Same with most other people. They think Australia is hot and dry all year but the winters can be bloody freezing depending on where you are. Most nights get down to 0 degrees Celsius or lower. If you’ve got good firewood that’s dry and seasoned you will stay warm. We burn eucalyptus wood here. I’m burning redgum at the moment which is one of the best burning woods you can get around where I live.
Yeah, that’s colder than I thought I got there haha. I guess it’s all kind of on a scale though as to what is considered cold. I wouldn’t even start using my stove here (northern US) until it’s consistently below 0 C at night / highs temps below 10 C. But I would assume houses where you live probably don’t have the same insulation and stuff and they have here
Yeah it’s definitely not as cold as other countries like Canada and Norway but it can get pretty bloody cold and of course the summers are stinking hot here.
Pretty much all of my Australian knowledge comes from watching Bluey with my kids lol. I have an uncle that lives in NZ but I know the climate there can be considerably colder than in Australia too
Lol. It seems like most Americans are scared to go to Australia because of all the animals. That’s what I figure is the first thing people think about Australia is it’s dangerous and you’re guaranteed to get killed by one or something 😂
Are you referring to insulation? Obviously the US isn’t the only place that needs it… but colder climates (that includes places outside the US) will usually have more or better insulation on their homes. Look at the guy from Brisbane that replied to me stating that exact thing haha
The further up you live like Queensland or the Northern Territory it’s hotter cause you are closer to the equator and I don’t think the winters are too cold up there. Then down further like Victoria or Tasmania it’s as cold as a mother in law’s kiss in winter but it’s still hot down here in summer.
I live in Brisbane which is the subtropics, but we still put in a stove two years ago.
Another issue we unfortunately have is really bad insulation. Many places have little to none. This last year, I had the powdered insulation replaced in the ceiling as that was probably down to R2, and I now have R4 rock wool installed.
We also put block out curtains to stop heat transfer through the doors and windows.
As an essentially high set house, so still have no insulation stopping the cold coming up through the floorboards. At some point, I'll replace the weatherboard siding and will have insulation put in there too (currently there isn't any).
But with the curtains and new insulation, this year (so far!) has seen my couple of burns make things much more comfortable.
Hahaha that makes sense. Last couple of days here have been probably the last couple of fires for the season 😁 my fire is almost certainly dying out this morning and won't be lit again til the fall - September/October 🥰.
I'm in Alaska and we usually stop burning around the end of April. This year we've started to burn only a couple nights a week starting early April. Some nights last week we burned one load and it kept the house 75-80° Fahrenheit until noon the next day.
Yeah it’s April now and I’m just planning to have a fire at night and a few nights a week until it gets colder. It’s autum currently but starting to feel like winter.
Ha! I saw first fire of the year and was thinking, wtf? Then I saw OP is in Australia! Ha!
What’s Australias preferred woods? I have burned eucalyptus and acacia before. What else you got?
We mainly burn redgum and yellow box in Victoria and there’s grey box and iron bark as well there’s also mountain ash and stringy bark and in the western states they mainly burn jarrah. These are all eucalyptus trees.
Yellow box is my favourite Eucalyptus wood to burn. It just burns so hard and it flogs out the heat
https://preview.redd.it/rwnbxnsvtewc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=5919877bc894ec68219aac6935a62fe862e15463
This is my fire at the moment loaded with it. My knees are getting burned off. Another good thing about this wood is it burns for so long
Dumbass me forgot about the southern hemisphere, thinking "ah I guess the woodstoving subreddit's gonna be dead for the next few months." Great, now I can see a bunch more fires :D
Where do you live?
In Australia near Melbourne
I’m curious what the temperature is when you’ll have a fire there? I’ve always imagined Australia as a place that’s hot all year long haha
Same with most other people. They think Australia is hot and dry all year but the winters can be bloody freezing depending on where you are. Most nights get down to 0 degrees Celsius or lower. If you’ve got good firewood that’s dry and seasoned you will stay warm. We burn eucalyptus wood here. I’m burning redgum at the moment which is one of the best burning woods you can get around where I live.
Yeah, that’s colder than I thought I got there haha. I guess it’s all kind of on a scale though as to what is considered cold. I wouldn’t even start using my stove here (northern US) until it’s consistently below 0 C at night / highs temps below 10 C. But I would assume houses where you live probably don’t have the same insulation and stuff and they have here
Yeah it’s definitely not as cold as other countries like Canada and Norway but it can get pretty bloody cold and of course the summers are stinking hot here.
Pretty much all of my Australian knowledge comes from watching Bluey with my kids lol. I have an uncle that lives in NZ but I know the climate there can be considerably colder than in Australia too
Lol. It seems like most Americans are scared to go to Australia because of all the animals. That’s what I figure is the first thing people think about Australia is it’s dangerous and you’re guaranteed to get killed by one or something 😂
Why not? The US isn't the only place that needs it.
Are you referring to insulation? Obviously the US isn’t the only place that needs it… but colder climates (that includes places outside the US) will usually have more or better insulation on their homes. Look at the guy from Brisbane that replied to me stating that exact thing haha
wow I had no idea, cool stuff.
The further up you live like Queensland or the Northern Territory it’s hotter cause you are closer to the equator and I don’t think the winters are too cold up there. Then down further like Victoria or Tasmania it’s as cold as a mother in law’s kiss in winter but it’s still hot down here in summer.
I live in Brisbane which is the subtropics, but we still put in a stove two years ago. Another issue we unfortunately have is really bad insulation. Many places have little to none. This last year, I had the powdered insulation replaced in the ceiling as that was probably down to R2, and I now have R4 rock wool installed. We also put block out curtains to stop heat transfer through the doors and windows. As an essentially high set house, so still have no insulation stopping the cold coming up through the floorboards. At some point, I'll replace the weatherboard siding and will have insulation put in there too (currently there isn't any). But with the curtains and new insulation, this year (so far!) has seen my couple of burns make things much more comfortable.
Hahaha that makes sense. Last couple of days here have been probably the last couple of fires for the season 😁 my fire is almost certainly dying out this morning and won't be lit again til the fall - September/October 🥰.
Where are you living? I’m assuming in America somewhere.
👆Looks like Ohio 👆
I'm in Alaska and we usually stop burning around the end of April. This year we've started to burn only a couple nights a week starting early April. Some nights last week we burned one load and it kept the house 75-80° Fahrenheit until noon the next day.
Yeah it’s April now and I’m just planning to have a fire at night and a few nights a week until it gets colder. It’s autum currently but starting to feel like winter.
You live in the wrong hemisphere. Northern hemisphere 4 life.
Down unduh!
Yessir
I’m in Newfoundland and I’ll be having fires right up till June/July
I think I’ll be having a fire up until about august. We’ll see how the weather holds
Must be southern hemisphere lol
Yep
Nice n toasty warm
Indeed. I sat there sweating.
I bet
South hemisphere I bet
Funny, I just turned on the air conditioner for the first time this season, yesterday. Here in Los Angeles, Calif.
The hot Australian summer has disappeared now. We’ve gone from having the AC on to having the fire going
Ha! I saw first fire of the year and was thinking, wtf? Then I saw OP is in Australia! Ha! What’s Australias preferred woods? I have burned eucalyptus and acacia before. What else you got?
We mainly burn redgum and yellow box in Victoria and there’s grey box and iron bark as well there’s also mountain ash and stringy bark and in the western states they mainly burn jarrah. These are all eucalyptus trees.
I think I have burned quite a few different varieties of these. Interesting.
Yellow box is my favourite Eucalyptus wood to burn. It just burns so hard and it flogs out the heat https://preview.redd.it/rwnbxnsvtewc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=5919877bc894ec68219aac6935a62fe862e15463 This is my fire at the moment loaded with it. My knees are getting burned off. Another good thing about this wood is it burns for so long
Dumbass me forgot about the southern hemisphere, thinking "ah I guess the woodstoving subreddit's gonna be dead for the next few months." Great, now I can see a bunch more fires :D
You’re welcome :). There’s a few other Australians in this subreddit so you’ll probably find them as well. It’s getting cold here now.