Thread: You'll pay it off in five years

just get some old truck rims for the lounge,,

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Yep, winter is approaching.
I thought I'd fire up the central heater. It might be getting cold soon.
Well, the furnace out the back isn't playing the game. I keep hearing booming noises.
The gas man was around today. The heat exchanger has cracks in it. Spare parts are not available. $2,500 for a new unit.
"Is there anything cheaper?" I asked.
"It's a five star, you'll pay it off in five years with the gas savings over a two star." he said.
Bear in mind, the existing heater is a two star and I wouldn't even use $2,500 of gas in five years.
Time to get a wood heater perhaps. I wonder how much they are?

We had a wood heater. We were burning several meters of wood a month .... How does $150 a meter for wood grab you A VERY expensive way to heat if you buy wood.

If you can cut wood, yes it's cheaper, but you'll spend a tremendous amount of time and energy collecting and cutting the wood (no to mention the investment in tools. You will need a quality chainsaw, someone with felling experience to drop the trees for you .... trailers, tow vehicles etc...).

I really like wood fires, but a reverse cycle A/C is far cheaper to run

seeya,
Shane L.

Wood heating IMO, has got to be the cosiest form of heat there is.
Plus it's great company, nothing better than sitting back and gazing at meandering lazy flames on a cold winters night with night cap of ones choice. Who needs tele!


Cheers, Mick.

We have 1 of those enclosed wood heaters (Space Heater?) & although we probably don't get as cold as in "Mexico" it is just great.


We also have a lot of fallen trees, 2X chainsaws etc.


Also, splitting wood is a great stress reliever.


Jonesfam

Similar here. I need a chainsaw and trailer anyway, I need the exercise, and we had a tornado through twenty years ago - the trees it knocked down will keep me going for my lifetime at least. Stove that runs the central heating and heats water as well as cooking in winter was expensive, about $2500 from memory, but that was 22 years ago.

Only expenses apart from the labour has been a couple of splitter handles, a new chain about once a year, and maybe $30 worth of fuel and oil per year, plus chemical chimney cleaner, about $20 a season and about $20 for new stove seals, maybe $20 over the whole time for chain sharpening stones, about $100 for other chainsaw bits (chain brake, drive sprocket, spark plugs every five years or so.

John

In 14 years i have never paid for wood, i start scrounging in the warmer months so that i have a stock pile by winter.
We dont use the Coonara as our only source of heating so dont use as much as some people might.
Call a local fence contractor and see if they want to dump some old hardwood fence panels at you house, they pay to dump at the tip and charge the customer for removal around $150-200.

Originally Posted by mick88

Wood heating IMO, has got to be the cosiest form of heat there is.

its 3 times warmer.

moving the wood
chopping the wood
burning the wood

Originally Posted by Eevo

its 3 times warmer.

moving the wood
chopping the wood
burning the wood

Just like owning a land rover really.