wood stove or oil stove?

Answer 1

I had a solid wood furnace in my home in Northern Minnesota. I had to cut wood every day, week-end, all year long. I was always leasing county or state land for cutting. I would also seel the extra wood to the mills or to the furniture shops in the next town.
I used fifteen cord and my father fifteen cord. We went all year, we kept two years ahead of ourselves.

As I got older I developed physical problems and got worried about my abilities to keep cutting in the woods. It's hard work but, good, I loved it. My girls worked with me all the time. We cut, hauled and split, then buzzed the wood.

I had the equipment and the tools, the know-how so, it didn't cost me. To start from scratch ? I wouldn't today.

Answer 2

Both. We use both types. We have the wood stove as a back-up in case we loose power or just to use on a day like today to take the chill out of the house. We actually use it all winter long to heat the downstairs of our house and leave the thermostat set at 64 so it will kick on if the wood stove goes out. We also have our own land and have 10 cords of wood all ready to go into the fire. Cord wood is going for around $200.00 in my area. Oil is around$2.29 a gallon right now.

Answer 3

an oil stove requires less pysical labor. you dont have to put the wood in and make sure it stays burning and so on.... but a wood stove is cheaper because the price of oil is outrageous. i mean if you have trees that you can cut down somewhere and get your own fire wood your basically being able to heat for free. If not and you have to buy the wood you can normally find truck loads of wood for pretty cheap. I would prefer wood!

Answer 4

The price of oil is going up higher than propane or natural gas, Wood is the way to go for sure, plus if you have a power outage you can still heat your home.......we heated with wood up until three years ago when we moved, and even though it is dusty it is a good warm heat....We had a Fisher wood burning stove that heated our house over 1800 sq. ft. Too bad they quit making them, but occasionally you can find them by doing a web search for Fisher Wood burning Stoves, and also e-bay will have them once in awhile, either a poppa bear or grandpa bear will do the job if you are heating the whole house.....Good luck in your search...

Answer 5

It really depends on you and what you want.

Wood is more rustic, it crackles, but it requires more physical labour, is very difficult to control the heat output and it pollutes more than oil.

Oil is more convenient and easily controlled.

Depending on where you live, the cost could go either way, but when you factor in efficiency, I think oil is more economical.

In the end, the choice depends on why you want a stove. If it is for occasional use to create ambiance, go for wood. If it’s for heat, oil might make more sense.

Answer 6

Hi,I had a wood stove in England, but now l have electric cooker. love Jo xx

Answer 7

i use a pellet stove, not very expensive, very clean, warms nicely. the ash container takes a long time to fill up and you can put the ashes in a coffee can and kep in your car in case you get stuck in the snow. pellets come in 40lb. bags. i use about 25 in a normal winter. (northern indiana) no mess as there is with wood, no bugs. it does use power to operate, but is minimal. good luck. i wish i had two of them.

Answer 8

wood stove for the smell

Answer 9

Wood. Makes things so much more cosy. Plus i love that smell.

Answer 10

wood