New to the wood stove thing but loving it. Got home from work last night around midnight. Colder than a witches you know what so lit a nice fire. Got her going good and started shutting down in stages around 550 f with a beautiful coal bed. Loaded her up, closed down the air, turned on the blower and hit the hay. Woke up this morning and stepped out of my room and it was like the Sahara desert. Thermo said 80 f! Poor lab had his tongue hanging down to the floor. It's going to be a warm winter in the habsfan house. I love sticking it to OPEC and big oil. I have done alot of work on my house but the Avalon was the best addition by far.