New furnace - A Tale of Two Winters

[August]

Originally Posted by MothBalls

Once an hour? That's quite often unless you have an open fireplace.

In my cabin I'd toss a couple pieces of hardwood in the insert and they would last 5-6 hours (after already having a nice bed of coals). I went from burning 4 cords a season to a little more than 1. Mine also came with fans and ducts around it and it put out some serious heat. There were times when it got so hot at night I had to open a window.

@Neal, glad to hear you got this fixed. Might as well start stashing money for the air conditioner which will go out right before the next heatwave.

I actually don't have to throw wood into the stove every hour, I just like doing it . Properly stoked and loaded it will last through the night. It's a 70's vintage stove though so it's probably not as efficient as your modern insert.