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[martyinmi]

1898 farmhouse, 3700 sqft( basement to ridge pole).    1100 sqft garage. All at 70 degrees in central Maine, burning half cord a week with anything lower than 10 above in a Optimizer 250

That is phenomenal coolidge! I average going through 1/3 cord a week to heat my 1700 sq.ft. house to 73 and 800 sq.ft. basement to 60 when it's this cold.
A full cord will last about a month during an average winter.
Last year (Oct.- April) we went through about 8 1/2 cords.
Probably wont be far off that mark for this year again!

[bajonesy77]

2000 sqft. Log home heated to 73 with 900 sqft basement heated to 60 atop a mountain (windy) in western Virginia. Stove 80 ft. From home with homemade insulated lines and the stove is really similar to wood master (round firebox,heat exchanger tubes in top and smoke bypass rod for loading). Single line to dhw 20 plate then to 16x18 hx in faf. Burn 7-8 cords avg.

[Corngrinder]

2300 sq ft. open floor design.  No basement & poorly insulated crawlspace (new house; haven't had time to upgrade). Heating DHW through a plate HX with no holding tank (on-demand only).  Running unlimited water @ 120 degrees when I want and heating to ~70 inside.  This is my first season burning, using mostly mixed oak, elm, black cherry, and maple that's slightly seasoned in central IL. 

I'm burning ~1 to 1.3 cord/month in a CB5036 on a 180' loop.

[kommandokenny]

Cord and a half so far for Feb [on 1600sq'] + basement, DHW]
Been cold -30 's C. -20's F. no letup - 20 f. again today.
It better warm up a bit, or I'm gonna run out of wood before the end of April.
Should be able to get into the bush by the end of March
Not worried, I got the saws ready to go

KK
 

[John148]

My run from outdoor boiler to my propane boiler is 230', 5 wrap. The temp gage at the boiler is digital and the gage inside the house is an inline gage. I also have one for out going water and it varies depending on how many circulators are running. I have 5 circulators plus after the incoming water passes those it runs thru a hanging (150,000 btu) heater with a fan and thermostat before returning to the outdoor boiler.

My usage does go up a lot when it's near 0, as much as almost 2 cord a week to when it's in the 20s or above less.

You guys are awesome. I wish I knew about this site earlier. Might bought a gasser I think is what there called. Are they worth the extra money?

[agriffinjd]

John,

I can't comment if a gasser is generally worth the extra money to others, but for me it wasn't.  Cost was about 50% more for a gasser than a conventional.  The appealing part of a gasser is using less wood with the higher efficiency.  If I had the money I'd have done a GARN to get even more efficiency, but the drawbacks of a gasser in my mind, and why I didn't do it (besides the extra cost) is: 1) you need split and well seasoned (dry) wood for the gasser, which I didn't have time to get before needing to use the furnace, and 2) more sophisticated stuff in a gasser means more stuff to go wrong and/or fix.  I don't care that the gasser takes extra time to clean all the tubes out, but I do care about what wood I can use.  With my conventional, I can put in unsplit rounds of hardwood and it'll be fine.  I can throw in some wet wood too, and burn up newspaper and cardboard.  I don't think you can do all that with a gasser.

[kommandokenny]

John,, sounds like your heating lots.. [2 bush cords?] a week.
Whats the square footage and is it  radiant, or FFF,.or both??
Where bouts are ye
If no one welcomed you,, I will .
[I;m new too .]
Great place to learn, for me.

http://outdoorwoodfurnaceinfo.com/forum/index.php?topic=7352.0

[Sluggo]

I was thinking the same thing,are you heating a city?  Welcome John

[John148]

Lol, it feels like I am heating a city. 4500 sq ft log home and an attached 3 car garage. The house has baseboard heat and the garage has a hanging 150,000 btu heater with a fan. Thanks everyone for the welcome. This is a great site.

[JTS717]

This is my first year with an OWB.  I am in Wisconsin heating 1600 sqft main floor to 70, DHW and the basement stays around 67 since none of my lines are insulated down there.  House is 2x4 construction with R6 in the walls and R13 in the ceiling.  I am on track to burn about 5-6 cords this year in my P&M Optimizer 250.  Before I leave for work I throw in one heaping arm full, then 3 peices when I get home and another heaping arm full before bed.  I am burning all seasoned hardwood cut to 18-24" and split to 4-7" diameter.

[kommandokenny]

   I am on track to burn about 5-6 cords this year in my P&M Optimizer 250.

Wow,, thoze is  great numbers ,,,,,,,maybe I'm not delusional after all.
Is that for  6 months?

kk

[Cabo]

First year here as well with Opt. 250.  2400 sq. ft. (well insulated), DHW and a 1000 sq. ft. shop constructed of ICF's (radiant in floor).  2 people with house set at 70-72 and shop at 58. Started on Oct. 18 and just finished up my 5th cord.  Thinking that I'll end up using about 6 1/2 cord total when I shut it down while on vacation.  Location is south-eastern Vermont.

[JTS717]

   I am on track to burn about 5-6 cords this year in my P&M Optimizer 250.

Wow,, thoze is  great numbers ,,,,,,,maybe I'm not delusional after all.
Is that for  6 months?

kk

I run my indoor wood furnace for a couple weeks in October when it is nice to have a little heat at night.  I fired up the OWB the first week of November and plan on shutting it down end of March and using my indoor furnace again until the middle or end of April.  I will burn 5-6 cords total throughout the 6 months (5 months with the OWB and ~1 month with the indoor furnace).

[kommandokenny]

This is whats left boys. yikes











1.88 cords,, [miked]lil less than a third,, of the 6 cords, I figured I'd burn.
I was thinking of starting a pool, of a buck a guess, as to when I run out.
Whoever wants in,, bets a buck and specifies a date.
Put the buck in my Paypal acct .
When I run outta wood,, whoevers got the right day, takes the pot, or splits it with the other guessers.[no not gassers ,,,guessers]
I'll post pics bi weekly to keep myself honest.

This, however, won't work, as I would have to pay 30 cents on every dollar that came in.
So scrap that!!


So  just for fun put in a guess.... [don't know if I can be trusted  with that kinda coin anyway ]


kk

[willieG]

March ....ah...um...well maybe...22