How cood before you fireup the wood stove?

[where I want to]

For me, 57 degrees seems to be the point at which gets me motivated to build a fire. If I am not being active.
When I think of how I felt when I was both younger and living in a colder climate, I think I have wussified.

I'm going to start one now. I'll be interested n hearing if I'm typical or not.

[Fourthistles]

Our stove would run us out of the house at that temperature! We start a fire when the daytime high is under 40 degrees.

[jwal10]

65. I am old and cold blooded. A fire at 65, up to 72 is small and quick. It keeps everything feeling warmer and the humidity more even....James

[fixitguy]

Originally Posted by Fourthistles

Our stove would run us out of the house at that temperature! We start a fire when the daytime high is under 40 degrees.

I do the exact same thing. At around 40*, our gas furnace will only run a few times. Running the stove at 40*, will heat you out of the place.

[mrs whodunit]

In the 60's warrants a fire for us.

[BlackFeather]

Around low 60's, it also depends on how damp it is. Damp rainy days need a dry fire. We only heat with wood, and build a small fire at those temperatures.

[chickenista]

As Fall comes on we start with fires in the mornings.
During the day the house warms up nicely, but those mornings...

And we have a fire every morning by late Fall.
On sunny, non bitter days we let the fire go out and the sun warms the house.
Shovel out the stove and relight it as the sun is going down.

On cold, rainy days the fire stays at a low hum all day.

[where I want to]

I wonder if we talking the same thing. I meant the temperature inside the house. Outside might be 20s or 30s.

[simi-steading]

I usually don't fire mine up until it's going to get no higher than 25 or so during the day..

Our ventless gas heaters keep the place pretty warm, but under 25, and the wood stove makes a huge difference in feeling warm, even if the gas is keeping it 75..

[farmrbrown]

I was wondering if you meant inside or outside temperature.
My wife controls the thermostat, I just follow orders, lol.

60 F inside and I must commence firing. I've learned in the last year how to keep the house between 65 & 70 very consistently with intake vents and the damper, so the house stays above 60, never over 72 and mama is happy....

[lazyBum]

The previous owners put the wood stove in the far corner of an addition. When the house gets below 60 i usually start a fire. With the wood stove being where its at the rest of the house doesnt get much warmer than 60. It's weird, 60 with a fire feels warmer than 60 without one. The room with the woodstove runs around 80. I keep the thermostat for the oil furnace at 57. Being tolerant of the cold saves me a lot of money. People ask how i can live like this. I tell them its hot compared to the drafty old farmhouse I grew up in. The curtains would move with the wind with the window shut lol. There was a hole in my bedroom wall. Birds would get in and make nests.

[Gray Wolf]

We start burning when we get down to 70 and slow down when we get up to 80. 75 is where we like it in winter.

[7thswan]

We have a small gas fireplace we use first. Then I'll start useing the wood cookstove. Then comes the woodstove. Last night is an example, I had to open the bedroom window it was too hot. Dh had the quilt, fleece blanket all snuggled up to his neck and I was on top of it all ,miserable hot so went outside in the dark and played fetch with my puppy to cool down. We let the fire go out and cleaned it out this morning. Cold weather is comeing real soon.

[Micheal]

Since my woodstove is in an unheated cellar once started it goes 24/7. It mainly keeps the floors warm thereby causing us to use less fuel to keep the living space of the house warm. Although we try to keep the house bout 67-69 inside.....
I do let it die down a bit, bout every 4-6 weeks - dependent on weather, to run a brush though the chimney.

[HermitJohn]

When temp in house falls below 60F, need fire. Or when its that damp overcast chilly weather, then fire needed in 60s.

And folks, one doesnt need to fill stove with wood and burn at max output to have a fire. Build a small fire using small pieces of wood to take morning chill off and let it burn out if it is going to be sunny warmish day. Or just add one or two pieces wood at time if you need the small fire all day to keep chill off on a damp overcast day that isnt super cold. If wood is split in small pieces and very dry/seasoned, this isnt hard to do. Its impossible if you only have big chunks that arent well seasoned and thus needing big bed of red hot coals to get it going. If you buy wood, you may have to further split it.

And from what I have seen locally, its next to impossible to buy properly seasoned wood unless you buy a year ahead and season it yourself. They may have cut it the past spring, but they didnt split it until fall. That doesnt work. Wood needs to be split before summer, then stacked and left to season all summer. It wont season if tree is felled in spring then not cut and split until fall. And in northern states it can take two years to season properly even when cut, split, and stacked. Also most sellers dont seem to want to split it into smaller pieces, they want to do minimal splitting and leave it in big chunks. Fine if you have wood furnace or huge fireplace and only burn wood in seriously cold weather. Horrible if you have small stove in a small house or want a small fire just to take chill off.

[Danaus29]

I've got a fire going now. Inside temp is 60ish but it's been damp and dismal here for close to 3 months.

[Awnry Abe]

57? What is that metric Celcius or something?

[where I want to]

Originally Posted by Awnry Abe

57? What is that metric Celcius or something?

57 Fahrenheit. That's when the chill in the house over comes my laziness about attending the stove. Sometimes, if really lazy, or it necessitates actually tramping through weather, I'll wait until 50 degrees but that is really the bottom of my whimp scale.

[blanket]

We use the lp furnace until it is a daytime high of about 35 degrees.I have an outside forced air Bryant furnace. Last year we burned from October till April. Our house is very well insulated so starting to early results in opening the doors to cool back down. By the way I grew up where we did not heat until it was about 50 in the house except what the cookstove added

[vicker]

When below 40ish. I'm a tightwad when it comes to fuel. Sweaters are cheep.