lottabigbluewater OP t1_j6ijnpu wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Reply to comment by headgasketidiot in who recently got a heating oil bill? by lottabigbluewater

Actually I hadn't considered that! My stove is from the 80s and burns out in 4-5 hours if I don't tend to it, for example if I'm at work. If I want it to heat the house up well I have to fill it every hour it seems. Great comment, I'll look into this.

headgasketidiot t1_j6il1r9 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:23 PM

I meant what I said without exaggerating - my wood stove changed my life. Before my T6, I had a VC Vigilant from the 80s, and it was a lot worse. I went through 4 cords in the winter, and I still relied heavily on the backup hydronic system. With a fresh load, the T6 puts out enough BTU to heat the entire house for at least 6 hours on all but the coldest days, and there are still coals 24+ hours after loading it. It's currently 11:20, and there are still flames from when I loaded it this morning around 7; the upstairs room farthest from the stove, which is downstairs in the living room, is a comfortable 67 degrees.

If you have questions, check out /r/woodstoving. One of the mods there, /u/deepwoodsdanger, is a Vermonter, and it's worth subbing just to see the gorgeous stoves they restore.

sneakpeekbot t1_j6il33e wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:23 PM

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#1: Something a bit different - our Rayburn wood cooker. This little beast is our oven, as well as heating the hot water and running the radiators in our off -grid house. | 49 comments
#2: Not as impressive as so many I see here but as a Plan B to combat winter gas shortages in Europe, I'm happy with my little project. | 48 comments
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DeepWoodsDanger t1_j6j7kyi wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:44 PM

Good bot! But we have lottttts of cool posts all about everything and anything wood stoves!

DeepWoodsDanger t1_j6j7gl0 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Yea I do some cool things, thanks for the shoutout! My sub is the best sub on Reddit! 😎😊

goldenlight18 t1_j6j1iw3 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 6:06 PM

Highly recommend the Hearthstone Green Mountain Series! We have a 60 and it heats our 1500sf home pretty well. (plus its a Morrisville based company!)

The catalyst makes the logs last longer & get more heat out of the wood. There is currently a federal 22% tax credit for installing an efficient woodstove which helps cut down on the upfront cost & VT Efficiency has a $400 rebate for replacing an old stove with an energy efficient one.

Do you belong to one of the Credit Unions around? VSECU has VHeat where you lock in how many gallons of oil you'll buy over the winter & it locks your price per gallon- which is lower than the market rate.

Would also recommend looking at what your insulation situation is like- VT Efficiency has some work on that as well.

For example- we were getting oil fill ups once a month last year (eek!), saw the way the oil prices were going and decided to bite the bullet and get a woodstove. We've only needed one oil fill up so far since last May & still have a 1/4 of a tank. The caveat is that we both work from home. But we do our last load of wood around 10 pm and oil kicks on around 5 am- which is almost a full work day. Plenty of hot coals left to restart the fire around 7 am.