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Posted by on August 9, 2006, 6:59 pm
A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood stove
or a gas stove. I like wood (I enjoy splitting it, stacking it, the
smell of it) but everyone tells me gas is the way to go for efficiency,
convenience and cleanliness.
My question is that other than ambiance, would a gas stove benefit us
in any way, that is, if I already have a gas furnace does it make sense
to buy a gas stove? Would there be any benefit in purchasing one to
possibly reduce my energy bill?
Thanks in advance.
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Posted by Joe on August 9, 2006, 7:20 pm
badger1@verizon.net wrote:
> A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
> heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
>
> We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood stove
> or a gas stove.
I'm old enough to remember my mother cooking on a wood stove. The labor
difference between that and a gas stove was at least 10 to 1. She got
remarkable results but it was real work and a summer kitchen was
absolute hell for women then. She just murmured, "Thank god that thing
is gone..." as the scrap wagon hauled it away.
Buy a wood stove if you must and put it someplace where it can be seen
and admired by guests, but keep the wretched thing out of the house. No
way the average shaky marriage of immature adults these days could
survive the hassle of having to rely on something so primitive. But
your situation may be different, and better so choose wisely. Whatever,
good luck. You live in a pretty area.
Joe
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Posted by Joe on August 9, 2006, 7:20 pm
badger1@verizon.net wrote:
> A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
> heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
>
> We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood stove
> or a gas stove.
I'm old enough to remember my mother cooking on a wood stove. The labor
difference between that and a gas stove was at least 10 to 1. She got
remarkable results but it was real work and a summer kitchen was
absolute hell for women then. She just murmured, "Thank god that thing
is gone..." as the scrap wagon hauled it away.
Buy a wood stove if you must and put it someplace where it can be seen
and admired by guests, but keep the wretched thing out of the house. No
way the average shaky marriage of immature adults these days could
survive the hassle of having to rely on something so primitive. But
your situation may be different, and better so choose wisely. Whatever,
good luck. You live in a pretty area.
Joe
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Posted by on August 9, 2006, 7:37 pm
>A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
> heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
>
> We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood stove
> or a gas stove. I like wood (I enjoy splitting it, stacking it, the
> smell of it) but everyone tells me gas is the way to go for efficiency,
> convenience and cleanliness.
>
> My question is that other than ambiance, would a gas stove benefit us
> in any way, that is, if I already have a gas furnace does it make sense
> to buy a gas stove? Would there be any benefit in purchasing one to
> possibly reduce my energy bill?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Cook and heat with propane
Backup heat and ambience heat with wood.
A proper wood stove will have a flat top that you can use to cook in an
emergency, and yet be a decorative wood stove to provide heat and ambience
otherwise
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Posted by Doug Miller on August 9, 2006, 7:41 pm
badger1@verizon.net wrote:
>A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
>heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
>
>We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood stove
>or a gas stove. I like wood (I enjoy splitting it, stacking it, the
>smell of it) but everyone tells me gas is the way to go for efficiency,
>convenience and cleanliness.
>
>My question is that other than ambiance, would a gas stove benefit us
>in any way, that is, if I already have a gas furnace does it make sense
>to buy a gas stove? Would there be any benefit in purchasing one to
>possibly reduce my energy bill?
I'm guessing that you don't do the cooking, or you wouldn't even ask. What
does your wife think?
_No_way_ would I ever want to cook on a wood stove if I had the option of
using gas, and for the same reason I hate cooking on electric stoves, only
worse: far too slow response to changes in the heat setting. When you turn the
burner up on a gas stove, the heat goes up instantly -- and, even more
importantly, when you turn the gas *down*, the heat goes *down* instantly.
On an electric stove, if you have a pot beginning to boil over, or if you're
starting to scorch a white sauce, your only option is to move the damn thing
to a different burner. And if they're all in use... you're SOL. Same problem
with wood, only worse.
On a gas stove, you turn the heat down, and the pot stops boiling, and the
sauce stops burning, *right*now*.
Want to brown meat? Turn the burner up high on the gas stove, and you're
browning it in moments. Electric? Wait ten minutes, and it might be there.
Wood? Build your fire half an hour ahead of time, I guess.
Want to brown meat, and then add sauce and simmer it? Child's play on a gas
stove, to go immediately from high heat to low. Electric? Not hardly. Wood?
Forget it.
And we haven't even started to talk about cleaning out the ashes.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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