Heat is nice when it gets really cold ...

[dogtag]

but when it gets really cold, the heat goes off.
You can count on it, for as it gets colder and colder
the odds of the lights going off increase along with the cold.
It's one of those eternal truths along the lines of night
following the previous day. And of course our ever vigilant
bureaucrats have made it so that fireplaces are taboo
if they haven't been banned outright. So, the only way to
survive is in bed under heaps of blankets.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/01/29/xcel-thousands-in-twin-cities-without-power-during-dangerous-cold-snap/

Today where I live it was a pleasant 60%, which is exactly why I live where I live,
Cold sucks.

[S.A. Boggs]

Right now it is -12F on my front porch and today's high is forecast to be 18 with snow on the way. By Sunday it will be 60 and sunny as well. Have decided to add more insulation to the roof and walls before the wood paneling goes on. Just think, in 4 months is the start of summer!
Sam

[Major Tom]

48 days till the first say of Spring! Of course where I live it usually snows that day!

[Allen]

35 this morning here and going to 60 for the high. Sunny and nice. A very rare day w/o rain so far and just 4 months till the start of hurricane season. A lot of homes here have fireplaces, even the new ones.

[RED]

Just a couple of thoughts....

1. If it were to stay at 32 degrees over the entire CONUS for the next 1,000 years, it would be because of man made global "climate change." If you have't noticed, the words "global warming," is passe` and has disappeared from the lexicon of the left.

2. An old fashioned fireplace is not a good source of heat. A roaring fire burns up a lot of air and wood. The air comes from outside and is cold. "Burn your butt and freeze your nuts..." Was the saying when I was 7 and our only heat source was a fireplace and a wood cook stove.

[Vern Humphrey]

The Gub'ment don't allow no wood stove burnin' here
The Gub'ment don't allow no wood stove burnin' here
What I care what the Gub'ment don't allow?
I burn my wood stove anyhow.

[S.A. Boggs]

Just a couple of thoughts....

1. If it were to stay at 32 degrees over the entire CONUS for the next 1,000 years, it would be because of man made global "climate change." If you have't noticed, the words "global warming," is passe` and has disappeared from the lexicon of the left.

2. An old fashioned fireplace is not a good source of heat. A roaring fire burns up a lot of air and wood. The air comes from outside and is cold. "Burn your butt and freeze your nuts..." Was the saying when I was 7 and our only heat source was a fireplace and a wood cook stove.

I agree on the old style, the type we had as a kid. The new ones look promising as I want to add a small one to the new bedroom.
Sam

[Vern Humphrey]

If you're building a fire place, be sure you put in an ash trap that leads to the outside. Get an airtight glass door, and use outside air, via the ash trap to oxygenate the fire. If you're really hipped, you can design a fireplace with a fan that draws in room air, circulates it around the fire box and blows it back out -- that makes for a really efficient fire place.

Or just get a Buck Stove (tm).

[dogtag]

I have a wood stove (glass door and blower) and a pellet stove.
Takes a while for the wood stove to really warm up. Pellet is much quicker.