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Originally Posted by mepstein
I imagine if you heat solely with wood you are pretty housebound during the winter. Right?
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It depends on the stove you have, but yep, most of them need regular attention. With the wood I have I need to load my stove about every 2 to 4 hours.
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I should add, that is to maintain a warm house. At night I let it die down and let the house cool down, sometimes to 60 degrees. There will still be hot coals in the stove in the morning. I just throw more wood in and off we go. I don't use the stove in very cold weather and the more frequent attention it requires is one of the reasons. It depends on the wood you have too. I've got some dry ash that goes up like newspaper, and some greener ash that will smolder for hours.