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Your Home & Heating Setup
Heated floor area (sq ft)
Ceiling height
Standard (8 ft)
9 ft
10 ft
12 ft (open concept)
Insulation / age
Very well insulated (post-2000, R-40+)
Average (1980–2000)
Older / drafty (pre-1975)
Log cabin / poor insulation
Canadian climate zone
Zone 4 — Southern BC, Lower Mainland
Zone 5 — Southern ON, BC interior
Zone 6 — Most of ON, QC, Prairies
Zone 7 — Northern ON, QC, AB, SK
Zone 8 — Northern Canada, YK, NWT
Wood is primary heat source?
Yes — sole heat source
Mostly — backup furnace for cold nights
Supplement — wood is secondary
Stove efficiency
EPA certified stove (80%)
Modern insert (70%)
Older stove (55%)
Wood species
Sugar Maple
Yellow Birch
White Ash
White Birch
White Spruce
Mixed Hardwood (avg)
Heating season length
5 months (Oct–Feb)
6 months (Oct–Mar)
7 months (Sep–Mar)
8 months (Sep–Apr)
Calculate Cords Needed
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cords of firewood per year
How We Got There
Heat Cost
Cord Volume
BTU by Species
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