[Greenbuilding] one more pleasure (or not) of heating with wood

[Corwyn]

On 12/31/2010 12:17 PM, Kathy Cochran wrote:

> HOWEVER, even with ceiling fans, unless I wanted to go around dressed as
> an Eskimo in cold weather, it really didn’t do a great job of keeping
> much of the house warm, (because of the way the house is laid out) so
> last year I broke down and bought the Fujitsu mini-split systems to
> heat/cool different areas.  That is nice!  But when the power goes
> out…….there’s nothing that can beat a wood stove, is there?

I find this personally pretty scary.   I live in a place with more than 
twice the heating degree days, and heat just fine with a medium sized 
wood stove.  Today, for example it got down-right balmy outside (45°F) 
and so I haven't even started a fire yet.  It is 65°F inside at the 
moment.  (This does include the oven being on to bake bread, but it also 
includes flushing all the air after an 'incident' at the stove).

Might I recommend that you get a competent energy audit?  Most houses 
have a number of easy opportunities to save significant energy.

Ceiling fans are generally not much help, by the way.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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