On Feb 22, 1:23*pm, "SteveB" meagain@rockvilleUSA wrote:
"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

I don't have any additional premium for a stove. They wanted to
ensure it was adequate installed. That's all. I didn't have a
problem with that -- our building inspector used to keep a picture of
it on his bulletin board with the label "How to install a wood
stove". But then again, lots of people around here heat with wood.