indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
I can say for a fact we've sold over a 1000 cord of hardwood firewood in the last 3.5 years and I do not have one customer who can heat a home of 3500 sq ft with 5 cord period. How many of you that are burning wood heat your house on 5 cords, I'm right on the OK/AR line in SW Missouri and haven't seen a customer do it yet. I have seen them do it with augmentation/ propane furnace/heat pump/electric heat but not on wood alone. I don't believe you can have that kind of heat retention.......period. To make a claim like that irregardless of mfg is irresponsible. How many customers can come close to duplicating it? These are the kind of claims that need to be regulated. Joe Blow buys one and burns 12 cord with a smaller home insulated to the same standard, would a jury of twelve have any issue with finding deceptive claims. If I were a mfg that is how I would review my brochures/advertising.....would it stand up to a jury of 12. Is it repeatable in the AVERAGE customers home. If it can't stand up to that test, the way I look at it is that you are blowing smoke up your customers hiney irregardless of whether you stove smokes or not. Show me a person that doesn't burn seasoned firewood and I'll show you a wood burning appliance that creates cresote, don't care how efficient your unit is, there is not one made that won't build up cresote, too many factors in play, moisture content of wood, flue temp, etc. I've also seen very well made units fail with improper installation and improper use, seen it happen on a Central Broiler and a Hardy, well made units, it's amazing what some people can do. It sounds like some people think they can get more than 100% efficiency to me, but hell, I'm just a firewood hack. It's already been demonstrated on this thread we can't keep our accounting straight.