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Post by Catscratch on Sept 8, 2019 19:05:06 GMT -6
Ya, when I say "coldest days" I mean around 20 for highs.
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 8, 2019 20:09:12 GMT -6
Insurance guy wouldn't let us go with an outdoor stove, made us put in an indoor unit. Said too many people were letting weeds grow around them. The weeds catch fire and the winds blow the fire to the house. Insurance carriers didn't even want to talk about prices when I brought up boilers or indoor woodstoves. By the time I factored in increased premiums it was pretty clear that burning wood would not be a money saver. Fine by me as I have/had no desire to cut/split/stack 5-8 cords a year. Especially as I get more and more grey in my beard. When I built my cabin I had the idea that a wood burning stove was the way to go. Then I talked to my insurance guy and I learned i could heat the cabin with propane for the insurance savings I get compared to wood. That made my decision really easy.
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Post by kooch on Sept 8, 2019 20:28:20 GMT -6
My insurance guy wouldn't even sell me a policy for my shack. Not interested.
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Post by Foggy on Sept 8, 2019 20:54:26 GMT -6
Shack Insurance? Whut?.....Me Worry? A.E. Nueman. .
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Post by Tooln on Sept 9, 2019 4:53:52 GMT -6
Back in the day when I heated the house it was whatever tree was looking tough. Cut a split a lot of piss elm. It was work but really threw the heat. When I was young and dumb I bought a wood splitter and did custom spitting. Many 10 hour Saturday's doing nothing but splitting. Made enough to pay for the splitter many times over.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 9, 2019 5:02:12 GMT -6
Ya, when I say "coldest days" I mean around 20 for highs. Above or below zero?
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 9, 2019 5:08:24 GMT -6
Ya, when I say "coldest days" I mean around 20 for highs. Above or below zero? Ha! ABOVE ZERO. We do get some single digit days but they aren't the norm. Got to be tough to live in a place "20" could mean above or below.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 9, 2019 11:52:45 GMT -6
Above or below zero? Ha! ABOVE ZERO. We do get some single digit days but they aren't the norm. Got to be tough to live in a place "20" could mean above or below. It ain’t so bad. You freeze your brain in Dec. and no worries until June. Only alternative is antifreeze!
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Post by Tooln on Sept 9, 2019 13:17:06 GMT -6
Above or below zero? Ha! ABOVE ZERO. We do get some single digit days but they aren't the norm. Got to be tough to live in a place "20" could mean above or below. Don't forget the wind chill factor. -20 with a 10-20 or more mph wind. You can spit and it will freeze before it hits the ground.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 9, 2019 15:12:06 GMT -6
I can write shack insurance (if needed)
Reasonable and can add liability on the land (if needed)
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Post by leexrayshady on Sept 12, 2019 7:49:08 GMT -6
My Father in Law has the huge ass outside wood stove. He heats his house and a large detached garage. The house is so warm in the winter it seems like there is always a window open. He hasn't used his propane furnace in so long i doubt it even works any more. ^ That is the only kind of wood burning furnace I would use these days. Continually burning wood inside your home is like smoking cigarettes IMO. Not healthy. My father destroyed his lungs by burning firewood in the home for most of his life, constantly breathing in the smoke,
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Post by badbrad on Sept 12, 2019 8:01:35 GMT -6
^ That is the only kind of wood burning furnace I would use these days. Continually burning wood inside your home is like smoking cigarettes IMO. Not healthy. My father destroyed his lungs by burning firewood in the home for most of his life, constantly breathing in the smoke, I don't doubt that with old wood stoves and old practices. Now inside stoves are so much better and efficient. Burn clean dry wood in a modern efficient wood stove and you would be fine. Its kinda like using Gly. Use it per the label its fine but use it wrong and it is dangerous.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 17, 2019 16:03:14 GMT -6
Has anyone tried burning Buckthorn?
I have some that is cut up, that is actually pretty thick?
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 17, 2019 19:06:46 GMT -6
The big buckthorn trunks burn well. I have no idea on the btu's, but it's not as good as oak, but it holds coals longer than aspens and pines and some other random stuff I've burned for campfires.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 18, 2019 9:04:47 GMT -6
Not a bad idea to just burn the buckthorn area in the spring, with bur oak all around it. Maybe I will do that.
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