Firewood

[wader]

Winter Storm watch now posted for 4 to 7 inches,better get the wood inside..

they;re not calling it here - Thursday through Saturday temps at or above freezing - they do make mention of possible acculumations but m=not how much - I think it's gonna be a rain/snow mix

Norfolk & Virginia Beach Weather

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[wader]

How much is a cord going for down here?

I just paid $145

 

[JackPrintMD]

$170 HERE

 

[Macks]

$170 HERE

The price of a cord of wood hasn’t gone up in years,they just give u less wood every year..lol

 

[Chinacat]

$0 here
I never pay
Except for the occasional tip or 12 pack for the guys on the landscape or tree crew that hook me up???

 

[Chinacat]

So today I was talking with a buddy and he told me he got an oil delivery ‘cuz his contract for locked in pricing expires the end of this month so he topped off the tank. He took 135 gallons since his last delivery exactly 3 weeks ago
He got pretty pissed when I told him I’ve used less than 100 gallons since my last fill up in early October and keep the house at 75 with the woodstove??

Man I’m feeling good about all that wood I work my ass off gathering and splitting for free. LOL

 

[wader]

costs me about $600 to heat the house all winter - just took delivery yesterday of another cord of Cherry Wood for $150

 

[Chinacat]

costs me about $600 to heat the house al winter - just took delivery testerdy of another cord of Cherry Wood for $150

Thats a combo of wood and whatever else u heat with or all wood?
The majority of my oil used is for hot water

 

[cany]

So today I was talking with a buddy and he told me he got an oil delivery ‘cuz his contract for locked in pricing expires the end of this month so he topped off the tank. He took 135 gallons since his last delivery exactly 3 weeks ago
He got pretty pissed when I told him I’ve used less than 100 gallons since my last fill up in early October and keep the house at 75 with the woodstove??

Man I’m feeling good about all that wood I work my ass off gathering and splitting for free. LOL

275 Gals Max to heat my house all winter and no dealing with wood lol

 

[wader]

Thats a combo of wood and whatever else u heat with or all wood?
The majority of my oil used is for hot water

pretty much all of it - I have an HVAC system with a heat pump

During the winter HVAC/Electric is supplying:

• lights
• minimual heat (only on those really cold mornings until I can get the stove going)
• minimual cooking (think microwave - my stove/oven is propane)
• occaionally - like when I take a shower - heating the bathroom before getting in there (electric baseboard) - heat never comes on upstairs unless it's like zero outside - haven't used that in like 7 years - I like sleeping in the cold with a ton of blankets

Otherwise it's my stove heating the downstairs. Generally to about 70 depending on the outside temperature. Which is all the warmth I want. Gets higher then that & I'm opening windows.

 

[Chinacat]

275 Gals Max to heat my house all winter and no dealing with wood lol

Do you have a separate electric or gas water heater or does the 275 include that too??

 

[cany]

Do you have a separate electric or gas water heater or does the 275 include that too??

Propane hot water

 

[Sandspinner]

I used about 300 gallons of oil per year for my Cape in Farmingdale. Most of that was for hot water or when the stove needed a little help.

 

[Macks]

So today I was talking with a buddy and he told me he got an oil delivery ‘cuz his contract for locked in pricing expires the end of this month so he topped off the tank. He took 135 gallons since his last delivery exactly 3 weeks ago
He got pretty pissed when I told him I’ve used less than 100 gallons since my last fill up in early October and keep the house at 75 with the woodstove??

Man I’m feeling good about all that wood I work my ass off gathering and splitting for free. LOL

Damn,that’s over 6 gallons a day,something wrong there..

 

[Chinacat]

Damn,that’s over 6 gallons a day,something wrong there..

Thats what I thought too but....
2 story big colonial. 2 teenagers, 1 pre teen, so lots of long hot showers a day LOL

 

[Chinacat]

Propane hot water

That makes sense!
I have a separate oil fired water heater
The boiler runs just enough to keep the water hot enough for heat if needed for back -up
I'm pretty certain the majority of the oil I do use is for the water heater.
I'm going to look into eliminating the separate water heater with its own burner and adding an aqua booster or storage tank to the boiler.

 

[Macks]

I used about 300 gallons of oil per year for my Cape in Farmingdale. Most of that was for hot water or when the stove needed a little help.

Your gonna be pleasantly surprised when u see how well that heat pump works in your new house..

 

[Sandspinner]

Damn,that’s over 6 gallons a day,something wrong there..

My oil company estimated I used 2 gallons a day to heat the Farmingdale house in December. This was after we moved out and the thermostat set at 60o (the wood stove was obviously not in use).

 

[Sandspinner]

A new tight house with a conditioned crawl space plus the heat pumps will very very nice. Add in the wood stove and we should be toasty. This is a picture of the Quadra Fire Discovery I we're getting. It's not big but rated for 800-2100 sq ft.

 

[wader]

275 Gals Max to heat my house all winter and no dealing with wood lol

that's very good - when I was still living in Kings Park I was on a budget planfor oil - $200 a month - bigger house then yours but......