Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Own experience: with 600€ you are well equipped. Buy 3m pieces from the forester, saw and split them on site into 1m lengths. Take them home, cut directly to 33cm, if necessary split again with a cheap splitter, stack and be happy in 2 years. It’s like with everything else: if you have someone else do the work, you have to pay for it. If you do it yourself, it costs time, but you save real money. Of course, only if you earn less than 100€ net per hour.

That’s how it is. There are always ways if there is the will. Of course, if you want the wood magically ready for the stove and stacked, you have to pay the money. I’ve also made wood from scratch with my ex, that is, cut the huge logs in the winter forest, split, loaded, unloaded, stacked. That’s a lot of work. But it was fun. You’re in nature, physically active, and at that time we were very young and glad for the savings. I probably wouldn’t do it like that anymore today (I don’t even have a chainsaw license) – but if I couldn’t afford the wood otherwise, then yes. But we are generally do-it-yourself types.

Then the illusion that heating with wood is sustainable and everyone is happy. But if everyone did that, our forests would only last until mid-2025. That is the catch with a niche. It only pays off as long as it is a niche.

Let's not kid ourselves. Without cheap energy from Russia, Germany will become the poorhouse of Europe. Wages and salaries have drastically halved. Unfortunately, liabilities do not halve. Anyone who thinks they are safe with a monthly income of 6000 will be in for a surprise.

The solution is actually quite different: - Finally strengthen the expansion of renewable energies - Reduce bureaucratic hurdles for renewable energies - Allow bidirectional charging - Energetically renovate existing properties - Implement sensible concepts for energy saving Why continue to depend on gas imports when you can produce the necessary energy yourself? At the current and, according to you, still expected energy prices, excess capacity from summer solar production can then be converted into H2O and burned again in winter.

Then the illusion that heating with wood is sustainable and everyone is happy. But if everyone did that, our forests would only last until mid-2025. That's the catch with a niche. It only pays off as long as it remains a niche.

I love these killer arguments with "if everyone did that, then..." But not everyone does. Heating with wood is not absolutely sustainable either. However, wood at least regrows, so it can certainly continue to exist permanently as a niche. I predict that there will not be one single solution. Not just wind power, not just hydrogen, not just xy. It will continue to be broad-based, just with different focuses. So, let's wait and see.

By the way, there are also hybrid ovens. They burn pellets and firewood, so comfortably with automatic pellet feed, but independently in case of a power outage with firewood (and for the chimney romance...).

We are getting one like that. We will heat the living room and kitchen with it, as well as the adjacent bathroom and wardrobe, and one outlet will also go into the hallway upstairs to provide a bit of heating there. (16m of piping is involved). I’m happy to report whether it actually works as promised once it is hopefully installed and no longer just sitting in the packaging.

By the way, there are also hybrid stoves. They burn pellets and firewood, so comfortable via automatic pellet feed, but independent in case of a power outage with firewood (and for the fireplace romance...)

We are getting one like that. We heat the living room and kitchen with it, as well as the adjacent bathroom and wardrobe, and one outlet goes into the hallway upstairs to help heat there a bit. (16m of piping is involved). I can gladly report whether it really works as people say when it is hopefully installed sometime and no longer just sitting in the packaging.

I would be very interested (pun intended^^). Also happy to hear via PM what you pay for it?