Hi, we heated with a Mama Bear by Fisher wood stove for about 16 years before adding a propane heating system to our home.
We can fill it with 24" oak or hickory logs at 10 at night, get it going good, shut it down to a safe slow burn, go to bed and the next morning watchfully open it a bit to bring the house temperature backup,
and not refill it again until 10 that morning.
On a really cold day, we might have to add wood 5 times to burn it hot. A floor fan situated to blow across it and toward the hallway keeps the heat dispersed.
There is nothing quite like the heat from the wood stove; it is cozy and gives a different soft ambience to the home. When power goes off we cook on both of the flat top surfaces.
On a snowy day, I'll cook chile or potato soup on the stove and when you enter the house from the icy chill of winter, the inside of the house is so warm and inviting and smells SOOOOoooo good!
A wood stove is a security blanket for me. If money is tight, it eases that propane bill and also allows us to stay warm and cook.
carmen s.
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On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Dale S wrote:
Gardens were a failure this year, but Momma did manage to put up 90 quarts of delicious Michigan peaches. We do not miss heating totally with wood and coming home to a cold house in the dead of winter, but we could do so again if we needed to.
Dale in the Flat Lands
Classic Girl wrote:Ah yea, the days of growing, canning, being self-sufficient.
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