Firewood ?

Happy Gourmand · 07-16-2012, 07:38 AM

We heat our house the old fashioned way. There is a little thingy on the wall that controls a machine in the cellar that somehow keeps the house nice and toasty in the winter. There is a pipe that comes in the house from the street that feeds it when it is running. Seems to cost a lot less than the prices and amounts of wood that are needed to keep the house warm in the winter. And I don't have to worry about seasoning, unless I'm cooking something.
Seriously, we did the wood thing for several years, had a wood furnace in the basement tied in to the warm air duct work, even had a coil in it for hot water that used to blow once in a while because it made more hot water than we could use, even with 3 young kids.
In my old age, I find that the old fashioned way we do it now is certainly not just easier, but much cleaner and a lot less expensive.

07-16-2012, 07:38 AM	#17
Happy Gourmand Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ruskin FL Posts: 1,027 Thanks: 188 Thanked 322 Times in 179 Posts	Heat We heat our house the old fashioned way. There is a little thingy on the wall that controls a machine in the cellar that somehow keeps the house nice and toasty in the winter. There is a pipe that comes in the house from the street that feeds it when it is running. Seems to cost a lot less than the prices and amounts of wood that are needed to keep the house warm in the winter. And I don't have to worry about seasoning, unless I'm cooking something. Seriously, we did the wood thing for several years, had a wood furnace in the basement tied in to the warm air duct work, even had a coil in it for hot water that used to blow once in a while because it made more hot water than we could use, even with 3 young kids. In my old age, I find that the old fashioned way we do it now is certainly not just easier, but much cleaner and a lot less expensive.