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Originally Posted by ckelly78z
The previous owners were using 2100 gallons of propane a year for stictly heating the house (electric appliances, and water heater). I save about $4000 a year burning wood, and it keeps me in shape, and off of my butt.
During a normal Winter day, I load it at 5:00 in the morning, about 3:00 in the afternoon, throw another log in about 6, and load it up for the overnight about 9. This keeps the house at 72 when the outside temp is 25-30. A strong wind, or sub zero temps, or worse yet, a combo of the two like we have had for the last 3 days requires more attention, but what are you planning to do outside in -30 windchills ?
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We supplemented. Nights and weekends. During the day, the heat was set to 50F. I remember in the deep winter, the fuel oil truck delivering about 200-225 gallons every three weeks before we started using wood on a regular basis. We probably used 1500+ before and about half that afterwards.