Greetings! I wanted to gather further comments on what others are observing regarding their weather and their garden or farm harvests. Recent news reports...
Last year, I gathered 11% more than I thought that I would need. Due to the mild winter(Jan, 20 days>50F), I ended up using 11% less than projected. Given...
A house we are looking to buy has a Dovre Model 400 already in place & comes w/ the house. From what I've heard, it is the same as a Quadra-Fire Model 400 ...
I am pretty sure fall is nearly here and winter will follow. I have about 1.5 to 2 winters worth of oak cut, stacked and dry. Will start fall cutting soon as...
hello it has been awhile since i posted. i am looking at the whole house wood furnaces and dual fuel furnaces. have info on yukon - some are high prices -need...
Hello All: I'm looking for suggestions on a problem experienced by a great deal of the wood burning population I would think. I recently bought a ranch house...
hi. any suggestions as to a low cost, not ugly heat shield for my wall behind my jotul. i've put tile on the floor where the stove is sitting, but i need a...
How about a sheet with a bend of stainless steel just above the bricks for
air flow and off the wall by 2 inches or so! ... From: katework1 Date: 09/02/06...
... Regarding moving heat, see: http://www.woodheat.org/planning/heatdist.htm Cathedral ceilings are favored by a lot of people because they are dramatic, but...
How about running a duct with the intake from the top of the "hot room" below the living level to the back rooms.........run it by thermostat
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A piece of sheet metal, mounted about three inches above the tile pad, could be painted just about any color, with a high temperature stove paint. Rutland,...
I like ceiling fans. They tend to move heat much more efficiently than a floor fan, because they do exactly as you say. They move the hottest air in the room...
If your duct work is in the attic you could just install a return air in the vertical section of the cathedral ceiling where the ceiling drops down to eighth...
Along the same vein as the last poster a fairly easy way to improve the hot cold balance is to see where your cold air return in the livingroom is located....
There are two things that will help reduce minimum wall / combustible materials clearances. Install approved non-combustible protection on the wall.The wall...
I hope to get this baby installed this or next month: http://www.selfclimat.com/Morvan/afx2/afx2.php It has inversed flame, by natural draft, no fan. It has a...
Ok, to follow up and supplement this conversation, it was mid-AUGUST (about Aug 10) in Springfield, MA and I saw a "V" formation of about 15 to 18 Canadian...
What was left of tropical storm Ernesto came through here, and brought much colder weather. Cold enough that we had our first meal on the wood cook stove of...
We already have seen Geese migrating on the Delmarva Peninsula, just about the second or third week of August, I guess I'm going to have to go check the Woolly...
You should get in touch with Al Gore so you can discuss your findings with him. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
In 1886, the coldest winter (The Great White Winter) on record occurred in the mid west. In December of that year, in South Dakota, the temperature barely got...
OK, I'll bite. Something bigger like what? ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
thanks for all who responded...one, no two questions...my son came by this morning and said that my electrical outlets (light switch and plug outlets or...
I have an existing gas boiler that I would like to add on my New Horizon (Eko-40) wood boiler to with a storage tank. My storage tank will be constructed...
I think the electrical code will probably stipulate that you can't cover an outlet with anything. They must remain accessible. Where I live and work even a...
and would i have to allow an air space or just screw it up? opinion? The air space is what makes the system work. Without that you are not meeting national...
As far as the outlets go, you can remove them (turn off the power first!) put small wire nuts on the ends of the wires to insulate them, stuff them into the...
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