I hear ya there!
Yeah, it is best to have some options with the heating that do not require the grid! I have yet to even touch my winter propane supply but whoa is it a relief just knowing that the option is there if I need it.
That is quite a nice amount of savings for the cost of some repairs that are a fraction of that expense.
The dollar amount doesn't reflect the full cost... I would spend a lot more time processing wood for the stove. Not an out of pocket expense, but still, it's time.
One of the reasons I opted for the rocket stove instead of a conventional woodstove is that lumber scraps are the perfect fuel for it. Now that I have the sawmill, I'm going to have a lot more lumber scraps laying around. Hopefully by next winter I'll have this all sorted out, and be heating my house with by-products!
Yeah I was not going to mention the labor trade-off because I figured that you were already well aware of it! 🤠
Everything seems to always boil down to 'time and calories' for me when it comes to that stuff and a lot of the time... those seem fairly easier to come by than actual money.
The sawmill is a game changer on many fronts and ha they sure do produce a lot of scrap material that is perfect for burning!