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[flashpnt]

How much wood you use . please list  , sq ft. roughly , insulation as poor avg. or good   feel , free to include stove brand ( if wanted ) . plus any other help full info.
The ideal behind this is being a noob how am i doing ...  I am  trying to get a basic understanding for operations.
my stove has a fire box that is 30" wide 36" deep and 36" tall heats 250 gal of water . full load is 12 hour burn time at cooler temp. under 35.
Heating 3000 square feet avg insulation burning a full cord a week 4x4x8 .  use half that @ 50 degrees . that is with seasoned wood that was outside not covered.
aka kinda damp.  but free
Any thoughts about mine is welcome  ,  sound about correct or start looking for issues.
The good thing is already saving money and loveing it  Thanks for the wealth of info from this sight.

[baldwin racing]

How much wood you use . please list  , sq ft. roughly , insulation as poor avg. or good   feel , free to include stove brand ( if wanted ) . plus any other help full info.
The ideal behind this is being a noob how am i doing ...  I am  trying to get a basic understanding for operations.
my stove has a fire box that is 30" wide 36" deep and 36" tall heats 250 gal of water . full load is 12 hour burn time at cooler temp. under 35.
Heating 3000 square feet avg insulation burning a full cord a week 4x4x8 .  use half that @ 50 degrees . that is with seasoned wood that was outside not covered.
aka kinda damp.  but free
Any thoughts about mine is welcome  ,  sound about correct or start looking for issues.
The good thing is already saving money and loveing it  Thanks for the wealth of info from this sight.

I burn roughly 20 face cord here a year in northern ny....we get cold nights at times -30f  house is an old farm house 1,500 sq ft. its,ok insulated replaced down stairs windows and one up stairs.. I have 2 more to go along with front door has single pain window.....not the greatest.....my shop is 18x24 with ok insulated only has 4 inch even in roof going to add a lot more this summer shop has good windows and when I add on my indoor boiler will be in there giving off heat as well.....house is at 72f shop set at 50 or 55f thermo-control indoor boiler in the insulated jacket....heats 130 gal of water and is only a 9 cubic foot fire box. wich is small to a lot of outdoor wood boilers -30f to 0, 6-8 hours burn time, 0 to +30f  I get 8 to 10hours,  12-14 hours +30f up these burn times are in a little shed with cheep  1 inch foam board insulation on walls and ceiling....until addition.....on pad where out door was.... thats with 5 wrap insulation piping and foam wrap pex pipes in house and shop all the way to exchangers
I burn maple, cheery, ash and popular  mixed in.. the wood is seasoned but not covered....it will be when I put up a wood shed on the end of the addition of the shop....
kelly

[artbaldoni]

A cord a week? Holy crap! I am heating @ 72° 3000 sq ft well insulated and DHW. I use 1.25 cords per month in the winter 35° and below. Load every 12 hours or so. In the summer just running DHW I load once every other day. If I was using a cord a week I'd likely go back to oil or find a different place to live!

[hondaracer2oo4]

I am heating 2500 sqft 220 year old house. Below avg insulation. In New Hampshire with below avg temps this winter.  Wood seasoned 6 months. Wood is mostly maple, beech and birch. Stove is a Hardy h4 130 gallon. I burn 1 cord every 2-2.5 weeks depending on temps. You sound like your going through a lot more than you should. Are you filling the firebox full on every loading?

[flashpnt]

yea filled every time

[hondaracer2oo4]

Your likely burning far more wood than you need to then. I found that I burn about the same wether I fill the stove half full or totally full. Try playing around with how much you load depending on the temps. I put 3 rounds in for 35* +. For temps under that I burn 4-5 rounds usually split up one of the rounds to mix it in to help burn the rounds. I load every 12-15 hours.

[Belknap]

I am heating 8000 sq ft. in New Hampshire with Empyre pro 400.  Good insulation in Barn. Main house is log home 2500 sq ft.  When temps 0-10 I am burning about 3/4 cord per week.  Wood is 1 year seasoned oak.

[hondaracer2oo4]

Where are you at in nh belknap?

[Belknap]

Gilford

[Roger2561]

I'm heating an 1840's, 3,000sqft farmhouse and DHW with so, so insulation (Improvements as money permits) decent windows, good doors, etc... with a Central Boiler E-Classic 1400.  I live in the Upper Valley region of NH (near Dartmouth College).  When the temps are around 20 degrees +, 1/2 a firebox load will go about 12 hours.  When it's colder than that coupled with wind, the firebox will be about 2/3's full to go 12 hours.  The only time i ever filled the firebox completely full is the first winter I owned it (this is my 3rd season with it).  The temps were in the 20's, calm winds and it went nearly 30 hours.  However, I'm somewhat of a control freak and need to know that things are running properly, so I tend to it every 12 hours.  I've gone through a bit more wood this year than I did last year at this time due it being a colder than normal December.  My best guess is I've gone through about 1 and 3/4 cord of wood since a week before Thanksgiving.  My house is at 70 degrees, 24/7.  I tried it at 72/73 degrees, but those temps are too warm for me.  Roger

[hondaracer2oo4]

Belknap, Im over in Canterbury.

[BoilerHouse]

I use a little over a full cord a month heating a "below average" insulated 1600 sq ft farm house and a well insulated 700 sq ft shop in central Ont.  I am on track to go through 6 to 7 full cords this year. 

[doow14]

heating about 3000 sg feet av insulation burn between 7 and 10 full cord a season in Columbiana co. Ohio

[Rockarosa]

I am in Jefferson County Ohio. I have gone through about 3 cords since I lit up Oct. 18th. I have an  Empyre  Cozeburn  250. Usually 8 to 10 cords a winter.

[Carm]

First year with CB E-1450.  Average about a face cord a week. Very poorly insulated old house with bad windows, also DHW with a sidearm.  Keeps everything about 70..... Except for uninsulated kitchen when below 20.