I’m looking to sell my gas fireplace this year. Going to go back to wood. Wood is so much more affordable and a better longer heat. That gas fireplace might as well burn dollar bills for heat.

And how much does it cost you to get wood? Think about it. Don’t forget to factor in your labour.

I agree with Eagleone…wood stove gets my vote. Gas fireplace is just like burning money. And labour to get the wood is not even a consideration. It’s exercise and something I enjoy doing. The wood stove smells so much better too.

If you look at getting your wood as a form of entertainment (as it to some people) then the cost is reduced.

Are these “EPAorCSA emissions certified wood burning appliance” any more efficient than the stoves they are replacing when they are filled to the gunnels and turned right down so the wood lasts most of the night?

They are if you picked up your wood in the spring, dried it all summer, or the year before even better. Wood is a much better, drier heat for your home, if you have a EPA or CSA emissions certified wood burning appliance. Want to clear the airshed in Prince George? Get out of your big trucks and walk into Tim Hortons…wow, exercise and we have cleaner air in PG.

I would love to trade in my wood stove for a pellet stove. We’ve got a few pellet plants around that could use the business.

FYI…we pay 40 bucks a load for firewood and 3 loads lasts us all winter. So 120 a year for wood is quite cheap IMO.

CuriousKat

Even with properly seasoned wood I do not see how any wood stove can burn cleanly when choked down to make the last longer, will not maintain a high enough flue temperature and smoke.

Most of the local pellet plants around town sell in bulk to Europe and do not bag for local markets with the possible exception of the one just south of Quesnel.

I have two wood stoves in my house. One upstairs and one downstairs. Wood can be aquired without paying HST. Why pay HST for gas heat when all it does is burn up the dollar bills for a useless heat in return. Wood heat is the best. And my 2 burners are modern, non poluting with catalytic secondary burners. No smoke comes out except for the first few minutes after you light the fire. And the labor to get the wood? That just helps me get rid of my big Randy.

Hopefully some of the wood burners along the Hart Highway will see this and exchange their old, smoke-belching units in. Please dear god. I can’t stand another winter of breathing in the fumes from their old wood burning stoves.

I can’t just move to a different area. It’s not that easy.

When I smell woodsmoke, it means fall is coming, which means hunting season, snowshoeing, skiing, moose pepperoni, moose tongue sandwiches, aaaahhhh, love woodsmoke……..

No gas required to pick your wood up at the jail. It’s split and they load your truck for 60 bucks a cord — I burn 2.5 cords a winter. 150 bucks is waaaaay cheaper than natural gas. My stove is quite old but I keep it in good condition and I just relined the bricks this summer. I never burn green or wet wood and my smoke is less than my neighbors; who upgraded to one of the newer stoves a couple of years ago. I always have the draught open so it can burn properly and it is situated in the basement to keep the whole house warm. I also have a vent through the main floor with a fan pulling the heated air up. My furnace never comes on when I have the fire going. I would like to have a new one but I don’t feel it is necessary in my home. If the “green” people want me to upgrade, they can buy the stove and install it. My present stove is just over 400 lbs.