Ophelia wrote:

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> "cshenk" wrote in message
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> I think it depends on the cost of wood where you are? My area might
> be cheaper and comes fully split (although we have a simple pneumatic
> splitter for the occasional 1/2 moon piece we want to size down a
> bit).
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> The benefit of a largly hard wood area with lots of storm fall. I get
> it for a little less than 200$ a cord (all split nicely).
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> We have gas central heating, but we do have 1 cord of logs and a wood
> burning stove for emergencies.
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> You never know what what the future brings

Yup, same here but we use the fireplace to augment.

Tonight windchill (per radio) is 20F. Something like -6C would be
close. Due to a trip elsewhere, fireplace was lit off at 3pm so not
optimal (brick not radiating heat to the levels needed for much) but
HVAC only kicking in for a 5 min or so per hour.