"Jules" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what EPA approval is - is that the same as UL approval and
the terminology's just changed? Or does UL approval apply to furnaces
and EPA approval to stoves? UL was the thing all the insurance companies
up here were worried about.

UL approval addresses chiefly safe burning (when
a stove is installed in compliance with manufacturer's
instructions and local fire safety codes these are
the main concerns of the building permits office.
EPA approval concerns the efficient consumption
of fuel and production of heat, carbon in smoke, etc.
They are quite different (although city-based insurance
agents seldom understand this.)

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)