Woodstove Installing?

[fldwlkr]

Collett Propane made a fortune off of me last year and I'm looking at heat suppliment options. I'm thinking a woodstove would be a reasonablle choice. Any arrowheadologists have input on the right way to install a chimney or opinions on stoves? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hotter than that girl I dated in highschool and I'm talking winter already,
fldwlkr

[cgode]

Yea, heat index is gonna be over 100 degrees today...and your thinking woodstoves????.........lol......I guess it's good to think ahead though!

cutting/splitting/stacking.......yup, all those activities will certainly keep ya warm

Check with your local fire marshal first, they should have requirements for a proper install and should inspect the install after it's completed......at least that's how it works here. I know (here at least) you can't exhaust the wood stove in the same flu as your furnace....has to be completely seperate from top to bottom. Again, see what the local requirements are first.

A word of caution.....wood stoves cause chimney fires and full blown house fires....IF the installation wasn't done properly, AND inspected, I have seen insurance companies deny any claims for damage due to fire....leaving the homeowner with a burned out house holding the bag!

[drdave514]

A lot of people around here have been using outside stoves that blow hot air in. Some are wood, some are corn. Everyone says they work great and keep the danger away from the house. During the coldest times they say it needs to be fed 2x per day and the ash/clean-up is a snap.

[marksimerson]

Google Central boiler, my brother sells them and I hear they are the best.

[Scotto]

Here's my woodstove, we love it. Heats the whole house.

IMO, I'd stay away from pellet stoves.

[fldwlkr]

Thanks for the input and keep it coming. I'm leaning toward an add on wood burner to my existing propane hvac unit. The layout of the house seems to lend itself to this option. I originally wanted a traditional woodstove but the cost of a 2story chimney made me rethink it. Furnace is in garage which is in the single story part of the house. Why the wife needed such a big house in the first place still evades this simple man's thinking.
fldlwkr

[marksimerson]

Another thought...The outside ones will not raise your house insurance! Just make sure to fill er up before bedtime on a cold winter night!

[paleo_joe]

I have a traditional woodstove with a 2 story chimney (actually just the double-walled pipe, not a "chimney" per se). One of the things I like is that the pipe puts out a lot of heat so if you have ceiling fans you can push it all down from the ceiling and really warm your house.

I can see all the advantages to an outside stove but man, I love sitting by mine and reading in the winter.

One of the things I don't like is having the stove in the middle of my living area the rest of the year.

[Dennis]

Here's my wood cook stove not energy efficient but nice and warm and a great back up system when the power is out. I have propane also but try and limit its use during the winter.