[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Gas heat primary with wood pellet stoves/aux generator at The Homestead. Used to just have a central wood stove plus the living room fireplace, but BLM and Forest “Service” have screwed up wood supplies so bad I switched.

Oh, yeah. The house structure was extra insulated when we moved in and I’ve added to that. (Highest bill I’ve seen for the gas heat was a touch over a hundred bucks back when we had a solid month of below zero cold.)

...also, if we start to get cold in the house, “somebody” can exercise by going out and shovel/move the snow around.

[murrie]

“Gas heat primary with wood pellet stoves/aux generator at The Homestead. Used to just have a central wood stove plus the living room fireplace, but BLM and Forest “Service” have screwed up wood supplies so bad I switched.”

Help me out-who is BLM and how does one screw up wood supplies???

[skinkinthegrass]

have you tried "corn bricks/pellets" as fuel if possible.
..back in the '80s, has a greater btu's per gram of fuel.
w/ minor modifications to woodstoves..it did not
have a smell of popcorn, a farmer friend had one.