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Wood Stoves and Inserts – Friday Flashbacks – Epi-76

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In this episode I was joined by Jeff Wheatley who had over 15 years experience selling, installing, and servicing Hearth appliances (Stoves, Inserts, & Fireplaces) in 3 major fuel types: Woodburning, LP & NG Burning, and Pellet Burning. He joined us to discuss the safe install & use of wood stoves.  He also provides us with tips on how to get the best efficiency, the most heat, the least creosote, the easiest maintenance, and the safest operation from your wood stove. In this episode Jeff and I discussed several key aspects of woodstove installation and use. We kicked things off … Continue reading →

Episode-2172- Ted Kehl on Heating with Wood

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Our guest today Ted Kehl is part of the 5th generation to farm their couple hundred acres in mid-Missouri (purchased in 1911). They raise primarily beef, goats, and timber. He has lived in a bus for over a year to help pay for college.  He has a degree in Engineering Physics and mentors 4H robotics for his county.  In his spare time he is renovating the house his grandfather and great uncles built for his own family of 6. Our guests brings 3 decades worth of experience with firewood and using wood stoves as primary heat as well as accumulated … Continue reading →

Episode-2153- Paul Wheaton on Rocket Mass Heaters

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Paul Wheaton, the bad boy of Permaculture, was proclaimed the Duke of Permaculture by Geoff Lawton in 2012. He is the creator of two on-line communities. One is about Permaculture, permies.com, and one is about software engineering, CodeRanch.com. Paul is bonkers about permaculture. A few years ago he set about turning over 100 acres of Montana mountain land into a true permaculture community.  Building housing in a form he calls a WOFATI and experimenting with hundreds of options for sustainable living off the grid. Central to this has been heating through brutally cold Montana winters.  To do this Paul has … Continue reading →

Episode-964- Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design

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Ben Falk developed Whole Systems Design, as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and back country traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont’s Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the innovative land developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a master’s degree in land-use planning and design. He has taught … Continue reading →

Episode-808- Jeff Wheatley on Wood Stoves and Inserts

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Jeff Wheatley has over 15 years experience selling, installing, and servicing Hearth appliances (Stoves, Inserts, & Fireplaces) in 3 major fuel types: Woodburning, LP & NG Burning, and Pellet Burning. Today he joins us to discuss the safe install & use of wood stoves.  He also provides us with tips on how to get the best efficiency, the most heat, the least creosote, the easiest maintenance, and the safest operation from your wood stove. Join Us Today as we Discuss… Why a stove chimney is a major expense What is the biggest difference in modern vs. older stoves Thoughts on … Continue reading →

Episode-437- The Road to Individual Energy Independence

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Today we discuss “alternative energy”, not always “green energy” as a path to energy independence.  Like many topics that involve “independence” it is not an all or nothing concept, unlike death, independence does come in degrees.  So what we cover today ranges from initial baby steps to full tilt off grid life. Join me today as we discuss… The why’s behind the quest energy independence Alternative vs. green energy Polar bears vs. practicality Peak oil?   May be.  Peak expense?  Inevitable. Taxation Disaster Liberty Steps on the route to independence Start with efficiency Identify reality (lights aren’t that big a deal) … Continue reading →

Episode-129- 6 Emergency Heat Options

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Today I am recording from home rather then on the road.  Why?  A typical North Texas Ice Storm!  It got me thinking that I have never discussed emergency heat requiements and ways to provide emergency heating. Tune in today to hear… Do you have a fireplace, will it matter? Is your fire wood protected? Thoughts on buying and sourcing wood, not all wood is equal Don’t wait till winter to procure your wood Thoughts on finding free firewood even if you don’t own land or live in the backwoods Electric space heaters?  Yes sometimes power doesn’t fail, just the furnace … Continue reading →