Ceiling fans (run in reverse direction to pull air up rather than blow it down) help a lot, but can still be hard to move that heat to other rooms.Īs far as it being environmentally friendly, the wood I get is already cut down trees from residential neighborhoods. Depending on home layout, it can be hard to get that head spread to rooms far from the stove. It can easily get the living room up to 80 degrees when it's only 25 outside. I installed a wood stove insert in my fireplace ( Pacific Energy Super) a few years ago and primarily heat my home with it now. First delivery came in February and the charge was a little over $1,000! I started looking into alternate ways to heat the home then, as I thought that was way too much money for only a few months of heat. I bought my house in 2011 and it came with an oil furnace. This is almost always free, but as you can imagine involves a lot of work in hauling, splitting and stacking it. I collect my own firewood rounds from people who have trees cut down. To maximize the heat output of firewood, it should be burned in a wood stove or wood stove insert. It then sends that air up the chimney, causing the house to pull in cold air from outside (via door cracks and other air gaps). It pulls that air from your living room, which is probably already heated by a furnace. Many of them can actually end up making the house colder. If you're concerned about efficiency, you should know that open hearth fireplaces are incredibly inefficient. Learn about preventing chimney fires here. You can reduce the risk of a chimney fire by having your flu cleaned annually. This is primarily caused by low-temperature fires that use unseasoned wood. Unburnt gases cool and stick to the inside of the chimney and are actually flammable.
Learn about selecting and storing firewood here.Īvoiding creosote buildup up inside your chimney is important. To determine whether you're firewood is ready to burn or not, use a moisture meter. Not only is this very inefficient, it also leads to creosote buildup. Energy that should be turned into heat is instead turned into steam. If the moisture level of the wood is too high, a considerable amount of energy is used to dry the wood out while it's burning. It's important to only burn seasoned wood in your wood stove or fireplace. We are a community that is dedicated to splitting, stacking, and burning firewood.įirewood is considered "seasoned" when the internal moisture levels are below 20%.
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