i have an insert. it doesn't heat as well as a stove. mostly heats up the chimney. it has blowers that really help but they are too noisy so i only turn it on when we are not in the room. . if you are concerned about really heating your house, i would lean towards an efficient air tight wood...
when i was kid in northern arizona me and a group of friends got to playing with matches and we lit a whole fence line of tumbleweeds on fire. it was spectacular! and really really scary.
I love burning wood, but I am under no delusion that I am saving myself any money. I am working harder and causing more of a mess than if I just let my natural gas burn. Ive done the math and concluded that its not worth my time. but I am a pyro maniac and I love watching the fire burn. way...
What do y'all do regarding ash disposal. Its nasty stuff. the city doesn't even want it in their dumpsters. it says so right on the bins. The Garden doesn't like it. Im amazed how long it can hold a hot fire starting ember. Its kind of like handling a toxic waste. Its definitely advisable...
pretty awesome on your roping. what kind of wood you burn? how does it scale on btu? curious. forced air has advantages and disadvantages. radiated heat with a boiler is much more effecient. if you have wood heat than forced air is the best backup because its fast.
I found that the chickens live just fine on my kitchen scraps but they don't lay very many eggs if they aren't hooked up with high protein. Very hard to beat .99 cents a dozen on sale at Krogers right now. Not very tasty eggs but that is pretty hard to beat. Also like sewing your own clothes...
if you have a face cord, that you could sell for 110$ then it is worth 110 regardless if you split it for free. you could sell it and have 110$ in your pocket to buy 1/2 a month of clean burning natural gas. heat is heat no such thing as good quality jeat and poor quality heat. when...
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