If your house is going to be tight enough to affect the performance of a wood stove, you're going to have big moisture problems in that house.
Conversely, if your house is ventilated well enough to prevent problems with moisture buildup in the house – as it should be – it should be ventilated well enough to run a woodstove.
There is such a thing as insulating a house TOO well. Who wants to live in a sealed sewer pipe and smell last month's beef flatulence (and be scrubbing mold buildup) all the time?
Conversely, if your house is ventilated well enough to prevent problems with moisture buildup in the house – as it should be – it should be ventilated well enough to run a woodstove.
There is such a thing as insulating a house TOO well. Who wants to live in a sealed sewer pipe and smell last month's beef flatulence (and be scrubbing mold buildup) all the time?
