I’m in Michigan. We get pretty cold. The minute we found out Biden has “been elected” my husband and I put in a wood burner.
We were lucky to get one without a catalytic converter that makes it hard to get and keep burning. My brother has 40 acres we cut wood on. We just started it up for the season.
Our heat (gas) and electric are in the same bill. Michigan is promising that our bills will be doubled this year due to the fascination with “green” energy. I don’t intend to let them freeze us out!
That sounds awesome. People here use pellet stoves a lot. I don't know where we could put one in this house though our furnace is a really efficient propane one our landlord put in when we moved in. Last winter we only had to fill propane twice and it was cold, hopefully with the new windows and siding they're putting on our house it will be a lot better.
I’m sure the new windows and siding will help. You probably know all this but…jic. A few ideas.
We put that shrink wrap plastic up on windows before we had the stove. We also closed the doors to rooms we don’t use during the day and closed the heat vents in the spare rooms. A programmable thermostat is great too. Before the wood stove we kept the thermostat at 69 in the evening and less during the hours when we worked or slept.
We are richly blessed, thank God! We have a small living room so we put our stove in the small area above the basement stairs. We have an open floor plan so that helps too. Wish I could send you some extra heat fren! I’d stay say to stay frosty but …😉
Yep did the plastic on the windows, and last year winter I had to get one of those quilted magnetic door covers for the back door. They had promised to do this five years ago but it wasn't an emergency, and our landlord like us are hard busy workers. This year though the storm door on the side fell apart and we asked them to fix it and boom lol nice upgrades. I believe eventually we will buy the house. Our landlady likes our family, and just wants me to have a good forever home lol. I work from home so the heat is always on we have dual fuel so I use the electric to keep it warmer upstairs where my room. A lot of time I am wearing a heavy jacket with a blanket and fuzzy slippers while I work. If we have to I will cover the windows again this year, are still working on the house getting the eaves done and doing the house wrap I'm sure siding will be finished this week and hopefully the inside casings on the windows this week.
Lol It's winter here for five or six months of the year I'm always frosty. Warm hugs and a hot cup of coffee to you and your family.
I’m in Michigan. We get pretty cold. The minute we found out Biden has “been elected” my husband and I put in a wood burner. We were lucky to get one without a catalytic converter that makes it hard to get and keep burning. My brother has 40 acres we cut wood on. We just started it up for the season. Our heat (gas) and electric are in the same bill. Michigan is promising that our bills will be doubled this year due to the fascination with “green” energy. I don’t intend to let them freeze us out!
That sounds awesome. People here use pellet stoves a lot. I don't know where we could put one in this house though our furnace is a really efficient propane one our landlord put in when we moved in. Last winter we only had to fill propane twice and it was cold, hopefully with the new windows and siding they're putting on our house it will be a lot better.
I’m sure the new windows and siding will help. You probably know all this but…jic. A few ideas.
We put that shrink wrap plastic up on windows before we had the stove. We also closed the doors to rooms we don’t use during the day and closed the heat vents in the spare rooms. A programmable thermostat is great too. Before the wood stove we kept the thermostat at 69 in the evening and less during the hours when we worked or slept.
We are richly blessed, thank God! We have a small living room so we put our stove in the small area above the basement stairs. We have an open floor plan so that helps too. Wish I could send you some extra heat fren! I’d stay say to stay frosty but …😉
Yep did the plastic on the windows, and last year winter I had to get one of those quilted magnetic door covers for the back door. They had promised to do this five years ago but it wasn't an emergency, and our landlord like us are hard busy workers. This year though the storm door on the side fell apart and we asked them to fix it and boom lol nice upgrades. I believe eventually we will buy the house. Our landlady likes our family, and just wants me to have a good forever home lol. I work from home so the heat is always on we have dual fuel so I use the electric to keep it warmer upstairs where my room. A lot of time I am wearing a heavy jacket with a blanket and fuzzy slippers while I work. If we have to I will cover the windows again this year, are still working on the house getting the eaves done and doing the house wrap I'm sure siding will be finished this week and hopefully the inside casings on the windows this week.
Lol It's winter here for five or six months of the year I'm always frosty. Warm hugs and a hot cup of coffee to you and your family.