood cut and ready but not all split yet. Probably need one more good tree but it won't get burned until late winter or early spring.
  We designed our house to be warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Sun room adds lots of heat on cold sunny days. Ceiling fans in every room and no a/c.

Grunt:
We heat with wood. I have a Consolidated Dutchwest backed up with a ceiling hung propane radiant in my 2250 sq ft studio  and a 1967 Vermont Castings in our house/ Lucy's studio. We went through at least six standing cords of oak last winter. My studio rarely gets above 55' in the winter.

Outbackbob48:
I not so sure I enjoy wood heat but it is a savings over the price of fuel oil. I haven't burned a single drop of oil in the last 4 yrs. but wood heat is a lot of work. I have a Woodchuck indoor boiler that heats our baseboard hot water heating system. I use about 6to8 cord ayear Nov till May an sometimes in October an May it's cold in the house so bring a wool sweater if you stop by. Behind me is about 15 ton of wood that needs to be moved 3 more times, split ,stacked ,an brought in a wheelbarrow load at a time. I like wood heat but for anybody thinking about doing it reality check is alot of hardwork :o Bob

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Alpinbogen:
Bob, Nice wood pile.   ;D  Alot of that is nicely sized.  Split once, flip 90 degress, split again, and done.  You're right on the hard work and multiple moves.  1)  Cut it, haul it back, and throw it on a pile. 2) Then split it and toss it on another pile.  3) Then load it up, move it, dump it, and stack it somewhere dry.  4) Then move it indoors for burning.  Since I do all the splitting/storing at my in-laws property and only keep about a cord on hand at my house, I have another step in hauling small batches to my house, then carrying it in armloads to stack out back for use thoughout the winter.   :P  I really do love a nice fire...

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