[AT] OT Heating with wood

[charlie hill]

Greg if you don't already have them you could probably benifit from ceiling 
fans in the living room and other high ceiling areas.  Most of your heat is 
up top without them.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Easley, Greg" <EasleyG at health.missouri.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT Heating with wood


> Our house was built in 1973.  It's rather large ~3200sq/ft, has lots of
> doors and windows,
> and a 16' high vaulted ceiling in the living room.
> I've replaced two of the three 6' sliding glass patio doors, one with a
> modern triple-glazed
> vinyl-frame slider and the other two with single-swing wood doors that
> have a venician blind
> built into the glass.  The windows could stand to be replaced but I
> think I'll leave that to
> the next owner.  There are ten of those and only one of them could be
> bought from stock at the
> lumberyard - big $$$ for the other nine.
>
> Cutting firewood gives me a good excuse to play with my '46 MM R.  That
> thing is great for
> skidding logs.  It has plenty of snort and will go places where the M5
> simply won't fit.
>
> Greg
>
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:04 AM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: RE: [AT] OT Heating with wood
>
> FWIW - My father installed triple-glazed windows on the farmhouse where
> I was born back during the first energy crunch of the 1970's.  He kept
> very accurate records of utility expenses -- kept track of degree-days,
> etc -- and told me afterward that he amortized the entire cost of the
> extra glass and framing in one heating season.  So, when we needed to
> replace the old leaking windows in our "modern" house, my wife and I
> spent the extra money for triple glazing, UV coating, and full draperies
> at every window.  We specified similarly high R-factor doors throughout
> the house.  The house already had good insulation in the walls and
> ceiling, so it's reasonably efficient.
>
> The fireplace has an insert in it that heats two rooms, and the
> combustion air for it is ducted separately from the outside through the
> crawl space.  That way, I can heat a major portion of the house with the
> glass doors on the fireplace closed, and when the fire dies down at
> night I don't loose living area heat up the chimney.
>
> Back in the late 70's, I had a neighbor who had access to an IR
> pyrometer.  He brought it home during a bitterly cold winter and we went
> outside at night and took some readings of ours and our neighbors'
> houses.  It was kind of shocking to see how much heat was being lost.
> Even such decorating details as valances over draperies at windows can
> make a big difference on the amount of heat loss.  Needless to say, we
> found it "necessary" to include valances on every window during our
> redecorating over the years.
>
> BTW, I see that Harbor Freight is having a sidewalk sale tomorrow and
> Sunday.  They have a coupon which gives 50% off on a laser-directed
> thermometer.  I think I'll have to pick up one of those.  At less than
> $40, it should come in handy.
>
> YMMV.
>
> Larry
>
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