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Re: Re: Adnohr,
Believe me - the wood is NOT free here. It's 80$ a cord, delivered but not piled, and I burn around 10 cords a winter. Yes - always with a kettle of water, steaming away merrily!
posted by
adnohr
on October 7, 2013 at 9:10 AM
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Re: Adnohr,
I've done the wood fire thing--for years that was our winter heat.
I am a fan of presslogs that burn hotter, cleaner and longer than regular wood. They aren't as cheap as free wood can be, but they do a better job. And they don't leave creosote deposits that have to be dealt with otherwise. We bought them at the feed store, bare ones, not the packaged ones.
The other thing I learned from my wood stove was to put a kettle of water on top, to counteract the way they parch the air. Otherwise, the onset of winter always started with a sore throat from the dryness.
posted by
Ciel
on October 7, 2013 at 6:44 AM
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I do the 'sweater on/sweater off' thing all the time. Looking forward to warming my home with the wood fires....
posted by
adnohr
on October 7, 2013 at 3:07 AM
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Re: Naut,
That's a perfect temperature!
posted by
Ciel
on October 5, 2013 at 3:10 PM
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Ciel
I hate being cold! So my thermostat is set at 22C (71.6F) and stays there...No fuzzy hats for me...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM
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Re: TAPS,
Yes, always with the warm fuzzy hat! 
posted by
Ciel
on October 5, 2013 at 9:03 AM
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Warm sock and sweater is nice. And then there is the fuzzy hat to keep the heat from escaping.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 5, 2013 at 8:54 AM
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I get shivery cold at 72, sometimes put on a sweater at 78.
Has to do with low thyroid. If I'm up and doing, the sweater comes off, but if I'm reading or doing Blogit, it's a bit "airish." Your cool spell is on its way here.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 5, 2013 at 6:45 AM
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Re: CCT,
55F is around 13C--definitely warm woolies time. And I, too, would turn it up rather than put on the woolies if I didn't have to pay for it, and didn't care who did.
posted by
Ciel
on October 5, 2013 at 1:21 AM
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Well I don't know what 55 is Ciel but it sounds pretty low to me. I think 70 F. Is what we try for here. Although Arthur always puts on the electric fire as he does not pay for the privilege.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 5, 2013 at 12:52 AM
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