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Post by badbrad on Jul 26, 2017 14:29:20 GMT -6
Just ordered propane to fill my 500 gallon tank at the cabin and it was 0.89 per gallon. Can't beat those prices. Hard to justify burning wood at those prices even though I like wood a lot more.
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Jul 26, 2017 15:15:58 GMT -6
Post by jflonll on Jul 26, 2017 15:15:58 GMT -6
I just got 600 gallons for $.84
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Jul 26, 2017 20:10:48 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Jul 26, 2017 20:10:48 GMT -6
You guys are knocking it out of the park at those prices. Contract your winter needs too.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 26, 2017 20:16:30 GMT -6
You guys are knocking it out of the park at those prices. Contract your winter needs too. If I burn wood one tank lasts me over a year. That includes heating the place when I am not there.
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 26, 2017 20:21:21 GMT -6
I've been telling the wood burning guys to save their wood and burn the propane while it's cheap. Your firewood is only worth the substitute cost of propane.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 26, 2017 20:23:38 GMT -6
I've been telling the wood burning guys to save their wood and burn the propane while it's cheap. Your firewood is only worth the substitute cost of propane. That's what I was saying above. But I really like wood heat though. Lol
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Jul 26, 2017 20:46:17 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Jul 26, 2017 20:46:17 GMT -6
I'll allow hobby fires.
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Jul 27, 2017 7:21:18 GMT -6
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Post by badbrad on Jul 27, 2017 7:21:18 GMT -6
You just feel a lot warmer with a good wood stove fire. After a long day sitting out in the cold there is nothing better. Sure Propane keeps you warm. Wood heat warms you up and makes you feel better.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 27, 2017 7:27:02 GMT -6
I personally am not a fan of wood heat. Largely because I'm not a fan of washing and painting walls.
This is a slab house with in floor heat (powered by electricity). It also has electric forced air with propane back up. Last winter I pretty used propane for the forced air because it was so cheap. Still didn't go through 250 gallons of LP. Get a thick slab of concrete warm and it keeps the house quite comfortable with very low continuing inputs.
I'll never not have in floor heat again.
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Jul 27, 2017 7:30:01 GMT -6
Post by badbrad on Jul 27, 2017 7:30:01 GMT -6
I personally am not a fan of wood heat. Largely because I'm not a fan of washing and painting walls. This is a slab house with in floor heat (powered by electricity). It also has electric forced air with propane back up. Last winter I pretty used propane for the forced air because it was so cheap. Still didn't go through 250 gallons of LP. Get a thick slab of concrete warm and it keeps the house quite comfortable with very low continuing inputs. I'll never not have in floor heat again.
I'm not sure what kind of wood heat you had Stu in the past. But a good sealed wood stove with a good draft and operated properly and you will never get any ash or smoke in the house. Open Fireplace is a different story.
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Jul 27, 2017 7:36:28 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Jul 27, 2017 7:36:28 GMT -6
I personally am not a fan of wood heat. Largely because I'm not a fan of washing and painting walls. This is a slab house with in floor heat (powered by electricity). It also has electric forced air with propane back up. Last winter I pretty used propane for the forced air because it was so cheap. Still didn't go through 250 gallons of LP. Get a thick slab of concrete warm and it keeps the house quite comfortable with very low continuing inputs. I'll never not have in floor heat again.
I'm not sure what kind of wood heat you had Stu in the past. But a good sealed wood stove with a good draft and operated properly and you will never get any ash or smoke in the house. Open Fireplace is a different story.
You're nuts dude. Things that burn create ash and smoke. Does your ash just disappear or do you have to clean out the ashes from time to time? Burn wood to heat your home (entirely heat your home, not just weekends or an occasional fire) and get back to me on how clean the walls stay.
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Jul 27, 2017 7:40:04 GMT -6
Post by badbrad on Jul 27, 2017 7:40:04 GMT -6
I'm not sure what kind of wood heat you had Stu in the past. But a good sealed wood stove with a good draft and operated properly and you will never get any ash or smoke in the house. Open Fireplace is a different story.
You're nuts dude. Things that burn create ash and smoke. Does your ash just disappear or do you have to clean out the ashes from time to time? Burn wood to heat your home (entirely heat your home, not just weekends or an occasional fire) and get back to me on how clean the walls stay.
Smoke goes up the chimney of course with a draft.
Ash has to be cleaned out once in awhile but with a high efficiently stove it makes very little ash. That is pretty simple with a bucket with a lid and shovel. I don't use the furnace when I'm there and heat the entire house there. I burn about 3 face cords a winter. And I have white walls.
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Jul 27, 2017 7:42:41 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Jul 27, 2017 7:42:41 GMT -6
When you paint your ceilings next time let me know how "white" they are
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Post by badbrad on Jul 27, 2017 7:56:29 GMT -6
When you paint your ceilings next time let me know how "white" they are I don't think I will be painting the ceilings.
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Post by jbird on Jul 27, 2017 13:48:34 GMT -6
We heated the entire house with wood when I was a kid.....Dad always told us boys, "Wood is the one source of heat that warms you at least twice....once when you cut it and again when you burn it" Between loading it in the truck, splitting it with a maul and stacking it and then carrying it into the house, it warmed me more than twice. Don't miss that shit one bit!
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