eernest4 said:Why would you want to do that any ways???????
Stoves run 65 % to 85 % heating efficiency & fireplaces only give 10 % heating efficieniency
at best, & often give negative efficency, pulling in more cold air from outside than the heat they create.
Sounds like a fire trap to me.eernest4 said:warming the first floor is imperative. Convection flow is good up & down both stairways, but I'm seriously thinking about cutting & installing some fan powered floor registers
eernest4 said:Thanks for the heads up on the drolet 2000 . Northerntools.com was where I was thinking of buying it from too. Do you remember how much they hit you up for shipping & did you have to assemble all the firebrick & secondary air tubes yourself. Was it a pretty straight forward
job , not hard to do or a serious pita.
eats wood but throws serious heat. It does a 8 hr overnight burn? or longer?
The stove i am burning now heats 2700 sq ft & eats 2/3 to 3/4 cord a week with its 12 cubic feet firebox & so I am looking for a stove that will give me the same haet using less wood.
caretaker said:Dale , do what I do, spark up the Chiminea, and let the little women sit outside, you are doing about the same thing with the doors open, burn baby burn