The cons of wood heat.

[firebrick43]

You come home with a heaping load of white oak, unload it and walk into the house. There sits your loving wife (born & raised in the SOCAL desert) on the couch with the fire going strong. So far, sounds good right. Well the con is the house is 80 and the temp climbing. Boy is just in a diaper as he's hot to. Tell my wife to not throw anymore wood on, and that I will be out in the shed cleaning my saws and sharpening chains.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

When it's 80 in my house my wife is happy and usually wearing very little so I don't see a problem with 80

 

[firebrick43]

Problem is wife gave birth 2 weeks ago. 4 more weeks to go!

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

Just look at the bright side....could be 5 more weeks

 

[woodchuck357]

Take a Playboy with you to the shed.

 

[Sawdust inspector]

Take a Playboy with you to the shed.

I'd prefer a baileys catalog. Nothing like a little saw porns in the shop

 

[Thornton]

 

[firebrick43]

If any of you reload and use a Dillion press you get a monthly mini catalog called the "blue press". Front cover is adorned with some young thing holding a gun.

Friend and I refer to it as gun ****. Caught wife throwing it away one day. She was sort of offended by it. I told her take the cover off if you wish but want to read the articles. Brownie point cashed in later in the day!

I'd prefer a baileys catalog. Nothing like a little saw porns in the shop

 

[unclemoustache]

Problem is wife gave birth 2 weeks ago. 4 more weeks to go!

Congrats on the new one! (Got any pics of the little bugger?)

Good luck with the wait. I always hate that part.

 

[ppkgmsy]

Congrats on your baby. Enjoy, my friend, they grow up all too quickly.

I usually burn about 4 cords a year. My son was born in Dec, and that winter I burned 7 cords because Mom wanted, and needed, the house extra warm. I was good with that. The ongoing dialogue between me and the Missus is what constitutes a comfortable temp in the house. She says the answer to being cold is to burn more wood, I say it's long underwear and a sweater. She likes the house at around 72, I'm fine with 60. As I've posted here before, in my effort to sustain domestic bliss and tranquility I use "yes dear" math, and we compromise at 71 (at least when she's around). Just means I spend a bit more time outside cutting firewood.

 

[sunfish]

No cons to wood burning here. Wife is good at keeping the house under 75 degrees...

 

[Marshy]

Problem is wife gave birth 2 weeks ago. 4 more weeks to go!

Any shortages of "yes dear" and 4 weeks can easilly turn into 6, 10, and 12 weeks. Oh BTW, she'll still think it needs to be 75 or greater for the next foreseeable future. My first was born in 2012, ain't been colder than 72 in my house when stove is going since.

Congrats on the little one, first one?

 

[svk]

My wife must be the exception. When she was pregnant she insisted the house stay on 62. Now we keep the house on 65. Kids all have flannel pajamas and lots of blankets if they get cold. We love to sleep in the cold.

My mother in law is exact opposite. You show up to her house at Christmas and the temp is set at 78 BEFORE 25 people show up. My asthma gets really bad by about 2:00 when it gets really stuffy and 85 degrees.

 

[Marshy]

My wife must be the exception. When she was pregnant she insisted the house stay on 62. Now we keep the house on 65. Kids all have flannel pajamas and lots of blankets if they get cold. We love to sleep in the cold.
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I hear that, I prefer 70*F myself. Much more than 73-74 and it gets uncomfortable quick. Unfortunately if it gets that cold the wify put on extra layers and its like speeping next to the michelin man. I tried to explain she'd be warmer with less layers but she wont buy it.

 

[svk]

I hear that, I prefer 70*F myself. Much more than 73-74 and it gets uncomfortable quick. Unfortunately if it gets that cold the wify put on extra layers and its like speeping next to the michelin man. I tried to explain she'd be warmer with less layers but she wont buy it.

sleep in the birthday suit. then you moderate your temp by how close you are to your spouse.

Every once in a while a heat zone sticks and you wake up to 80 degrees in the house. Hate that even with wood heat.

 

[Whitespider]

70° in our house, 66° overnight... at 73° the wife would start complaining, at 75° the descriptive word is stronger than "complaining" and ain't allowed here, at 80° she'd pack up and move out.
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[sunfish]

70° in our house, 66° overnight... at 73° the wife would start complaining, at 75° the descriptive word is stronger than "complaining" and ain't allowed here, at 80° she'd pack up and move out.
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My wife will just open a couple windows if it gets too hot fer her...

 

[CWME]

The only "cons to wood heat" in my book would be not having any wood to burn.

As a kid my Dad burned wood and that was the only heat in the house. When my parents divorced and he moved out we burned what wood we had and that was that. I was lucky if the house was warm enough to keep the pipes from freezing. Most days the house was in the 40s if the sun was shining. I always loved spending weekends with my Grandparents. Loved them but loved their wood stove even more. Anyway I remember those days well and they drive me to keep the house warm for my Wife and Kids. I like the cold, they dont so I deal with being hot.

 

[Landmark]

I would much rather open windows and/or doors to cool it off rather than heating with heatpump and the electric bill go out of sight. That will raise my temp more than anything!

 

[flotek]

In the winter the hotter the better ..We prefer 75 over 65 any day of the week. Years ago I had forced air fuel oil heat . What a pathetic expensive counterfeit way to heat a home ! We froze our tails off and if you cranked it up , you were going to pay dearly in a sky high delivery bill the following month. Never again says I !