# Wood Burner **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298 "2006-11-18T16:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/21 "2006-11-20T08:48:38Z")
> [@WTH: Network Administrator](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-network-administrator/25894/19): > > I’m not sure. Just put it in this past week. > > After seasoning the box (five small burns with a cold cycle in between each) I let it rip…the house was 78 in less than an hour!!! > > I think I have the dampner and flue adjusted OK now, the house is hanging at 72, my regular furnace hasn’t run for four days. That’s awesome!!! ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/22 "2006-11-21T08:07:55Z")
is that less expensive than running the normal house heat? ---
**Author:** ![German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/german_with_a_bowtie/32/5967_2.png) [@German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/German_with_a_Bowtie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/23 "2007-01-19T21:10:05Z")
I just started using coal ! 18 deg outside, 76 deg inside :boink 1lb anthracite burn per hour =16 to 24K btu’s 10lb load lasts 24 hours, almost 48 with a couple logs throw in here and there. 800lb of hard coal (in 40 lb bags) $115 2.5 cords of split hardwood $225 Now that the outside temps are down consistently I have a pretty good idea of what it’s going to take. I should be heating 2700 sq ft for under $600 this winter, with a fair amount of wood left over. ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/coalDSC00189.JPG](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/coalDSC00189.JPG) ![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/hotDSC00190.JPG](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/hotDSC00190.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/24 "2007-01-19T22:21:49Z")
i want the tonka! ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/25 "2007-01-19T23:58:07Z")
How much is a bag of coal? I don’t see u saving too much money on ur heating bill with it actually. ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/26 "2007-01-20T00:20:25Z")
i got coal for free this year just had to shovel it into truck and haul it. free heat for wqint er FTW but coal usually runs about $50-75/ton though. just going from past experience. have been using coal for 8+years now. ---
**Author:** ![German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/german_with_a_bowtie/32/5967_2.png) [@German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/German_with_a_Bowtie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/27 "2007-01-20T05:21:22Z")
A bag of coal is $5.15 Last year kept the house at 68 deg. We used 750 gal of oil…Oil was $2.19/gal So last year’s heating costs were just over $1600. Realistically I hoping to be around $500 this year. Another consideration, the house temp will be 74 deg this year! ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/28 "2007-01-20T06:12:27Z")
> [@FS: 1991 CRX SI Rolling Shell \*\*\*RUST FREE\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1991-crx-si-rolling-shell-rust-free/25929/18): > > Try driving on I-4. It was, in this order, an 18-wheeler with a full open trailer with cars, 05-06 350Z, me. We were all doing 90. Yeah that’s the normal speed in the fast lane. It sucked when my mom came down and they were only doing 50-60. I thought we were going to get destroyed. I love driving I-4, it has to be one of my favorite roads in the country. > [@WTB: need a Wii](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-need-a-wii/27431/3): > > A bag of coal is $5.15 > > Last year kept the house at 68 deg. We used 750 gal of oil…Oil was $2.19/gal > > So last year’s heating costs were just over $1600. > > Realistically I hoping to be around $500 this year. Another consideration, the house temp will be 74 deg this year! I only have a small wood burner, but if I get a good fire going, my oil furance will only fire about three times an evening and my house stays around 73-74 degrees. And my house is an old un insulated home, even though we are working on that problem… ❌ ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/edb3f5/32.png) [@imported\_Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Jon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/29 "2007-01-21T19:45:15Z")
About a year before I moved out my parents started using something similar, but it was a pellet stove. It worked amazing! I wonder how the price compares to coal there? At the time it was cheaper in Ohio then coal. ---
**Author:** ![SCHMEIDER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/schmeider/32/6032_2.png) [@SCHMEIDER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SCHMEIDER)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298/30 "2007-01-21T20:26:38Z")
that thing is pimp! [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wood-burner/186298.md?page=1)