behind that pile of new firewood.
That wood was bought downtown at our supermarket. A lot of the pieces were too large for the wood stove, so Andy had to do some chopping, but not nearly as much as he had with the old firewood. That is stored on the porch in winter and gets moved away from the house during fire season. (The pile is a lot smaller now.)
October 16, 2016
Now it’s so old and rotten that it’s great for kindling, but not for a roaring fire. Why? Because we had installed solar heating panels on the roof, and they provided radiant heating for the floors as long as we had enough sunshine. We seldom needed a fire.
It worked great until Andy forgot to close the attic window before a big freeze. That’s not good when there’s water in the system. Our trusty plumber had had to retire for health reasons and for the past couple of years our contractor has been too busy down here to want to go up to the land. So the trusty old wood stove it is.
Life goes on.
February 24, 2025
Here’s hoping you can get it repaired, as chopping wood , probably good exercise when you’ve 20 years younger, but now it’s kickback and relax time
Andy keeps hoping that our contractor will be able to work up there again some time.
Hopefully you can get the solar heating system repaired. Curious about how much damage freezing water in the system can create. Thank goodness for wood fires.
Thanks.
Best wishes always.
God bless.
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Good luck!
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…wood heats you twice, once when you chop it and once when you burn it.
Andy tries to chop as little as possible now. 🙂
I agree it is sad about the heating system. I do love that fireplace though…
Yes. 🙂
The good news is….you have the wood stove as a backup plan!
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That is a lot of work chopping wood
It’s not nearly as bad as when he had to do it all. He’s pleased our supermarket sells it.
I hope you can get the solar fixed when it warms up. Thank goodness you have the wood stove! 🙂
It may not be this year either, but Andy hasn’t given up hope.
It’s amazing that you have not been able to get a plumber at all!!
It’s a long drive up there, so it makes sense that people won’t come up if there are jobs for them in town.
OH NO!! hopefully you will be able to get this fixed soon….It is a good thing that you have the wood burning stove and can still be warm…
It’s been a couple of years now, and might not happen this year either.
Fingers crossed someone (capable) will step up and remedy this situation before another freeze comes along.
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That is too bad about the plumbing and thank goodness for the stove. We will keep our fingers crossed that you can find a plumber to help.
Thank you. 🙂
I hope you find a Johnny on the spot to fix it up quick like.
It’s not likely. But we haven’t given up hope that someday….
Oh no, seems like our friend Murphy moved his law from here to your mountain top.. Hope you can get everything back to normal. love the fire place though…
Maybe in the future, but thank goodness for that wood stove.
Oh my. I’m so sorry to hear this. Hopefully it can be fixed soon when the weather changes.
It’s not likely to be fixed soon, but thank goodness for the stove.