New furnace - A Tale of Two Winters

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by August

Wood stove is the way i'd go, especially down there in Texas when you only need heat a few weeks a year. We keep one stoked in the basement and my oil furnace has hardly come on all winter. Also wood is, at it's most expensive, still half the cost of home heating oil. Usually you can get good burnable wood for free.

Yeah wood is good

We have an airtight in the basement, and burn about 2-3 cords a year. Mainly on weekends, some evenings and holidays ( it was on 24\7 over Christmas ).
Even at that it makes a difference. Oil is our main source. For now anyway.