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Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/20/2008 12:54:45 PM
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PaleHawkWoman
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For you craftsmen out there- which of these would you go with to heat your home in addition to or as an alternative to gas or electric heating, and why would you prefer one over another?
In reading the specs and associated materials the outside wood-burning furnace seems to be the most energy-efficient and economical choice. It of course lacks the visual effect of an open fireplace or the homey comfort of a woodstove, but is far safer as the source of the fire is removed from the house itself. Installation is less invasive than with a fireplace or woodstove and chimney. The one downside is that you have to go outside to fill the woodbox to the furnace but the feeder holds enough for 24 hrs (unless the temp drops really low).
Guys?
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/20/2008 8:26:24 PM
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Yeah, I clean the chimneys at my great-aunt's every year, and getting up on a 2-story house with 3 chimneys and a tin roof is no picnic. I also take the flue off of her woodstoves and clean them too. By the time I'm done I look like those guys in the Mary Poppins film and that stuff doesn't come off easily either.
Periodically I have to rechink the chimneys and that's not an easy job. Building the scaffolding is a pain, and the safety harness can be uncomfortable. Last year I had to tear the brick chimney down and rebuild it while standing on top of a metal roof in the late spring. That was an adventure...
I'm trying to figure safety into this as well, and all do have drawbacks which tend to occur when regular maintenance and safety measures are not followed. Proper installation of firewalls and fire-retardant materials around the flues is vital, and if I install a system, codes requires that a licensed contractor do the installation and that codes checks it out before usage is approved. I want to do as much as I'm allowed to by law to keep costs down but will definitely follow codes.
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/20/2008 10:17:10 PM
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"And burning wood is evil and adds to global warming." So said an article in the paper that complained about poor countries burning wood for cooking and heat. And they had the satelite pictures to prove it.
That said. my experience is a fireplace tends to pull heat from a room rather than add to it. If one has a blower built into the structure some heat can be directed back into the room.
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/20/2008 10:29:50 PM
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Fireplace gives ambience but no heat without a good blower. Also only heats the room it's in. Doesn't do much for the rest of the house
Woodstove is more effecient than an open fireplace (especiallyw ehn supplied with an outside air feed) but still doesn'ty heat the whole house.
Both of those have the problem with the fire being inside the hosue, chimneys, flues and such.
The external wood furnace has no ambience, in fact most of them are eyesores. But it also has no (minimal) threat of fire to the main hosue as teh fire is outside and away from the house. Since the heat can be fed into a ducting system the whole house can be heated this way.
For heating I'd go with the outside furnace. But of the three my favorite is the woodstove with the glass front so you can see the fire. (through a tea kettle with some potpurri in it on top and light that puppy up!
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/28/2008 12:29:48 PM
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A God who loves me, a good book, a long and dark winter,wife beside me, dog at my feet, and a fire burning in the fireplace.
What more could a man ask for?
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/28/2008 5:49:55 PM
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A cat on your lap?
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/29/2008 11:58:10 AM
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PaleHawkWoman
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Alright, alright! How about the kids in bed sound asleep and the wife in the mood for a little romance? That's what my husband said he'd want.
Besides, most Native people do not allow animals, especially dogs, in the house so you'd have to settle for just the fire, the book and the wife at your side.
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RE: Fireplace, woodstove, or outside wood furnace? - 11/30/2008 11:33:20 AM
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all have advantages and disadvantages.
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