Re: OT wood stoves

Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on September 10, 2011 at 15:33:22 from (208.81.157.90):

In Reply to: OT wood stoves posted by petemiddletn on September 10, 2011 at 03:02:21:

I would suggest placing the stove and chimney somewhere fairly close to an outside door. Wood needs to be carried in often and ashes carried out. Both are dirty and messy. So you don't want to carry them any farther than you need to.

If your house already has a chimney, it is probably most practical to use it, assuming it is in good shape and designed to handle a wood stove. If you don't have a chimney, and plan to use a manufactured chimney, I prefer the Metalbastos (type) insulated stainless steel system rather than the triple wall system. The insulated chimneys have lots less problems with creasote buildup than the triple wall ones. So you have to clean them out lots less, if at all. I like a chimney that exits near the roof peak, rather than on an outside wall, but your installation might have to be a compromise. Tall chimneys tend to draw better than short ones.

There are lots of stoves out there, new and used. It might not be the easiest to get an old used stove approved, if you need to deal with a building or use permit.

Before I did anything at all, I would check with my insurer to see what they have to say about adding a wood stove. It might change your mind. Years ago my family lived in a mobile home with electric heat. Even with cheap electric rates, I was paying about $350 a month for electricity to heat it. So I added a specially designed, approved and expensive wood stove. I got a permit and the installation was inspected and approved. The wood stove kept our family warm for years at really low cost...my electric bills went down in the Winter because I pumped less water. But then my insurer decided that they would no longer insure ANY mobile homes with wood stoves, and they cancelled me. I ended up paying about 5 times what I had been paying for insurance with a "high risk" company for lousy coverage because of the wood stove. What had been a good deal, heating with wood, became something that was pretty expensive. We ended up building a new house, with natural gas heat, since a gas line went down our road about that time.

I have thought about putting a wood stove in the basement of that new house, and even designed it with a space to run the chimney. But I haven't done it, since my insurer said it would definitely add to my insurance bill. And my wife is now asthmatic, and I am afraid that the little bit of smoke that occasionally escapes from a stove might irritate her condition.

Lots of things to consider. Good luck!

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