Brown Thumb
Well-Known Member
you got the wrong wife !!
You'd get cold!
You'd get cold!
you got the wrong wife !!
Matty, Is that a 4, 6 or 8 holer? -- JohnWhen I was growin' up we heated primarily with wood, just an old cookstove in the kitchen of our old, country style brick house. Probably burned 6-8 cord a year depending on the weather. Maple, black cherry, elm, ash, beech, and some other "weed" trees. Didn't burn much softwood or birch cause my dad said it burnt too dirty. That stove had (has, still in use, sat by it tonight a bit) a small firebox, maybe 1'X1'X2.5' but it would heat the whole house. Before bed, we'd get a bed of coals in there and stuff in the biggest piece of wood that would fit, close up all the drafts a bunch and it would keep the house warm till the next morning. Morning we'd just put in a little kindling and a good stick on the leftover coal or coals and it would start back up. Even at -45°C (a rare occasion but it still got that cold sometimes) the house would be warm.
If I'm not mistaken that is the stove that Aunt Mary used. Does it have a "back draft" slider to control the oven temp? It was set about 18/20 " from a sheet meteled wall and we kids and the dogs used to lie back there to keep warm and be out of the way. I never understood why we didn't get fleas. -- JohnT'is 6 holes, water resevoir at the end, water heater at the front, typical oven and full size warming oven above. Not an old model but by no means new either lol.