The ol livingroom fireplace hasn't failed us yet!

The fireplace provides nearly all the heat. It goes through a bunch of oak and hickory, but it keeps the heating bill to a minimum. As long as I can operate the chain saw and hydraulic splitter, I'll be in good shape. A wood stove would be lots more efficient, but not a visually rewarding as the fireplace. I need an insert like Cgull.

I have wood burner in the basement family room. It has a blower and the ceiling fan moves it upstairs. We use it in the evening when we are home. Seems to help with the bills and does warm the house.

I keep my free standing Nashua loaded all winter. Haven't burned a drop of propane in several years. I use cutting firewood as exercise. House stays hot.

Got a wood stove in the basement that comes in handy when I forget to check the oil and I run out. Other than that, I don't use it that often. I probably should though, it's been an expensive winter for heat.

I loaded up the old Ashley woodstove with dry red oak this morning. It resides in the basement and will run you out if you feed it right.

I even have a wood story. Last year a huge oak tree died next to our home on our Los angeles property, the tree was about five feet in diameter. I am seventy two and a cancer surviver, so had a professional crew fall the tree and butt it up. They wanted to split the wood with a piston driven outfit, I said naw, I would do that for exercise. They looked at me like I was crazy, probably an accurate observation. Six months later, I have a split wood pile thirty feet long, six feet high, and six feet deep, all beautiful oak. I have four fireplaces, my son three, and daughter one. We will enjoy the fires, especially with a wee glass of Blantons by the hearth. I am proud of the accomplishment and the exercise. Only wore out one maul handle the splitting wedges are fine. Thanks for reading, I am an old codger, need all the attention I can get.

We had a Woodstock soapstone wood stove for the last seven years and heated exclusively with it, but that house is almost sold (hopefully). Our new place has no woodburner yet but there are plans in the works to install one and it will probably be the same thing or a Finnish masonry type stove. Love wood heat!

Woodstove in the living room and it keeps the house around 65-70 degrees but the basement is a whopping 20-25 degrees cooler but that's nice in the summer time.