Thunderwagon5000 wrote:I have electric baseboard heat which is nice until an ice storm knocks the power out.Wish I had a backup wood heater but once you install it one needs to burn a tremendous amountof wood to even come close to an offset of the increased fire insurance premiums. Still thinkin about it.
I have electric baseboard heat which is nice until an ice storm knocks the power out.
Wish I had a backup wood heater but once you install it one needs to burn a tremendous amount
of wood to even come close to an offset of the increased fire insurance premiums. Still thinkin about it.
Go to Lowes. Get a propane gas fireplace and have it installed to code. don't need chimney, all heat stays inside.
Insurance goes up minimumly. fireplace heats whole place in power outage plus it is a chic magnet when its cool or cool and damp outside.
You might be on the look-out for a new dwelling within your community that has
a wood stove in it. Consider it a "lateral move". That being said most railroaders
arent home enough to be "tending a fire". Sometimes coming home from
16-17 hours at work you only got time for it to be warm when you walk
in your door. But when the power is off for days at a time, you can still
keep warm. I've cooked on my woodstove on many occasions. You
can get water boiling on it. I wont want to do this everyday but I know
I can do it if the power is off for days to weeks is cook food on my
woodstove. Better do it early in the day or you will be doing it
by flashlight.
Go to Lowes. Get a propane gas fireplace and have it installed to code. don't need chimney, all heat stays inside.
Insurance goes up minimumly. fireplace heats whole place in power outage plus it is a chic magnet when its cool or cool and damp outside.
You might be on the look-out for a new dwelling within your community that has
a wood stove in it. Consider it a "lateral move". That being said most railroaders
arent home enough to be "tending a fire". Sometimes coming home from
16-17 hours at work you only got time for it to be warm when you walk
in your door. But when the power is off for days at a time, you can still
keep warm. I've cooked on my woodstove on many occasions. You
can get water boiling on it. I wont want to do this everyday but I know
I can do it if the power is off for days to weeks is cook food on my
woodstove. Better do it early in the day or you will be doing it
by flashlight.