i am just starting with big amounts of wood i use to buy my wood cut split and get riped off for $150 a so called cord 2 a year. :bang:
now i have a friend who has a tree company and i help him out and he gives me unsplit cut rounds 16inchs long for free. got 7 cords from him free this year.
but i am starting to buy my wood for $80 a cord for 24ft long trees either way heating with wood will be cheaper then oil. i am replacing my old 1977 vermont casting with a new avalon stove this year so it should burn cleaner and use less wood.
i am turning my boiler off and heating with wood from now on. if i get cold in the morning you'll see how fast i start a fire ;-)
with my vermont castings the fire is out and no coals by morning i'm hoping with my new avalon that i will still have a coal-bed so i can start a new fire easy.
and i will also have the blower so if the coals keep the stove hot enough the blower will blow nice worm air Even if there is no fire