After lots of research and a few questions, we decided not to heat with wood.
The main problem is that I can't afford to buy a stove, and then not have any seasoned wood available to burn. I could either have an empty stove or worse, a dangerous wet fire. As many have pointed out, Craigslist is a gamble.
So this year, insulate, seal, tighten. Build a woodshed. Buy a saw, cut some logs and split them. Put it all away till next year. The, over the summer, buy a leftover stove when the prices are (hopefully) low. By then we'll be ready to burn.
So thanks for the help. We're going to take it slow and do it right. In the meantime, I'll put on the raingear and chop chop chop.
The main problem is that I can't afford to buy a stove, and then not have any seasoned wood available to burn. I could either have an empty stove or worse, a dangerous wet fire. As many have pointed out, Craigslist is a gamble.
So this year, insulate, seal, tighten. Build a woodshed. Buy a saw, cut some logs and split them. Put it all away till next year. The, over the summer, buy a leftover stove when the prices are (hopefully) low. By then we'll be ready to burn.
So thanks for the help. We're going to take it slow and do it right. In the meantime, I'll put on the raingear and chop chop chop.