An EPA certified wood stove uses 33% less wood to deliver the same heat output as a non EPA certified wood stove. I stated the inverse which is that a non epa...
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valgardforkbeard
valgardforkb...
Feb 28, 2006 3:31 pm
... noise. ... Usually means the bearings or bushings are shot. If it is like most small motors, it will be easier/cheaper to replace than repair. Check with...
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samiamrd
Feb 28, 2006 3:48 pm
I agree, At a max output of 73 K btu, which would be rare, you can deliver about 30 btu/foot. If you had 8 foot ceilings, it might work, but with vaulted...
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samiamrd
Feb 28, 2006 3:55 pm
I would agree that it is a big assumption but it is a good one. But, the flip side, is that a good operator of a non epa certified wood stove does not become...
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Greg Zukowski
gmzgmzgmz
Feb 28, 2006 4:05 pm
For a good wood splitter, you can beat the prices at www.harborfreight.com they have a splitte on sale now for $1099. has a 9 horse robin engine (I think...
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stevemeylink
Feb 28, 2006 4:33 pm
My father picked up a slightly used Timberwolf TW-5 (I beleive that is the model) Will pick up the log and hydro adj the 4 way splitting wedge (lower or...
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mbloydatwork
Feb 28, 2006 4:43 pm
Well this is my maiden voyage, I hope youall can see this. I've got a new house. It is 4200 sq. ft. with a big garage and I am considering a tarm or greenwood...
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gary
ggoetz111
Feb 28, 2006 5:10 pm
Monte; Why are you heating a 4200 foot house? A lot of kids? I guess I kinda think wood heating and a generally conservative lifestyle go together. I would...
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samiamrd
Feb 28, 2006 5:40 pm
I am not a fan of boilers due to the max 80% efficiency on NG or oil systems, however, since you have a system in place that is Forced hot air "electric";, a...
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monte bloyd
mbloydatwork
Feb 28, 2006 5:44 pm
Hey Gary. Well I tell ya. I'm heating this big rascal because it's too cold not to. Hopefully we will retire and be there full time but the boss wanted a big...
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Stan
chef_stan
Feb 28, 2006 5:51 pm
From what others have commented on here before about the foot operated splitters they are not worth it. You would be better off spending that money on a...
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Bob Carpenter
racyy
Feb 28, 2006 6:04 pm
A real long time to heat up could mean an undersized system. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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monte bloyd
mbloydatwork
Feb 28, 2006 6:54 pm
Hello Sam I'm not sure what they have figured for the heat load, but it is slow to heat. Tarm makes a boiler that is 198k btu and Greenwood has one at 300k....
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Jim Post
olpotosi
Feb 28, 2006 7:42 pm
Sam- I think there are boilers available that will run into the mid 90s on efficiency...I almost bought a Monitor wall hung condensing boiler before I decided...
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John Gulland
mrwoodheat
Feb 28, 2006 7:59 pm
... Sometimes we talk in short hand. Conventional stoves, and by that I mean anything that is not EPA certified, run between 35% net efficiency for an old cast...
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gary
ggoetz111
Feb 28, 2006 8:56 pm
nickel a K? you must be on an REA I wish I was near that, we are at 11 cents here in Wisconsin. I haven't heard anything on this group but have always been a...
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monte bloyd
mbloydatwork
Feb 28, 2006 9:36 pm
trains are moving wyoming in here pretty steady to fire the electricity. I'm looking at using the wood furnace as the primary and the existing electric as a...
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agoldink
Feb 28, 2006 10:48 pm
I'm not going to sit around and baby sit a stove. Like I said, only had one epa and it didn't work right until I removed the cat. Rock ... inverse ... than ......
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Harold Everett
hbeverett
Mar 1, 2006 1:07 am
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Keith McHugh
mchug06
Mar 1, 2006 1:19 am
Chad, Yeah - I just got a Quadrafire EPA certified 5700 Step Top Stove - with the glass front - you get to see the flames dance around the fire chamber - it is...
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Keith McHugh
mchug06
Mar 1, 2006 1:30 am
Steve, I agree with you on the burn times - my Quadrafire is suppose to burn for 12 hours - the max I can get is about 5 hours. If I overstuff the firebox...
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Keith McHugh
mchug06
Mar 1, 2006 1:41 am
Kathy, I use a 20 HP homemade horizontal wood splitter. I just upgraded it this year to new engine, hoses, etc. What I have found with large diameter wood -...
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Keith McHugh
mchug06
Mar 1, 2006 2:00 am
Gary, I use a homemade splitter was built from the parts of a old paver. It had a very old 14 HP K330 Kohler engine, hydrualic pump from a paver. The guy who...
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Keith McHugh
mchug06
Mar 1, 2006 2:00 am
sounds like the fan bearings....
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Dennis
blackmongoos...
Mar 1, 2006 3:11 am
Well said. And you've done homework I didn't do. Do bear in mind that those fast growing BTUs per acre are harder on us humans to harvest and use. Bulk...
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Dennis
blackmongoos...
Mar 1, 2006 3:33 am
Great improvement and I suppose we could go on and on. So I will. I ran out of wood in January a few years back. Brutal cold! Grabbed the Jonsered and the...
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gary
ggoetz111
Mar 1, 2006 3:41 am
from wikopedia because I had no idea what coppicing was, thought it sounded dirty though! Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management ...
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eringer2000_53188
eringer2000_...
Mar 1, 2006 3:50 am
Here is the e-mail I received today re harvesting in the Kettle Moraine Forest, south unit: Hi Steve, We sell two types of firewood permits for collecting wood...
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eringer2000_53188
eringer2000_...
Mar 1, 2006 4:09 am
Thanks for the reply John. I checked my owners manual & they claim only an 8 hour burn in there! Sounds more reasonable to me. I guess Im going to just be...
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eringer2000_53188
eringer2000_...
Mar 1, 2006 4:16 am
Affirmitive on the big windows. Lots of them on the west side of the house & we only got double paned because $ were becoming tight during the design process....
