Home heating & cooking.

[Admin]

What's your heat and cooking source? Gas, electric? wood? what?
I heat pretty much entirely with wood. I have an endless supply on my acreage and I'm too cheeap to use an alternative method. We have a propane heater but it is unplugged. Some gas heat in the shed but the house is wood heat and for the last 2 months its been 100% woodfired food here too. Someday I may disonnect from the power company all together.

[trapperandhunter]

well since i live in an apartment, its all electric from heat to cooking, i love cooking over a woodstove and the food just seems better off one, and if i could i would have a woodstove !

[cowdawg]

In my home:

I have an Oil Furnace with hot water baseboard throughout for my heat. 4 Zones.
And an electric stove for cooking.



In da Cabin:

Total Electric heat with electric stove for cooking.
In the Fall I had installed a Propane Gas Fireplace for s**ts and giggles. Lasted only through Bear and Deer Season. I pulled it out and sold it.. Used too much Propane for my liking. Didn't want another big utility bill for Propane Gas.
I have since went out and purchased a small pot belly woodburner which I will install as soon as the weather breaks down here.
Got plenty of scrap wood lying around on my property.

[Nutso]

Apartment living....... Oil heat/hot water. Electric Stove for cooking. Fireplace for atmosphere......

[watershedman25]

Outside wood furnace (water heater), elec. stove. All elec. in the cabin (retirement).

[Canadian trapper]

I heat the house and garage with gas. I have a wood stove in the ice hut and it's a nice heat. If it wasn't so much hassle I would heat my hosue with wood.
The Canadian Trapper

[TRAPnHUNT]

Gas heat & gas stove here. I also have a wood burning stove in my basement thats always going during the cold months to cut down on the gas bill

[maritimer]

Oil furnace/forced air and electric stove. When we buy a house, I'd like to have a wood cook stove in the kitchen ;D

[brian81]

I've got an oil furnace and a gas stove......don't think my wife could cook on a wood stove anyway...

[patricimo54]

My primary source of heat since 89 has been a sheet metal wood heater that I bought new for around $90 dollars.



The longevity of this unit is attributed to the fact that I lined it with a 3/4" firebrick material that I scrounged from the brick plant that I work at.
Double layer on the bottom, single thickness side and top. I created a lapped baffling system on the top so that no flame has direct contact with the metal and yet it vents well.



I am sure it is hard to tell about the masonry lining, but it is all dry set.

This thing is so simple and basic that I had to add a damper in the flue.



There is a little dust and clutter that goes along with any "primitive" form of heating and cooking, but I'll take the freedom that goes with it any day over the reliance and control that goes along with a "clean burn"

We are all just one"flip of the switch" away from utter chaos. Have you watch the evening news lately?

Having a means to burn basic fuels in your home is a major step towards stability and security for your family.

I work with a fellow supervisor who was born and raised in Mexico.

He has told me one of the chores he had as a child was to help fill the shed with dry cow pods so that they could cook and heat in the home.

Knowledge is wealth and security

[Admin]

That's a nice lil stove Pat.
Myself, I'm not a fan of firebrick. If I have a stove with it, I yank it out except for the bottom. From my experience, the stoves with lots of firebrick don't throw much heat or just take too long to radiate it.
I love sheet metal/barrel type stoves because they throw heat the second your fire is started.

I had a gorgeous stove once. Glass front, great ambiance and all that, but the dang thing wouldn't throw heat. You could have that going all day and still was able to quickly tap the top without leaving your skin there. My friend had a stove with sheet metal sides and cast iron top and bottom that he said threw too much heat for the room it was in. I traded him my heavy firebrick bohemouth for it. I told him it didn't throw any heat, but he said it would be perfect for that room. 2 months later I saw the stove out in the snowbank.

[mike692]

I have a nice coal furnace and I burn coal during the coldest part of winter. I have baseboard hot water/cast radiators in the basement and garage. 4 zones. I also have oil backup which is nice if we are away in the winter. And I have a wood cookstove for emergencies.

I love coal heat, but hate the mess. It turns everything outside black. The dogs feet are black by spring.

[Josh]

I'm using a wood pellet stove to heat the house and I have a propane fireplace for the really cold nights. I do all my cooking on a gas stove.

[jacktheknife]

Gentlemen,

I just got out of bed and fired up the old box type wood stove in my den before coming in here and cranking up the computer.
I don't cook on it but do heat the house with it. The central never comes on as long as the fire is going. I hear the central come on in the middle of the night when the fire goes out, and I just roll over and go back to sleep.

Cedar is the main fuel for the stove.
I burn cedar all day and hard wood when I go to bed or am going outside or to the store. I live on 25 acres and 15 of it is wooded so fire wood is easy to come by. Cedar is easy to cut and I have a lot of it so I burn cedar mostly. Cooking is with propane as I hate electric stoves. Slow to heat up and slow to cool down electric stoves are.

Thank you


Jack the Knife