How do you heat your home ?

[Mamamo]

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Wish I'd seen that earlier, Hwy 17 from Wpg was brutal.

[katzdvd]

We have heated with firewood for 30+ years. Currently use a Traditions "Earth" catalytic stove, which heats 155 sq. ft. comfortably.
In the next year or so, would like to install an outdoor wood furnace. They are really popular around my area. I've even seen a couple that guys have built out of old oil tanks! For wood splitting, I use a 35 ton log splitter for the heavy, gnarly stuff, & for the smaller wood, a "Chopper I".

This is a very unique axe/sledge combo, weighs about 6 lbs. The neat thing about this tool is that it features 2 small spring loaded "mini" wedges in the head that assist in "spreading" the piece of wood after you make the cutting blow. It works like a charm, much less work involved than with traditional wedges! <BR>
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<BR>I purchase 1 tank of heating oil for the season, to get thru the "in between" days when the temps are in the 50's or so.

[Chewy]

woods splits easier on a cold january morning when your feet rise slightly off the ground with each primal scream.

wookie method, no hydraulics required

locust must have the highest btu's per cord

[Gary D]

I love the chopper too but nothing beats splitting wood by hand when it is 20 => 30 below and the wood is frozen. There is almost no effort as the wood just shatters into split pieces. When my parents had their cottage, we would split 25 cords in the winter over a couple of weekends. We would pile it in the winter and let it dry all summer long for the next winters use.

[BR7]

I made my splitter I will post a picture of it tomorrow

[photo_angel2004]

In Orlando, we didn't have to heat, we had to turn the AC on so we could use the fireplace for Xmas! But in the summer the electric bill was about $450p/mo. We had 3600 sq ft with 2 AC handlers and an electric pool heater.

Here in LA, we have a gas heater. And I am freezing my butt off in southern California!

Come to WI for the winter

We have Gas heat too and its always hot in this place. I live on the second floor and the guy that lives downstairs here blasts his heat.

[BR7]

As promised here is a picture of the wood splitter LINK

[Kabuchan]

Come to WI for the winter

I know its sounds funny, but I lived 6 yrs in New Orleans, 3 in San Diego, 7 in Florida. So I am acclimated to the Sun Belt. Anything below 80F and I am wearing jeans and long sleeves!

[NightTran]

I know its sounds funny, but I lived 6 yrs in New Orleans, 3 in San Diego, 7 in Florida. So I am acclimated to the Sun Belt. Anything below 80F and I am wearing jeans and long sleeves!

not really I always wear jacket in the summer, pp look at me like I am a nut all the time but I can sleep at 100-120 all the time with the AC off. I lived 7 years in MN and when the winter come and I look like a snow man with few sweaters and big jacket

[photo_angel2004]

I know its sounds funny, but I lived 6 yrs in New Orleans, 3 in San Diego, 7 in Florida. So I am acclimated to the Sun Belt. Anything below 80F and I am wearing jeans and long sleeves!

LOL over 75 and I am running the air to cool down.

60 or more ... shorts and t- shirts

It is weird here though after summer 60 feels cold. But after the winter 60 is like a heat wave. Wierd how that works.

[vw56german]

LOL over 75 and I am running the air to cool down.

60 or more ... shorts and t- shirts

It is weird here though after summer 60 feels cold. But after the winter 60 is like a heat wave. Wierd how that works.

I'm with you PA, here in MN it is the same, short sleeve shirts for me year round. I am getting aclimated quick this season. It was 21F this morning and I had a t-shjirt on and through over a flannel shirt as a jacket. I will admit when it comes to ice fishing season I do put on the Ice-Armour for warmth. I cant wait for some good early ice!!

[RFBurns]

Though our winters here in west Texas are quite mild, at times those northern wind chills do drop the temperatures considerably. Folks out here are used to 100+ degree summers and 90 degree fall/spring temperatures.

When Mr. Frosty comes to visit, the fireplaces get fired up and loaded with mesquite wood, which mesquite grows wild out here. A very good wood to use not only in the grill, but in the fireplace too because it burns hot and burns long. Plus its free for the taking and the counties here love it when folks go out to the outlying areas and pick up the scattered mesquite that usually would end up in the roads causing hazards.

But for those who dont have fireplaces, natural gas or propane is the prefered choice for heating.

[uufta]

I'm with you PA, here in MN it is the same, short sleeve shirts for me year round. I am getting aclimated quick this season. It was 21F this morning and I had a t-shjirt on and through over a flannel shirt as a jacket. I will admit when it comes to ice fishing season I do put on the Ice-Armour for warmth. I cant wait for some good early ice!!

AAHHH! Lake Mille Lacs here we come