Author Topic: Firewood (Read 86391 times)

klquinn · « **Reply #20 on:** Oct 17, 04, 03:02:11 AM »

We got the Regency H2100 Hearth Heater with the gold door and black faceplate and it was $1689. The blower was free with their sale. The piping was another $425 and the install was $425. We wanted the insert but the inside box of our fireplace is too small so we had to get the hearth heater instead. It's more than the insert by about $300 I think. It looks like a wood stove that sits on the hearth and all the piping goes up the existing chimney. The insert goes inside the fireplace and the only thing you see is the door. Looks like this
http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=552

The great thing about the hearth heater is you get heat from all three sides rather than just the door. You can also use the top as a cooking surface. We went to San Bernardino Fireplace & Woodstove Specialties. I found them to be nicer than Country Oak & Stove. Personal opinion! Their number is 909-862-1330. They are getting into the busy season so installs are getting further out. Ours was about a week. Good luck and enjoy those fires!

TableMtn · « **Reply #21 on:** Oct 17, 04, 09:39:33 AM »

Since the heater itself actually sits on the hearth, do you have to put anything on the floor below it to meet county code clearances? We want to go with an insert but that will be a winter or two down the road as we are still paying for the new roof, water tank, and booster pump.... That's what happens when you buy the fixer upper in the neighborhood.

ezzpete · « **Reply #22 on:** Oct 19, 04, 03:24:33 PM »

during the summer i replaced all my single paned, aluminum framed windows, with duel pane, vynal windows. now that it's cooler i can really feel the differance.

but now when i have the fireplace going the whole house has a smokey smell. could it be that the seal is so much tighter in the house now, that the draft sucking the smoke up the chimeny isn't working so good? it didn't smell smokey like this before.

ezzpete · « **Reply #23 on:** Oct 22, 04, 07:59:07 AM »

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during the summer i replaced all my single paned, aluminum framed windows, with duel pane, vynal windows. now that it's cooler i can really feel the differance.

but now when i have the fireplace going the whole house has a smokey smell. could it be that the seal is so much tighter in the house now, that the draft sucking the smoke up the chimeny isn't working so good? it didn't smell smokey like this before.

yes pete! that's the problem!! here's a link that'll help.

http://www.woodheat.org/technology/openfire.htm

and another

http://www.mudomaha.com/naturalgas/backdraft.html

angelwolf326 · « **Reply #24 on:** Oct 22, 04, 10:42:41 AM »

Well my wood just got dropped off and now I have a huge pile of wood to stack... You think the guy would have stacked it for me... UGH... Any tips on stacking the wood? All the same way or opposite.... Help.... Guess what I'm doing tonite on Friday night...

ezzpete · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 23, 05, 05:51:41 PM »

Quote from: teacherquinn on Oct 16, 04, 08:00:04 AM

We just got our hearth heater install a couple of weeks ago. We were going to go to Country Oak & Stove until I priced them out and a place in San Bernardino was $1,000 less for the same stove. They were very nice and very accomodating. Regency was/is having a sale where you get the blower for free (about $250ish). LOVE our stove! We go the whole evening on two logs.

about a month ago i went to San Bernardino Fireplace and Wood Stoves, just to get an idea what an insert would cost. they had one Country Wood Stove insert on close out. it was about 600 dollers off regular price, and came with a fan. the only thing i wouldn't have picked is a gold plated door, but that's what they had.

tinkbellblonde · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 25, 05, 03:01:28 PM »

ezzpete · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 26, 05, 05:59:57 AM »

that was the way about 50% of the firewood i bought last year from local sources burned. they don't let it dry long enough before they sell it, and give you a bunch of branches that are too small to split and don't burn good either.

i think the best way to buy wood is probably in the spring or summer, stack it and let it dry over the summer. if you buy in the winter, you'll probably get fresh split wood.

last year there was always a guy with a trailer full of wood sitting by Jensens, you could smell that it was just split from about 1/4 mile away.

Hillbillies · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 26, 05, 06:15:57 AM »

ezzpete · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 06, 05, 06:05:23 PM »

i'm so stoked, today i got my insert put in, it works REALLY good. and looks great gold door and all!

ezzpete · « **Reply #30 on:** Feb 06, 05, 09:28:39 PM »

Quote from: LasPulgas on Feb 06, 05, 08:54:00 PM

Congratz to you, Pete on your new addition.

thanks , when i moved up here with my flatlander ways, i thought inserts ruined a fireplace. then i learned! my big old open fire place woud easily burn 3 milk crates heaped full of wood in about 3-4 hours, and did almost nothing to warm the cabin.

today i've had a fire for about 10 hours, and only used 1 1/2 crates of wood. at times it was way to warm in here too. it seems like this insert is more efficient than the forced air heater, which cost me more than 2x as much.

i can definatly recommend going this way for anyne whos not sure. but i also have to say you'd probably want both, since the fire's gonna go out during the night, at least to warm the place up before you get a fire started

RennMan · « **Reply #31 on:** Feb 07, 05, 09:04:17 PM »

We had a Country woodstove in our home in Newark (SF Bay Area), and we loved it! Heated the house quite well, even though it didn't get nearly as cold as it does here. Although it did bake us out of the house a few times!

One of the things we looked for, when we moved here, was a house with a woodstove, or a fireplace we could put an insert into. We found our home with woodstove, and even an electric fan, to distribute the heat faster.

Years ago, I did a college term paper on fireplaces and woodstoves. The efficiency ratings of the stoves have gotten even better than when I researched for the paper, over 20 years ago. I'm convinced that a woodstove or insert is the way to go!

ezzpete · « **Reply #32 on:** Apr 04, 05, 10:13:55 PM »

WOW! since i had this insert installed my gas bill has gone to almost non-existant. my bill went from 134 bucks for december,using gas only, to under 19 for march, using 95% wood, and just using gas to warm the house in the mornings, before the wood gets going.

ForestGal · « **Reply #33 on:** Apr 04, 05, 10:59:38 PM »

ezzpete · « **Reply #34 on:** Apr 05, 05, 06:33:06 AM »

well, there's the catch! buying firewood. i already had about 1.5-2 cords that i chopped last year. some i got when the USFS was having a wood sale in Azuza Cyn. some i got from freinds up north. i split a bunch for them one time when i went to visit, and they loaded about 1/3 cord in my truck.

i think that hardwood probably goes for 200 hundred a cord, maybe less in the middle of the summer, pine would be less. the USFS was selling 4 cords for 25 bucks in Arrowhead last year.

i think part of the cost savings is because with the insert my house is sealed better. with the old open fireplace, lots of heat went up the opening. also when i had an open fireplace i was afraid to leave it unattended for even a few minutes, and the fire had to be out before i went to bed. with the insert i can have a ragging fire going and leave the house.

klquinn · « **Reply #35 on:** Apr 05, 05, 08:39:14 AM »

Love the picture of your insert! We put a hearth heater in last fall and our gas bill has been very low all winter. With the ceiling fans going we sometimes have to crack the windows to cool the house down. When we're home during the day we have a fire all day, otherwise we light one in the evening. Love it! You really can't go wrong with an insert or hearth heater. with the big doors you still have the blazing fire to look at.

About firewood...We bought a cord of mixed wood from Langes in the fall-about $200ish delivered. Don't remember the exact price. About a month ago we got another 1/4 cord...that's all he had. VERY hard wood and sometimes difficult to keep burning. Now I see an ad in the paper for avocado and eucalyptus. How does this wood burn? Anyone ever bought from this guy? 949 #...not sure where that is.

ladybug · « **Reply #36 on:** Apr 05, 05, 09:48:03 AM »

avocado and eucalyptus burn real good. avocado burns alittle faster than eucalptus and smells real good. we bought some avocado from a guy a couple of years ago. All I remember is he had a 909 area code.

Wildman · « **Reply #37 on:** Apr 05, 05, 02:41:51 PM »

There is a gentleman below Phelan Road on Sheep Creek who has several hundred cord of orange wood. You might be able to negotiate a good price on several cord for next year. Look for the hand painted sign on the right with firewood and phone number.

KWBoy · « **Reply #38 on:** Apr 05, 05, 02:51:17 PM »

949 is in orange county its one of the new area codes down there...

james6000 · « **Reply #39 on:** Apr 05, 05, 02:56:56 PM »

I still have approx. 1.5 cord of jeffrey pine for sale if anybody is interested,
$100.

Author Topic: Firewood (Read 86391 times)

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