I don't mean to minimize the risk of frozen pipes, hence my original post. I just want to point out that some people heat an entire house exclusively with a wood stove. I don't think my house or my stove are right to attempt that---poor airflow from room to room and to the upstairs; stove probably too small.
I've been tracking how much the inside temperature falls at night when I let the fire die at bedtime.
Temp in house at bedtime 66
Exterior temp overnight 25
Temp in house 6:30 am 55
Temp drop in house 11 degrees over 9 hours
Of course zero or 10 below at night is an entirely different matter. So far no need to turn the furnace on. I'll see what happens next week.
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