Your Woodpile Is Rotting
That soft, spongy bark and the sour, mushroomy smell coming off your stack aren’t your imagination.
There Are Insects in Your Firewood
Bark beetles crawling across a log, small holes in the wood, maybe a few ants scurrying when you pick up a piece.
Creosote and Chimney Fires
Creosote buildup on the inside of a flue is what actually burns during a chimney fire, and it forms whenever wood smoke cools faster than it can escape.
Firewood in Colorado: Which Woods Your Winter Actually Needs
Colorado winters get cold enough that firewood stops being decor and becomes a heating plan.
Heating a Home in Yukon: What the Winter Actually Costs
Whitehorse averages -2.6°F for the coldest month’s daily minimum, and that single number explains why heating costs in Yukon run higher than almost…
Heating a Home in Wyoming: What the Winter Actually Costs
Wyoming’s winters don’t just get cold, they stay cold for a long stretch, and that’s the detail that actually shapes a heating bill or a woodpile.
Heating a Home in Wisconsin: What the Winter Actually Costs
Winter in Wisconsin doesn’t just get cold, it stays cold. The coldest month averages a low of 17.2°F, and that number alone explains why heating bills…
Heating a Home in West Virginia: What the Winter Actually Costs
West Virginia winters hover just below freezing most nights from December through February, which means furnaces and wood stoves run in long, steady…
Heating a Home in Washington: What the Winter Actually Costs
Seattle’s coldest month bottoms out at a mean minimum of 37.1°F, which sounds mild until you realize what that number actually demands from a furnace or…
Heating a Home in Virginia: What the Winter Actually Costs
Winters in Virginia don’t punish a furnace the way New England does, but they don’t let it coast either.