"john" wrote in message
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And your insurance will go up about 25% or more.

are you kiddin me ? Thats one thing I overlooked. They think of that as
such a hazard ? geez.. I guess a pellet stove would be the same.. I
thought about one of those too. Something that runs off pure wood is my
main goal though... who knows what type of oil / gas crisis were going to
have in a year from now...or longer. As long as I can heat my home
somehow...is all I care about

Im probably going with pergo flooring. (no glue needed) Putting the
pergo down first seems like the way to go. I appreciate the input.


Call your agent. Mine went up 25%. Yours may be less or more. If you do
not notify them of the alternate heating device and do have a fire, they
can, and probably will, deny the claim. We found out about ours on a yearly
update. They asked if we had a wood stove, and we hadn't previously. We
said, oh, yeah. That's when we found out about it.

A neighbor's house was almost totaled a few weeks ago from a flue fire on a
wood heating stove. They do have risks.

Steve