I've got an old house with a Shenandoah stove jury-rigged by French Acadians in Northern Maine. What they did was to place a metal shell over the barrel-type Shenandoah stove. They hung a blower/thermostat on the side of the shell and attached the forced-air ductwork to the top of the shell.
According to our local hardware store, people have been doing this for generations.
Anyway, some years ago the previous owners disconnected the ductwork and redirected it into an oil-burning furnace, which we currently use to heat the house. The former setup is still there.
What I want to do is reconnect the wood-burning system (instead of using oil) to the ductwork and route the exhaust out the side of the basement with an electric vent of some sort.
Do the experts think this will work?
According to our local hardware store, people have been doing this for generations.
Anyway, some years ago the previous owners disconnected the ductwork and redirected it into an oil-burning furnace, which we currently use to heat the house. The former setup is still there.
What I want to do is reconnect the wood-burning system (instead of using oil) to the ductwork and route the exhaust out the side of the basement with an electric vent of some sort.
Do the experts think this will work?
