It's cold outside, stove is on

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I'm sitting here in my shorts while the wood stove is doing it's thing. This is the only thing about winter I like is the nice warm fire in the room. The smoke smell is refreshing as when I was a kid the fireplace was always making flames.

I guess some won't know what I'm talking about...:p
 
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The only prob I forsee is that your hair and clothes will smell like smoke!
Burn something nice and aromatic! tee hee hee.
On another note.........I remember my Aunt's home in the country many decades ago..it was a welcome smell. Many just don't have any idea. You really shouldn't be in your shorts though. That smoke will permeate EVERYTHING! :)
 
I have a lot of memories of the fire place in the winter from growing up in the hills of Tenn. Snow is in the forecast for North AL tonight but I don't think it will amount to much. I spent one winter in Conn and that was enough for me when it gets cold there it stays cold till spring.

Deckard
 
I can relate 100%. Just came in from hunting to get a hot bowl of Chili. The pellet stove is doing its thing and the house is nice and cozy, the snow is falling outside and the ground is white. I don't really like winter but it is pretty today. Well, better go back out or the warmth will bring on a nap and I can't kill a deer on the Lazy Boy.
 
Stove is on....

I think it's much better to get Donna to bake one of her great Apple Pies! It warms the house, and provides some great aromas, too! She makes different kinds, but our favorite is Apple. I always tell her...."If your going to bake a pie.......it might as well be Apple."

The best part is eating warm Apple pie, with Cool Whip, later on tonight.

I had a woodstove in the cellar, for the first 6-7 years. It's alot of work!!! Anyway, I sold it, then installed a propane gas stove, to replace it. No problems, and it heats half of the house, too. We just don't have problems with...... getting the wood, stacking the wood, bringing it indoors to burn, keeping the darned fire going, having it too hot and dry inside, dealing with dry skin and scarecrow hair, and cleanning up the ashes, and black soot on the walls and ceiling. We had to repaint several walls every couple years, too.

Guess maybe I'm gettin' too old to appreciate all the BS. We do have a fireplace that gets used a couple times a year. Had a great fire on Thanksgiving, for my Ma (90) to enjoy. She really loved it!!!! So...it makes me happy, too. Bob
 
I had a woodstove in the cellar, Bob

I have a wood stove insert, the back wall of the fireplace was getting loose, so I fixed it with a insert.

I don't buy the wood, it's off my own land. If a tree needs triming or removing I use it for the winter time. I have about a cord or more so I figure I will burn some of it to trick the oil man....
When I was a kid, that same fireplace ran 24-7 all winter long. I don't have the time to run it like I use to, but watching the fire is relaxing for me.
 
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Wish't I had a wood stove. They're forecasting an inch or two of snow tomorrow night and 6-8" on Tuesday/Wednesday. I think flying is done 'til spring.
 
I've got one of those fake fireplaces if that counts. We grew up with a wood stove in our living room for heat and it really did its job. My son has asma and we can't have one so I'll stick with central heat/air. I don't miss cutting the wood anyway. We always waited until it was winter to cut wood and it was really cold.
 
I have a wood stove in my basement and it is great when it gets cold. This photo is from last winter, it is 25F tonight so we will wait for the cold weather to fire it up.

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I worked with a guy that bragged about how cheap it was to heat his home with wood. And every week he complained about taking his kids to the doctor for respiratory problems. go figure.

Saying that I loaded up the fireplace 2 days ago for the first 40 degree day we get. Emory oak from the north side wash.
 
Haven't paid for a cord of wood in years. Most of my wood comes from cleaning up log landings from jobs I supervise.

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With the new windows, this stove is all the heat we need. I start it when I get home and it runs through most of the night. I don't get up in the night to fill it though, just let the propane furnace kick on. Last year we burned only about 600 gallons of propane, thanks to this stove.
 
500 Magnum, If I built a bigger tree stand for the lazy boy I would probably find a way to take a nap there!!

We are on our second year heating with a St. Croix pellet stove. I didn't grow up with a wood stove and never had one, but we love the pellet stove. It heats the entire house, Ranch style 1700 sq. ft. Last year we burnt 3 tons of pellets and plan on that again this year. Both years pellets cost us $750. I don't think thats to bad, plus the stove is nice to watch burn. Something about seeing the flames dance just makes me feel warm.
 
Damn Yankee 500 Magnum Nut didn't answer you but I live in the next town up the hill and we didn't get much only about one inch of snow but today did turn windy and cold
 
Sorry, I got off on another thread and forgot you guys on this one...

Well for sure it's snowing right now. I just drove thru 4 inches and it seems like this will be a nasty storm, this time.
Saturdays storm was a joke, they predicted 6 inches and the driveway never got coated...
 

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