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Old 12-09-2006, 03:16 PM   #1
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If you have a fire place aready I would go the insert route, I had a wood stove for many years and they are alot of extra work first you have to buy the wood which can be done a number of ways, I used to buy graffle loads and cut and split it all by hand, I would go thru 6 to 8 cords a year, Then I put a new heating system in and I went to only using 3 to 4, If you buy it cut/split/deliverd it is still move it 3 times before you even burn it.
Putting a stove in your basement is a great idea to the stainless steel all fule flue pipe is very expensive I think it is $10.00 a inch, When I installed mine I had 3 36 inch sections, a roof flashing, some brackets, and a cap and it was somewhere around $1000.00 and I had to install it.

I am not trying to discourage you just letting you know the work involved

I have senced moved and don't even have a fire place and I miss the heat bad, I am always cold, but the wife doesn't want the mess of the wood in the house, she doesn't like pelet stoves either so I may get a gas stove but we are going to go and look for one this week, I am going to try and get a pelet stove.

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Old 12-09-2006, 04:27 PM   #2
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Look into a gas stove like Bob said. I had a wood burner for 20 years and it worked great, but being i had to start buying wood i wasn't saving that much. Went to Vermont Castings gas 10 years ago and like it alot. Nice thing you can vent it right through the wall about 30 inches above the stove.

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