Ok....We came across a wood burning stove on craigslist........... I will admit I did not do any research... I had no idea of the big wide world of stoves that existed...we saw the picture, thought it looked nice, thought the price was good so we bought it9it came with lots of 8 in. pipe, some insulated). I was asking for advice from my uncle about installing it and he asked " what brand is it?" wow, silly me, I never asked. so when we came home I immediately went to the internet to start looking it up. at first was super excited to find out it was a franklin stove.. that means it is old right? Wait, maybe we dont want something so old in our house... then I see it is made in Taiwan.... sigh... I only sighed after I have read a few post on here about those........some say they are only worth $50..others have said these are only good for ornamental....
So I thought, since we have it...... maybe some of you could share with us what you do not like about these stoves... what might be good points... dangers if any, problems...ect...
Please inform me..... I like the looks of it, but I want to make sure it is safe, we plan on using it in the living area of our 1700 sq ft home.. I have children.. we get free firewood so it doesnt bother us if it uses alot.. we are currently doing that with our fireplace. we would like to stop using the fireplace to heat and use a stove instead. We have been using our fireplace as main heat during day and space heaters at night. Would like to use a stove at night instead...
Thanks in advance....
So I thought, since we have it...... maybe some of you could share with us what you do not like about these stoves... what might be good points... dangers if any, problems...ect...
Please inform me..... I like the looks of it, but I want to make sure it is safe, we plan on using it in the living area of our 1700 sq ft home.. I have children.. we get free firewood so it doesnt bother us if it uses alot.. we are currently doing that with our fireplace. we would like to stop using the fireplace to heat and use a stove instead. We have been using our fireplace as main heat during day and space heaters at night. Would like to use a stove at night instead...
Thanks in advance....