Greg G.:

Why don't you put a nice wood stove in your family TV room? I am
seeing more of that here, and they are making nicer stoves again,
probably due as a response to the last few years of our northern
neighbors getting their eyeballs screwed out of their heads by greedy
companies.

I am in South Texas, and it rarely gets below the teens here, and it
snows little flakes about once every five years. But we have a lot of
those 40 (+/- 5 degrees) degree days where it rains constantly. Nasty,
miserable, weather with the rain.

The newer designer stoves even look nice. Some come with air
circulators, and some are even meant to be built in for that "hey this
was on purpose" look. I am thinking that some of the ones I have seen
would pay for themselves pretty well in the second year. The cheapies
even sooner.

Just a thought.

robert