Speaking about woodstoves and chopping wood, My bro's and I heat the entire family cottage with a wood stove. 1000 square feet each floor. It takes a good 24 hours to heat it up from when we arrive in the dead of winter. We go to bed seeing our breat, and wake up still seeing our breath. We wake up several times a night to keep that fire going hot!!! After that it stays pretty warm. It's the price we pay to sled in the north! We love it.