We've got a one story house with the wood stove in the basement. The stove can
heat the whole house but the basement walls absorb a considerable amount of
heat when they're cold. So if the stove hasn't been lit for a couple days, its
been warm so we haven't had it going, it'll take a couple hours before the
basement warms enough to let the house really warm up.
By lighting the fire before the power goes out we start with a warm basement.
Often if its not really cold I'll only light the stove every other day, the
basement stays pretty warm for about a day after having a fire.
-Curt
On Sunday, December 29, 2019, 8:01:38 PM EST, Craig via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:33:58 +0000 (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Finally we got a fire going in the stove, its easier to keep the house
> warm with the stove than it is to start from a cold stove.
I'm not sure I understand this sentence.
> So I guess we're pretty well ready,
Great!
> anybody else make storm preparations?
Nope. We are at 25°F with an expected low of 7°F and wind chill values as
low as -4°F, but, as is typical in New Mexico, no precipitation.
Craig
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