I'm in Minnesota and have used wood to heat my home for years, for anyone who doesn't know there is no warmth like the warmth of a wood fire. The air around you feels warm, even a the cement floor is warm, furniture, walls, warmth every where.
I'm switching to wood heat for next winter. About how much wood do yall go through in a season? Preferably not in cord measures cause I'll be felling trees and not buying it.
We have a two story home, not sure of the footage. It's an older styler farm house, small rooms upstairs designed for lots of children. Gonna just stock up a ton before winter and pray it's enough.
Single story 3 bedroom in moderate winters Oregon. 1st couple of years I burned 4 cords. I'd just put up 8 cords Doug Fir/Hemlock and 2 more of Oak. Had to re-roof, it turned into a re-sheet so while I had it open I added 6" batts over an inch or 2 of blow-in insulation. That winter I cut my firewood use 50%. A good sized tree is about a cord.
How in the world else do you measure wood except in cords? That's like saying how much flour do you use to make a loaf of bread, but not in cups, because I'm grinding my own.
I'm gonna fell trees and from what I read cord measurement is weird to begin with. I'm gonna measure my use this winter in trees. Like I used 10 regular sized trees, for example. Guess that varies on location, since different places have different trees.
A cord is simply a stack of a certain dimension. Drive 2 t-posts into the ground 8 feet apart and make a stack in between them that is 4 feet high. Assuming your wood is cut to typical fireplace length, you just stacked half a cord.
That should work for you to make a year-to-year comparison of your use. I don't know why you'd have any reason to stack it and measure it unless you just wanted to compare your use with others in an anonymous forum, because, like you said, different places have different trees.
Lol we just go by how many truckloads in my neck of the woods but going by cords is the proper way. We usually used 3-4 truckloads a season but we also used coal. I wouldn’t have a clue how many cords that is lol
Wood burning stove and a few felled trees are why I’m warm. Hope everyone is staying safe.
I'm in Minnesota and have used wood to heat my home for years, for anyone who doesn't know there is no warmth like the warmth of a wood fire. The air around you feels warm, even a the cement floor is warm, furniture, walls, warmth every where.
I'm switching to wood heat for next winter. About how much wood do yall go through in a season? Preferably not in cord measures cause I'll be felling trees and not buying it.
That depends on type of stove along with size and construction of house. You will figure it out.
We have a two story home, not sure of the footage. It's an older styler farm house, small rooms upstairs designed for lots of children. Gonna just stock up a ton before winter and pray it's enough.
Single story 3 bedroom in moderate winters Oregon. 1st couple of years I burned 4 cords. I'd just put up 8 cords Doug Fir/Hemlock and 2 more of Oak. Had to re-roof, it turned into a re-sheet so while I had it open I added 6" batts over an inch or 2 of blow-in insulation. That winter I cut my firewood use 50%. A good sized tree is about a cord.
Don't switch nuthin.' Add wood to whatever you've got.
How in the world else do you measure wood except in cords? That's like saying how much flour do you use to make a loaf of bread, but not in cups, because I'm grinding my own.
I'm gonna fell trees and from what I read cord measurement is weird to begin with. I'm gonna measure my use this winter in trees. Like I used 10 regular sized trees, for example. Guess that varies on location, since different places have different trees.
A cord is simply a stack of a certain dimension. Drive 2 t-posts into the ground 8 feet apart and make a stack in between them that is 4 feet high. Assuming your wood is cut to typical fireplace length, you just stacked half a cord.
That should work for you to make a year-to-year comparison of your use. I don't know why you'd have any reason to stack it and measure it unless you just wanted to compare your use with others in an anonymous forum, because, like you said, different places have different trees.
1 Cubit yards, meters, etc...
2 average log thickness dimension and length
3 pickup truck load
4 shit load
5 shit ton
6 tossed pile stack height
7 any other arbitrary method anyone might prefer
"How much wood did you use last season?"
"I used 723 arm loads, but ~36 of them were somewhat smaller than normal because the stack was frozen and I couldn't pry anything loose."
"723? Wow, I musta gone through a good 958 armloads myself, what size arm loads we talkin' about pardner?"
Lol we just go by how many truckloads in my neck of the woods but going by cords is the proper way. We usually used 3-4 truckloads a season but we also used coal. I wouldn’t have a clue how many cords that is lol
I think a pickup truck load is roughly a cord.