On 16 Jan 2004 12:28:28 -0800, (Dez Akin) wrote:

I'm buying a condo with a fireplace and electric heat. I was
considering replacing the fireplace with a wood stove or pellet stove
but I'd like to have both in one.
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If you can get one that burns both, I suppose that would be OK-- as
long as you don't have to buy your firewood.

In upstate NY, despite the increasing cost of LP Gas, it is still
cheaper than buying wood-- or pellets, or corn. My ventless gas
stove is quieter, cheaper to run, takes 0 tending all winter and just
a good dusting in the off season; it also runs when the electricity
is out. Aesthetically it is just a pleasing, if not more, than any
pellet stove I've seen.

Jim