but I don't like turning the heat on too early...
past spring, I turned my heat off for good at least 3 x, when the cold weather came back...lol....
eastern Washington has been very hot, very very dry, and very smoky....
not a happy end of summer here....hope the fall makes up for it with moderate temps and some rain and clear skies...
We used to have a wood stove in the basement. When both daughters returned home with their kids we added a kitchenette, bedroom, and bathroom to the downstairs, so the wood stove had to go.
If I had it to do over, I think I’d try to design around the woodstove. Anyway when the kids were little, we used to fire up the wood stove and the two fireplaces upstairs.
Hubby believed in a roaring fire in those days, and it was so hot that we all had to put on shorts. LOL
Now, we rarely use the fireplace, so I did buy one of those electric heaters for the basement that at least looks like a fire. LOL