wood heat ?
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farmermark
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I have an outdoor wood stove and am heating a huge(4000 sq ft.) farm house and part of my shop. I load it three times a day and go through an unbelievable amount of wood. Need to tear down house and build a smaller more effecient house. Best guess is a face chord every 5 days.
Your house must be really effcient.
I have a 3100 sq. ft. house and use about 5 full cords.
My house is a solar envenlope. If you are not familiar with what that is, basically its a house inside a house.
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lenny
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almost always under 4 cord and it is my primary heat, probably 90% wood and 10% propane forced air. 1350 sq ft 2 story box
So about 4.6875 Chords
Beats me I never was clear on cords just cut, split, stack & burn then do it all over again.lol Face cords, full cords 1/2 cords all greek to me. I do like sitting by the fireplace stove insert after a ride to dry the cold sweat off my back. Also like zoning staring at fire thru glass letting my mind wander.
This topic got me thinking about propane vs wood in terms of heat energy.
A cord of white oak is ~ 28m BTUs
A gallon of propane is ~91k BTUs
it takes ~ 300 gal of propane to equal the heat output of one cord of wood.
What are people paying for 300 gallons of propane vs 1 cord of wood?
A cord of white oak is ~ 28m BTUs
A gallon of propane is ~91k BTUs
it takes ~ 300 gal of propane to equal the heat output of one cord of wood.
What are people paying for 300 gallons of propane vs 1 cord of wood?
Wood can be for free just need to find it. Cord cost can vary depending if it is already cut, split, cured & stacked. Hard, soft or mixed. DNR does not want wood moved very far so a very local thing now.
Got this from Lenny many moons ago. Really neat site for wood burners.
http://www.thelograck.com/firewood_rating_chart.html
http://www.thelograck.com/firewood_rating_chart.html
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lenny
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I would pay $600 for 300 gallons and that would not heat my house for the winter, I would need about 500 gallons so roughly 1000 bucks. I pay 80 per cord so spend about $320 to heat for a winter.
A cord (a.k.a. full cord) is the amount of wood that, when "ranked and well stowed" (i.e., arranged in a manner so that pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), takes up a volume of 128 cubic feet. This corresponds to a woodpile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume.
A face cord of wood is commonly understood to be a stack of wood four feet high by eight feet long and as wide as the length of the individual firewood pieces. The size of the individual pieces is where it gets tricky, for example: If the average piece length is 16 inches, then the face cord is ⅓ of a full cord; if the average piece length is 12 inches, then the face cord is ¼ of a full cord.
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4500 sq feet heated area plus 80 gallons of hot water Nov 1 to April 10 - 8 cords for me. Propane backup used very little. I use primarily tamarac. Lots of heat and not much ash. This year I will be also heating my new shop which is 40 by 72 by 16 tall. It is super tight with good doors so I am hoping for the best.
snowdancer
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How much does a cord cost? Does it depend on the kind of wood you get?