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
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.
Best wishes always.
God bless.
Good luck!
…wood heats you twice, once when you chop it and once when you burn it.
I agree it is sad about the heating system. I do love that fireplace though…
The good news is….you have the wood stove as a backup plan!
That is a lot of work chopping wood
I hope you can get the solar fixed when it warms up. Thank goodness you have the wood stove! 🙂
It’s amazing that you have not been able to get a plumber at all!!
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…