Years ago my father in law invested in a log splitter. Best investment ever. We split about 4 cords over the spring and summer months. We find a lot of the wood on craigslist people who get a tree taken down and the guy left the wood there situation or compliment of sandy and the follwing snow storm... a lot in families yards and his haha. We spend about an hour a day splitting and thats all. The 1200 dollar investment pays off itself in thr first 6cords or season. Good luck hope I helped

thanks nick, ill check it out home. looks like one can be had for around a grand or less. Wondering if i should install or pay someone. This would be installed in a family room that is above a basement (split level), the room as a cathedral ceiling...

 

Just be careful. Some towns require a permit (I know, ughh) for a wood stove installation.

 

I could have gotten my friends dad who is a handyman to install our stove, but we wanted the Wood Heat installer to do it. It was installed professionally and with a town permit. If your house burns down and you installed it yourself with no permit, you could be in trouble in terms of insurance.

yeah i hear ya. Im thinking the summer would be a good time to go wood stove shopping.... Man as a new homeowners there is just soooooo much stuff on the list, but ill be adding this as well lol.

yeah i hear ya. Im thinking the summer would be a good time to go wood stove shopping.... Man as a new homeowners there is just soooooo much stuff on the list, but ill be adding this as well lol.

 

Isn't that the truth. I had my house built and have been here for 9 years now and I'm still not caught up with the projects I want to get done. Now I'm getting close to when I would normally start replace some items that I like to change out before they go on me, 1st thing will be this spring when I change out the water heater.

 

Already did the washer and dryer hoses and other misc PM type items. It never ends man, it never ends.

 

 

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yeah man, i am kind of overwhelmed. Just so many hours in a day and a week. I feel like every weekend is just doing shit with the house.. I guess im preaching to the chior here tho. Our water heater is from 1989, yes freakin' EIGHTY-NINE. Thats pretty much tops on the list now aside from replacing the fence that was half destroyed from the hurricane. Good thing the old owner flushed the HWH tank several times each year, it seems to be in very good shape actually. If it wasnt in the basement it would prob have been the 1st thing i did when we bought the house. We've only been in it for 5 months now...

Im prob going to apply for the 10k 10yr interest free federal loan to re-do your HVAC system, i figure have the HWH done at that time since it has to "comply" to get the loan...