ChoppyChoppy
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As far as OWB, I wish we had one for the shop. The big stove inside takes up a ton of space and makes a big mess. 90% of the dust is from the stove
Point given to the indoor woodstove guys
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Sawyer Rob
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There's NO way I'm going to use a wheel barrow to move wood to my wood fired furnace in my basement! We've been having some below zero weather and that would mean a LOT of COLD trips!! That's why they invented tractors! lol
I move my firewood a half cord at a time, I took this pict. a few hours ago,
It works out great for us...
SR
I move my firewood a half cord at a time, I took this pict. a few hours ago,
It works out great for us...
SR
That's about what I had on the last day I was hunting in WV:
Top:
T-Shirt
2 long sleeve sweet shirts
Insulated flannel shirt
cheap fish net orange hunting vest
Bottom:
flannel pajama's
2 pair sweat pants
Shoes:
Merrill hiking boots with one pair wool socks. Just a dusting of snow.
Ball cap with a bright yellow stocking cap pulled over my ears.
If there hadn't been a 20 MPH breeze blowing I would have been pretty comfortable. My cheeks, neck, and nose started getting cold, but I had been sitting in my tree stand for close to 4 hours. If I had been working I'd have taken the flannel insulated shirt off and been good to go. My wife got me the same flannel insulated shirt with a hoodie for Christmas, because I said my neck and cheeks got cold. I think I could hold my own in a bit colder weather if i got a face mask. Everything that was covered stayed pretty warm. Every thing open to the air got pretty darn cold. Oh, and that was just 20* out. I think they said wind chill had it close to 0*, Joe.
Top:
T-Shirt
2 long sleeve sweet shirts
Insulated flannel shirt
cheap fish net orange hunting vest
Bottom:
flannel pajama's
2 pair sweat pants
Shoes:
Merrill hiking boots with one pair wool socks. Just a dusting of snow.
Ball cap with a bright yellow stocking cap pulled over my ears.
If there hadn't been a 20 MPH breeze blowing I would have been pretty comfortable. My cheeks, neck, and nose started getting cold, but I had been sitting in my tree stand for close to 4 hours. If I had been working I'd have taken the flannel insulated shirt off and been good to go. My wife got me the same flannel insulated shirt with a hoodie for Christmas, because I said my neck and cheeks got cold. I think I could hold my own in a bit colder weather if i got a face mask. Everything that was covered stayed pretty warm. Every thing open to the air got pretty darn cold. Oh, and that was just 20* out. I think they said wind chill had it close to 0*, Joe.
You guys are just sissies, I worked out side today with just a tshirt and long sleeve sweatshirt and a pair of tennis shoes.
Wear a t shirt most of time .
Naked on the bottom half, huh....
I bet you wouldn't have pulled that off here 2 days ago with 10" of snow, air temp of -15 with a light breeze...
Wait... South of the M-D line..... I remember "winters" around around those parts....
Why can't you have both? An OWB and a backup wood stove with glass, so that you can see the fire? (boy, this site is really slacking off . . . )
Philbert
Well, I did have gloves on, but no socks.
Actually I do have what I consider to be the best of both worlds: the OWB for heating purposes and a big natural fireplace for the ambiance and feel of wood heat.
After we bought the house, but before I built the OWB, I considered installing a fireplace insert. I think I would have been disappointed in the ability to heat the house with it. And I do like the appearance of the fireplace for the style of the house so in the end I made the right choice for me.
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Bunch O frickin pansies.
Ever look a wind chill values when you are going in excess of 50mph such as on a snowmobile?
Funny thing is the wind chill values really don't go down once the wind factor is over 60mph.
Not that I would wear it for working in the woods, the new miracle tech layering systems of snowmobile gear is amazing at keeping one warm. The base layer, mid layer and outerwear work as a system extremely well.
Ever look a wind chill values when you are going in excess of 50mph such as on a snowmobile? Funny thing is the wind chill values really don't go down once the wind factor is over 60mph. Not that I would wear it for working in the woods, the new miracle tech layering systems of snowmobile gear is amazing at keeping one warm. The base layer, mid layer and outerwear work as a system extremely well.
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C5rulz is right about the sledding clothes being warm. I used to do a lot of sledding and always had good gear but stopped sledding and got out of the habit of wearing my good (expensive) snow gear. I always wear my Tough Ducks gear and have been real cold the last while. Been blaming it on getting older and that I,m always cold. My wife made me wear me sled gear this week and darn it I was a lot warmer even in the -17 we’ve been having. Just got it after 3hours of moving snow, moving wood, emptying ashes out of OWB and messing with the snow blower and was warm whole time. Guess she was right.
Anything below 50 is cold to me, anything below 32 and you couldn't burn me out of the house.
ChoppyChoppy
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Me too, but it was also almost 45*. Would have been t shirt weather if it hadn't been for the 30+ mph breeze.
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Freezing rain minus 15c or lower 12 or more inches of snow having to put on god knows what in the way of protective wear Carry on with the good work guys Ill open the hatch in the outer hall wall (inside )take oyut my logs & walk a few feet to reload the 14KW Poele a Bois (French for wood burner) If you want to Faff about outside every time the stove wants loading Carry on with the good work at my time of life I know Which position I want my wood burner to beYou can keep it, and your gloves. I'll load my indoor boiler in my skibbies.
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This is my set up and I love it!
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I'll keep my $100 woodstove going into year seven with it.
Got a 12 hour burn out of my Natures Comfort NCB250 OWB yesterday heating 1900 sq feet, single digit ambient temps with -15 to -20 wind chills. House stays 67 degrees pretty steady. System didn't break a sweat at -20 ambient on New Years. Had a party at the house and had to have windows open to keep it below 70.
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OK, so i concede that my fingers got COLD loading the OWB just now. Actually threw a few splits in at 5:30 and wasn't too bad, but filled it at 9:00 at -8° and had to come inside for a warm up. At that moment I was jealous of the woodstove owners.
So here I am, admitting that I'm contemplating the ultimate switch. Get ready for it...
It's time to get out the winter gloves! I love the rubber coated gloves I usually use if there is rain or wet snow, but they are not very thick. Snow at this temperature doesn't make for wet gloves very quickly so insulation is more important. Ain't NO way I'm giving up my OWB if you thought that's where I was going!
I ain't giving up my OWB either. I load morning and evenings, and around here it's been bouncing from -15 to around zero the last week or two, and now finally above zero during the day but still below zero at night for a few more days according to the forecast. But my fingers ain't cold - here's my glove story: was at deer camp in the yoop in November and stopped in at the local saw dealer for a muffler for the 51 and saw a brand of gloves that was new to me, Kinco brand, they had insulated and non insulated versions; I bought a pair of insulated ones upon recommendation of one of my hunting buddies as he's tried them before and really likes them for cold weather (to us, that's around zero or less). My main issue with gloves is they don't last long enough, and although it's only been a couple of months, I'm impressed so far. We'll see if they can make 6 months.
Johnny Yooper
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Same situation here: we built in 2000 and installed a Heritage soapstone stove in the living room the very first winter, but I also placed scrap PVC pipe chunks in the basement wall forms before the pour for future OWB lines. Four years later, and tired of paying for propane, I placed an OWB between the house and shop and now going on year 15 heating both buildings (we do run the OWB 24/7/365 for domestic hot water). Do I still use the stove in the living room? Hell yes. Simply put, I'm a junkie and addicted to burning wood like some people are to cocaine. Whenever it's around 10F or colder, we fire that Heritage up and the kids jostle for a place to sit on the hearth and soak up the heat; I like to walk in the house, look at the outdoor thermometer when there's a minus sign showing and then look at the flames through the glass door on the Heritage with three kids sitting there, and just smile. Do I feel sorry for the propane man? Nope; he's still in business, he just ain't getting mine.
Last time I looked, Alaska, Michigan and Minnesota were WAY farther north from where I live here in Southern Ontario.
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