Improving my wood heating setup
Ever since I was old enough to safely swing an ax, I have been helping my family split wood.
I am happy that I learned the skill early on because now that I live alone, there is no one but me to keep my wood supply restocked for every winter season.
Unfortunately, rapidly changing temperatures seem to get colder and worse every single year, as my region hits new records for lows. Last year our power grid was hit especially hard and some cities in this state went without electricity for a week and a half while the energy companies desperately tried to restore them. It’s honestly hard to stay warm in cold rapidly changing temperatures if your means of heating your house is taken away from you. But for me, this isn’t an issue as I’ve typically relied primarily on wood heating for my homes to prevent ever relying too much on other forms of energy. That way I have heat even in the worst weather conditions. That is critical for surviving in a cold environment. and, I have made upgrades to my wood heating idea over the years. Instead of using the fireplace built into the wall, I have several separate wood stoves on opposite ends of my house that do a nice job of releasing heat into the air without losing too much of it up either chimney. I also have those little fans that run off heat energy that you can link to the tops of each wood stove to push some of that radiant heat around the room and disperse it better.