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our insert has a blower that really warms up the house. but it sounds like a damn jet airplane. only turn it on when we are not in the room.

there is guy here in detroit that has a system like that for his greenhouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost_heater?wprov=sfla1

natural gas is much cheaper than wood. at least around here.

i have an insert. it doesn't heat as well as a stove. mostly heats up the chimney. it has blowers that really help but they are too noisy so i only turn it on when we are not in the room. . if you are concerned about really heating your house, i would lean towards an efficient air tight wood...

i think of a standard bed as room for a sheet of plywood between the wheel wells. 4×8.

unit of sale here is most commonly a face cord. a face cord is also very close to what you can comfortably load unstacked in the bed of a pickup.

3 more or less 4x4x8 is a full cord face cord is 4x8x whatever length of wood.

a guy selling face cord of seasoned oak $280 face cord. says he could probably get 320

face cord is going for near $200 here mixed hardwood delivered. everyone is burning while working at home. its hard to find.

Its true I dont curl up in front of my furnace and lose myself in the flames for hours.

thats the smart way to do it!

when i was kid in northern arizona me and a group of friends got to playing with matches and we lit a whole fence line of tumbleweeds on fire. it was spectacular! and really really scary.

I love burning wood, but I am under no delusion that I am saving myself any money. I am working harder and causing more of a mess than if I just let my natural gas burn. Ive done the math and concluded that its not worth my time. but I am a pyro maniac and I love watching the fire burn. way...

ha ha get it in everyone elses house, spread the love!

lol, i tried tried the ashes on the sidewalk, they immediately came back inside on our feet and dogs. my wife was not happy to say the least.

What do y'all do regarding ash disposal. Its nasty stuff. the city doesn't even want it in their dumpsters. it says so right on the bins. The Garden doesn't like it. Im amazed how long it can hold a hot fire starting ember. Its kind of like handling a toxic waste. Its definitely advisable...

pretty awesome on your roping. what kind of wood you burn? how does it scale on btu? curious. forced air has advantages and disadvantages. radiated heat with a boiler is much more effecient. if you have wood heat than forced air is the best backup because its fast.

I found that the chickens live just fine on my kitchen scraps but they don't lay very many eggs if they aren't hooked up with high protein. Very hard to beat .99 cents a dozen on sale at Krogers right now. Not very tasty eggs but that is pretty hard to beat. Also like sewing your own clothes...

i hear you. I love having chickens but i sure as hell aint saving money on eggs.

if you have a face cord, that you could sell for 110$ then it is worth 110 regardless if you split it for free. you could sell it and have 110$ in your pocket to buy 1/2 a month of clean burning natural gas. heat is heat no such thing as good quality jeat and poor quality heat. when...