cuttin' wood

[Mobuck]

'The only wood we burn is in the shop.'
I'd like to have an 'outside' wood burner for the new shop building. Keeps mess and sparks away from stuff inside that might burn. Yeah, I'm still a bit touchy about flames, fire, and combustibles/accelerants. The heater doesn't need to make the interior 'toasty warm' most of the time--just temper the really cold days. On my place, wood costs only what fuel it takes to cut and haul 1/2 mile so basically free.

 

[blume357]

Depending on the shop, a woodstove is really not a good idea in one.... even though I would probably do it. Any open flame in what I would consider a shop is a bad idea when there is the potential for flammable vapors. Then again when you start talking about wood stoves it is much like guns .. the average person does not have a clue as to how dangerous they can be or how to operate one properly. I spent the first 20 years of my chimney sweep career telling folks their stoves were installed wrong and they were operating them wrong.

 

[stonebuster]

I'm 74yrs old and burned wood to heat most of my adult life. For the past 30+ years in our house we've burned wood for heat and never bought any. EVER. We've got electric heat and rarely turn it on. We go through 5-6 cords at least/yearly. 95% hand split by me but do have a splitter for gnarly wood I haven't used in 2 years. We've saved over 100K+ during that time.The past two mornings has been below zero but 70 degrees inside.

 

[stonebuster]

Depending on the shop, a woodstove is really not a good idea in one.... even though I would probably do it. Any open flame in what I would consider a shop is a bad idea when there is the potential for flammable vapors. Then again when you start talking about wood stoves it is much like guns .. the average person does not have a clue as to how dangerous they can be or how to operate one properly. I spent the first 20 years of my chimney sweep career telling folks their stoves were installed wrong and they were operating them wrong.

That's one reason we hear so many fire sirens/trucks around here this time of year. Got to keep that flue clean & not overfire your stove too.