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Originally Posted by HellRaZoR004
upthesaukee, how much oil do you go through even when you burn 5 cords of wood?
I too heat with wood and I'm surprised my propane company hasn't raised the prices. It might be because my water heater (propane) is very inefficient. I've toyed with the idea of getting on-demand.
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Usually have a delivery about every 8 or 9 months. Depends on how cold it is, and how windy. When it is cold and windy, we kick up the thermostat; we have crawl space underneath, that really can't be sealed tight, and our well pump comes up in it, and there are all sorts of ways for cold air to get to the wall space. Too complicated to go into here. Keeping the temp underneath at 32 or higher equals no pipe problems. knock on wood.
Our Masonic Lodge has an on-demand hot water heater (Navion. Replaced an oil fired. Saved 230 gallons over the summer
). Over all good. Only problem we are having to work around is our commercial dishwasher. It is a water miser, and uses the rinse water as the next wash cycle water. Not enough water use to the dishwasher to keep the water hot. We have worked around that, and are making a permanent change by adding a re-circulator to recirculate the water and keep it hot until the dishwasher needs it. Over all, we like it a lot.