I will ask her hot enough for you? The unit is sized to heat 2000 square feet, with the bedrooms from kids I used to have are closed off the stove is oversized.
Headed up to Little Falls Friday to get another 1000 pounds last batch I will get before my daughter has her baby boy and will be on leave or quit her job. So last of the cheaper corn, unless she can just call the order in. I buy on the son in laws account so probably can still keep doing it. No doubt I will be driving up to see the grandson on a regular basis.
Just over 90, she walked in the door and all the dogs were panting like it was July and the ac was broken. She called me an ass like she often does and I opened the front door to get the temp down.
Coming up on 1 month of constant burning, have used about 2200 pounds of corn have never turned the stove up past medium even when it was zero degrees. Should have done this years ago. I spend about an hour or so running corn thru the screen to clean out the stalks, cob pieces, cracked corn and dust fill up 5 gallon buckets and all the corn I need for a week. Every 3-4 days I refill the bins by the stove. Have to empty the burn bucket every other day and I vacuum out the burn chamber once a week. So much quieter with the variable speed blower, the heated air is filtered, temperature is constant. under $200 a month to heat the house. Plus the humidifier can keep up.
If you have LP or natural gas available, check with a certified plumber about running lines. When I moved in 23 years ago, I discovered there is a four inch gas line running through my front yard. All I needed was $4K to change everything over to NG. If my ship comes in and I'm not at the airport, I'll change over in a heartbeat.
My drive way is a half mile long, and I am not staying at the place much longer. The house sits on a slab and has log rafters there is no way to conceal heat ducts.
I think this misses the point - he lives in Minnesota and is heating his home for $200 per month using the corn stove - I live in the much milder climate of central NC and it costs me $400 - $600 per month to heat using natural gas. Plus, being the raging liberal that he is, Sota is undoubtably influenced by the renewable energy and net-zero carbon emissions aspects of using corn for heat.
Hey SOTA Do you have propane or electric heat system as well for back up if you guys are not home ? Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Something doesn't seem right about this. I live in a climate similar to Sota and heat with LP at home and natural gas at the bar. My home is not insulated very well and a 500 gallon tank (400 actual gallons) of LP will last a minimum of 2 1/2 months during the coldest months of the year. A tank fill costs $500. Around here natural gas is cheaper than LP which is why I stopped using the wood boiler at the bar. In NC where you live do you have doors and windows that you can close during the cold months? I don't see how you can use that much natural gas where you live. Your house must be huge.....
Got my electric bill for the first month that the corn stove was on. My October bill last year was $180. This October the electric heat has not come on even with the thermostat set at 60 degrees. This October $50 for the month, granted the stock stank heater is off too but still I am giddy. Saving a fortune I used to have $300 electric bills in winters past, it will cost me more to run the air conditioning in the summer than it will to heat the house this winter.
I’ve got a question for ya Sota. You seem to have researched the corn stove quit well. Did you look into a pellet stove? Would the cost of corn vs pellets be comparable? I’m considering a pellet stove and it’s hard to find any first hand info
I looked into pellets, where I live corn is cheaper than pellets by more than $20 a ton, plus I got a screaming good deal on the corn stove.
