During power outages in the middle of winter time the main problem is having a way to heat your home plus keep your family safe.
- In our section my buddy and I experienced ice storms that can knock out power for days plus my buddy and I knew that my buddy and I needed an alternative source to do just that… Rather than install a whole dwelling generator my buddy and I opted to have a wood stove put in instead.
I thought that my buddy and I could always find some source of wood to burn even if my buddy and I had to use the kitchen table. I know that sounds severe but if it ever came down to it my buddy and I would do just that. My fine friend and I have a massive shipment of split firewood delivered each Summer plus stack it in the burn so that it stays dry. This gives us peace of mind that my buddy and I will be overheated plus cozy no matter what plus my buddy and I use the wood stove biweekly to help supplement our heat. My fine friend and I have a gas burning boiler which provides warmth throughout the dwelling plus that is her main heat source but it is nice to save on part of our energy cost by using the wood stove as well. The only complaint I have about using wood to heat our home is the fact that one of us has to get up in the middle of the evening to put another log on the fire to keep it going. Thankfully my buddy and I only have to maintain this routine if the power is out because the boiler keeps us overheated throughout the evening the rest of the season.
