How much wood did everyone go through this WINTER !!!!

[Moddoo]

Minnesota
2000 sq ft
Built in 1948
Johnson forced air unit.
started around Nov 15th
Went through about 4-5 cords keeping the house at 74 most of the time.
Mostly oak, some seasoned, some 1/2 seasoned and about 20% maple.
Gas furnace has been shut off all winter

 

[Austin1]

I used 5 full cords this year it was'nt a cold winter but the nights were still chilly.Just cut a truck load 1/2 cord of dry pine for the spring and fire pit in the back yard. This is the first winter it never went to below -35c that I can remember.

 

[jrclen]

the rest i bought, as "seasoned firewood" and turned out to be anything but that. lots of hissing, sizzling, and crackling, tough to get going, and tough to keep going. so now i decided to split as much as i can on my own

Yeah, fireplaces don't like unseasoned wood. You might consider renting a splitter for a day to take care of your 3 cord. Unless you enjoy hand splitting of course. Some do. Nice pile of wood in the picture.

 

[Adkpk]

2 cords, weekend use. Never set the thermostat over 55.

 

[JBinKC]

1200 sq ft, some where between 3-3 1/2 cords used, 60% oak 35% red maple 5 % other. Temps in house ranged from 65-80 Averaging in the mid 70s. No propane used during the heating season.

In a normal winter I usually use about 1000 gal of propane. This year I would estimate the heating degree days went up. Had heat when people lost electricity during the ice storm. Payback period of wood stove installed in Jan of 2006 and including cost of saws has gone down to a little over 2 years now (down from my original estimate of 3).

 

[046]

it's been stated by original poster... but it's worth repeating.
how many cords you've burned is relative to:

1. size (SF) and what you are heating. Home, garage, hot water tank etc
2. Your location (sig line?)
3. what type/brand wood appliance
4. your insulation level and/or type of home heated and year built
5. type(s) of wood burned, seasoned or green
6. percentage heated by wood and/or other fuel (100%?)
7. average home temp maintained
8. measure wood amount in cords

any and/or a combination of these factors can distort number of cords used

 

[TreeWizard]

2000 Sq. Ft . home.
Dutch West Stove.
Heat whole house with this stove. Home built in 1912 buy insulated with R19 walls and R30 roof.
Used 5 cords.
All Beech, want to clean it out of my woods anyway.

 

[Rspike]

1. size (SF) and what you are heating. Home, garage, hot water tank etc
1800 sf 2 story home
2. Your location (sig line?)
Nebraska
3. what type/brand wood appliance
Pacific Energy Summit freestanding EPA II wood stove
4. your insulation level and/or type of home heated and year built
110+ year old house / remodeled
5. type(s) of wood burned, seasoned or green
2 + year seasoned wood / Oak,Elm,Maulburry,Hackberry.
6. percentage heated by wood and/or other fuel (100%?)
100% wood heat
7. average home temp maintained
74°-76°
8. measure wood amount in cords
3.75 cords

Loven the modern EPA phase II wood stoves

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[BlueRidgeMark]

it's been stated by original poster... but it's worth repeating.
how many cords you've burned is relative to: .....

any and/or a combination of these factors can distort number of cords used

We should also probably say this, even if it's been said already: A cord is 128 cubic feet. Traditionally that's 4' x 4' x 8', but any other combination of measurements that yeilds 128 cubic feet is still a cord.

"Face cords" or other non-standardized measurements may be common where you are, but they are not a cord. If you mean a "face cord", please say it so that everyone knows what you're talking about.

 

[bookerdog]

We should also probably say this, even if it's been said already: A cord is 128 cubic feet. Traditionally that's 4' x 4' x 8', but any other combination of measurements that yeilds 128 cubic feet is still a cord.

"Face cords" or other non-standardized measurements may be common where you are, but they are not a cord. If you mean a "face cord", please say it so that everyone knows what you're talking about.

Now blueridge is that 128 cubic ft so a squrrel can crawl through it or a solid mass like cement. I had one customer that wanted the cement type. lol

About 5 cords maple mostly alittle doug fir

blaze king

2100 sq feet

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Well, the standard is "tightly stacked", but obviously that leaves some wiggle room. But at least if everyone agrees on what a cord is, we know we are comparing apples to apples.

There was a thread a while back where some heated words were exchanged and people's honesty was called in question, all because one person was using the term cord, when he should have been saying face cord. Some folks found it hard to believe how much would he could split in a day. Once everyone knew he was talking phony cords, er, face cords, the controversy was gone.

So, whose fault was it that he got called a liar? His own, for using the wrong term.

 

[bookerdog]

Boy I see that happening to. We had a guy advertising in the paper. That was selling wood 1/2 of the price of mine. I had a customer want me to pick his wood up because he was going to save money buying from this guy. I did just that picked the wood up gave him his money back and was on my way. Well he got his wood from the other guy and was calling me for wood that night. I said I see the other guy still has wood buy from him. It was a face cord

 

[046]

yep... fortunately a cord of 4x4x8ft = 128 cf is fairly standard all over. it's other terms like face cord, rick, etc that adds confusion.

matters not what we call it, so long as we all use the same measurements. a standard cord seems to be the same everywhere.

and yes I'm referring to a standard cord of 128 cf

We should also probably say this, even if it's been said already: A cord is 128 cubic feet. Traditionally that's 4' x 4' x 8', but any other combination of measurements that yeilds 128 cubic feet is still a cord.

"Face cords" or other non-standardized measurements may be common where you are, but they are not a cord. If you mean a "face cord", please say it so that everyone knows what you're talking about.

 

[buckwheat]

1. size (SF) and what you are heating. Home, garage, hot water tank etc
2800 ft2 two story house
2. Your location (sig line?)
South Central PA
3. what type/brand wood appliance
Baker Double Eagle woodstove w/ blower
4. your insulation level and/or type of home heated and year built
About average for a 20 y/o stick built
5. type(s) of wood burned, seasoned or green
A lot of poplar and punky oak, currently into next year's one y/o maple
6. percentage heated by wood and/or other fuel (100%?)
85%
7. average home temp maintained
75F8. measure wood amount in cords
6+ full cords and counting

 

[asb151]

4 cords even. No one is home during the day so thats nights and weekends.

 

[turnkey4099]

1200 sq ft, cobbled together from two shacks in 1940s. Remodeled 1981 with good insulation (9" ceiling/6" walls).

SE WA

5.75 cord so far of Willow with an odd stick of good hardwood when it is really cold. Just emptied the wood shed the other day. Brining in a garden wagon load from my outside stacks (about 25 cord) occasionally. I had always guessed it at about 6 cord/yr but never really measured it. Did itjust know because I knew just how much the 'shed holds and how much I had started with in the 3 season porch.

Heat totally with wood except for an occasional shot from the oil furnace to warm the house in the morning.

Harry K

 

[laynes69]

1. size (SF) and what you are heating.
2400 Square Feet
2. Your location (sig line?)
Ohio
3. what type/brand wood appliance
US Stove 1500 Hotblast Wood/Coal Furnace
4. your insulation level and/or type of home heated and year built
Well Insulated Victorian, 10 Foot ceilings, 150+ years old
5. type(s) of wood burned, seasoned or green
Ash, Maple, Locust, Apple, Osage Orange, Hickory and Walnut - Seasoned
6. percentage heated by wood and/or other fuel (100%?)
100% Burning used 18% of LP Tank, which includes dryer and stove and furnace ( 72 Gallons of Propane)
7. average home temp maintained
76
8. measure wood amount in cords
6+ Still burning at night. Been burning since Sept.