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 Topic: weather - all badPosted: February 17 2025 at 9:52pm |
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seems everywhere we are seeing this bad weather , im going to add mine -
we will be at -20 f in the morning , the wind chills well below that , its expected to carry over for a couple days , slow warm up till the weekend then we might see the 40s - thats abnormal , and it wont lat more than a day or so . its winter here , long as the heat stays on we will survive , im not saying that we are in a fix like some areas of the country right now , im not we are not but this kind of cold is more than most experience , the heat is required and the electricity is as well , both are stable so far ,
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 4:01am |
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One of the advantages of having an old house, is that it will have a chimney or two. I have a couple of wood burning stove's in our house. It does have electric radiators in all the rooms, but the electric is expensive now. The chimneys also transfer heat into the wall in the main bedroom.
It's always good to have two options for heating, one that requires no electricity is essential for times when there may be supply issues.
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hoadie
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 4:26am |
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Insurance companies HATE (or maybe love?) woddburners here! They rate your insurance policies much higher & you better keep accurate records of chimney / stove maintaiance, o/w your policy will be cancelled when you need to file a claim.
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 5:14am |
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I`ve been heating our home for 37yrs with wood. Its a little more work than electric, gas or oil but its a darn site cheaper. I mean like $900-$1200/yr as opposed to $500-$900/ month.(prices for fuel wood is sky rocketing lately though) The first yr we had our house we heated with electric, winter of `92 and our electric bill averaged over $600/month, that was nearly all our disposable income at the time, and it was tough with two babies! We couldn`t have our house now if not for the ancient heating technology.  I think it was $700 for this yrs wood, we had 5 face cords left over from last yr because of the tropical winter we had. This yr will be close, probably non left over, might even have to get a bit more in. This is the first REAL winter we`ve had here since 2015-16 *Our insurance is marginally more with wood heat than if without. Us rural folk have it easy that way* Mind you insurance is a huge scam anyway. If my house burns down, parish the thought, I`m sure they`d figure a way or try very hard to disqualify our claim. Its a game of take with very little give. |
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 10:46am |
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as hoadie noted , i removed my wood burning fireplace and got a reduction in my rates , i dont miss the mess but i do miss the ambiance
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 11:18am |
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I love being able to have as much or as little heat as I want with out worrying about the bill. Our House was build in 1887 and tends to be a bit drafty at times, the air`s always fresh inside ...lol, love it. But ya, it can be a bit messy at times.
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hoadie
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 1:35pm |
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We have a woodstove for heat & ambience @ the cabin. In summer theres the firepit outside. As it gets cooler the woodstove takes over. Takes some of the pressure off the propane furnace.
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 1:55pm |
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This morning I woke up to -28F at my place. It was just hateful.
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 5:20pm |
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Oh I don`t miss those mornings one bit. I spent a lot of time way up north and that kind of cold kills. |
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Posted: February 18 2025 at 10:31pm |
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yes it does , but so far ive not heard of any deaths , we generally get a few between exposure and carbon monoxide poisoning when the power goes out ,
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 1:42am |
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17 and snowing (again!) in North Texas with wind chill of 2. Here's hoping we don't have a repeat of the Winter of 2021 when ERCOT screwed the pooch and we lost power for 3 days. We have a fireplace and a good supply of wood as usual but I picked up a dual fuel 13.5 Kw generator (gasoline or propane) which I can tie into the electrical panel in about 10 minutes if necessary.
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 3:21am |
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Snow in Texas??? Where is global warming!
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 3:28am |
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Oh havn`t you heard, its no more. the x-spurts are now saying we`re in global cooling. Wonder how a tax base for this scam will work...
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 7:46am |
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They will just tax the crap out of fuel oil and propane, probably.
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 8:01am |
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It is a Toasty 13F -10C in Fort Worth, Texas right now. So glad I am retired
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Posted: February 19 2025 at 11:09am |
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we are still below zero today, might get into single digits above briefly but warm up is promised friday through the weekend into next week , we shall see
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