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Can you feel the HEAT?

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  • George KG George K

    How much did you get?

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    @George-K here wood is sold by cubic meter. One cubic meter is about a fourth of a cord. So I guess it comes out to about a cord.

    Where the hell does the measurement of a cord come from. Goddamn imperial measurements when the world is metric.

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      The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada.

      A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m3). This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 feet (122 cm) high, 8 feet (244 cm) wide, and 4 feet (122 cm) deep; or any other arrangement of linear measurements that yields the same volume.

      The name cord probably comes from the use of a cord or string to measure it.

      The cord-foot was a US unit of volume for stacked firewood, four feet long, four feet wide and one foot high - equal to one eighth of a cord.[3] Symbol for the unit was cd-ft.

      In Canada, the cord is legally defined by Measurement Canada. The cord is one of three legal standards for the sale of firewood in Canada (stacked cubic metre, cubic foot, and cord). However the stacked cubic metre is now the preferred unit of measurement.[5]

      In the United States, the cord is defined by statute in most states. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, section 2.4.1.2,[6] defines a cord and provides uniform regulations for the sale of fireplace and stove wood. In the metric system, wood is usually measured in steres and cubic metres: 1 stere = 1 m3 ≈ 0.276 cords.

      When we had the house, we had a fireplace that recirculated air around the firebox, and used outside air for combustion. It would heat the entire downstairs and we went through about a cord per season.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

        alt text

        I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

          alt text

          I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

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          @Jolly said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

          It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

          alt text

          I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

          What’s a rick?

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            https://simplystovesuk.com/product/dovre-640wd-wood-burning-stove/

            This is ours, Dovre 640.

            How do u stack your wood and do you season for a year?

            I get preseasoned dry wood. I’m terrible at stacking, my pile is in a haphazard pile, but it’s under a shelter so no rain gets to it, and we have dry hard wood all winter.

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              Central heat, preferably gas, is necessary here. We converted the family room fireplace to gas and the one up in the master is woodburning although we don't really use it.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                @Jolly said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

                It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

                alt text

                I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

                What’s a rick?

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                @bachophile said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

                @Jolly said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

                It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

                alt text

                I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

                What’s a rick?

                A rick is half of a cord, but it's almost never done that way. It's actually measured by face dimensions. A rick is four feet high by eight feet long. In my case a rick of wood for my stove would be four foot high x eight feet long x 16" deep.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @bachophile said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

                  @Jolly said in Can you feel the HEAT?:

                  It's warm enough down here, I don't have to have a lot of heat. I turn the central heat off in the winter and use my woodstove, one similar to this:

                  alt text

                  I burn about two ricks of stovewood a year, mostly pin oak or pecan.

                  What’s a rick?

                  A rick is half of a cord, but it's almost never done that way. It's actually measured by face dimensions. A rick is four feet high by eight feet long. In my case a rick of wood for my stove would be four foot high x eight feet long x 16" deep.

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                  @Jolly we called it a "face cord" here: Four feet tall, eight feet long, and one log deep.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    So u burn a cord a year. That’s about what I do, my wood burning season is approximately end of November to March or beginning of April. Usually my first burn is thanksgiving dinner.

                    We have the stove on everyday more or less from 4 or 5 in the aft until bedtime.

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                      When we were diligent about stoking the fireplace, yeah, that's about what we went through. Granted, this was an older model, I think we installed it in 1986-87. It was rated at 80K BTU and heated the entire downstairs (about 1800 square feet) of a poorly insulated house with 1921-vintage windows.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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