mirciulie
ArboristSite Lurker
Hello there folks.
I've been lurking for a couple of days on this forum. Need it to find some info about the type of firewood that I have.
I thought it would be a good ideea to join and share (I mean find answers ) my experiences.
So, here's my story:
I leave in the great suburbia and got tired of paying the bill on my heating. I had an gas fireplace in the house, just a box and that thing was useless. Educated myself a bit and figured out that I can put a wood fireplace insert instead. Found a deal on craigslist and went for it. Nice little Lopi insert with glass door and fan. It even came with the pipe so I managed to get that inside my chimney. I'm constantly looking arround for free firewood (to justify the fireplace) and got 2 truck loads (6' bed) from a coworker. Nice and dry. But didn't last long. Now, this winter I milked, since I've got the fireplace in November. My bill went from 200 bucks to arround 80. THat's great
I'm decided to start this spring by getting free wood from whereve I can and season it. I have a good start at it. Friend of mine downed two trees and I went and picked up a load already. Have no clue what kind it is. I just know it's really dense. I'll post some pics later on. I'm pretty excited about this.
I found on this forum a good reference to the Audubon SOciety Field Guide to the N American trees. I hope to buy that this week.
The fireplace has been a great investment. We tend to spend more time in front of the fireplace than at TV in the winter. Really nice felling.
Got a question, just to begin: how much wood should I burn in a season? I have n 1600 sq ft. house and leave in Oregon, which is not really cold. Night times it goes down to 25F for 3 months in a year.
SO, I'll get done with this before it turns into whole article
I've been lurking for a couple of days on this forum. Need it to find some info about the type of firewood that I have.
I thought it would be a good ideea to join and share (I mean find answers ) my experiences.
So, here's my story:
I leave in the great suburbia and got tired of paying the bill on my heating. I had an gas fireplace in the house, just a box and that thing was useless. Educated myself a bit and figured out that I can put a wood fireplace insert instead. Found a deal on craigslist and went for it. Nice little Lopi insert with glass door and fan. It even came with the pipe so I managed to get that inside my chimney. I'm constantly looking arround for free firewood (to justify the fireplace) and got 2 truck loads (6' bed) from a coworker. Nice and dry. But didn't last long. Now, this winter I milked, since I've got the fireplace in November. My bill went from 200 bucks to arround 80. THat's great
I'm decided to start this spring by getting free wood from whereve I can and season it. I have a good start at it. Friend of mine downed two trees and I went and picked up a load already. Have no clue what kind it is. I just know it's really dense. I'll post some pics later on. I'm pretty excited about this.
I found on this forum a good reference to the Audubon SOciety Field Guide to the N American trees. I hope to buy that this week.
The fireplace has been a great investment. We tend to spend more time in front of the fireplace than at TV in the winter. Really nice felling.
Got a question, just to begin: how much wood should I burn in a season? I have n 1600 sq ft. house and leave in Oregon, which is not really cold. Night times it goes down to 25F for 3 months in a year.
SO, I'll get done with this before it turns into whole article