I heat most of the house with an inverter air conditioner, and it does a great job, and I can say that it is economical and cost-effective when you add everything up and subtract it.
But one part of the house, which includes the hallway, bathroom and one room, I heat with a wood stove.
Maybe I wouldn't have to heat that part, but that's where my bathroom is, so we have to.
The stove is in the room and we usually light a fire in the evening.
The consumption of wood is not great, but it has to be cut and chopped in time, and put in a shed so it doesn't rain.
I have some old rotten beams that I need to saw down, but I'll leave them for another time. I bought firewood this spring, which dried out nicely this summer.
And now is the perfect time to cut them down and put them away before the rainy season.
I have a small chainsaw, a little more than 2 horsepower, but it's quite sufficient for my needs.
But I wouldn't be me if I didn't do some extra work for myself, I had a few thick meters of wood.
And I just cut them in half, and put them aside
I plan to make chairs out of them and probably a table
. That wood was in the way because it's our favorite place to sit and now half of that space was taken up by wood
Today I managed to cut all the wood.
I still have to split it tomorrow.
Although I managed to split half of it today.
To be honest, I don't like cutting or tearing, it's an extremely demanding job
But when you have to, it's not hard :)When wood is cut, there is a lot of sawdust.
Of course, that sawdust is not thrown away.
In our village, some people use it for smokehouses, rooms for curing meat.
Some people make briquettes from it.
I plan to make a briquette machine.
And until then, I am forced to use sawdust in a not very environmentally friendly way.
Since we buy drinking water in 5-6 liter bottles.
There are a lot of empty bottles left.
I use some bottles as a mini greenhouse for strawberries.
And I cut off the top of some bottles where the cap is and fill them with sawdust.
I additionally pack it with my hand so that as much as possible fits.
Since I have a large firebox on the stove, the entire bottle with sawdust can fit inside.
When wood is cut, there is a lot of sawdust.
Of course, that sawdust is not thrown away.
In our village, some people use it for smokehouses, rooms for curing meat.
Some people make briquettes from it.
I plan to make a briquette machine.
And until then, I am forced to use sawdust in a not-so-ecological way.
Since we buy drinking water in 5-6 liter bottles.
There are a lot of empty bottles left.
I use some bottles as a mini greenhouse for strawberries.
And I cut off the top of some bottles where the cap is and fill them with sawdust.
I additionally stuff them with my hand so that as much as possible fits.
Since I have a large firebox on the stove, the entire bottle with sawdust can fit inside.
I call them bombs, because if you put a large amount of sawdust in the bottle, it creates a very big fire.
I'll probably make them tomorrow when I'm done chopping wood, so I'll follow up on this post.
