I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

They have 'inserts' that run a large SS tube (flex) just in case
your mortar is bad or broken bricks... Great for Earthquake country...

The professional inserts - not stand along units - are flush with the sides.

Martin

On 4/13/2011 8:21 PM, stryped wrote:
I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

On Apr 13, 8:21*pm, stryped wrote:
I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

Location please.

In some parts of the country, the emissions are prohibited.

Also bear in mind that wood stoves are alot of work...that wood
doesn't cut, split and stack itself.

In general, reinsulating and draft proofing a house will gain you
more...and you do the work once.

Now if you are looking for an alternative heat source for disasters,
wood is a good idea.

Another angle to look at is solar...many times a simple addition can
supply supplemental heat free.

TMT

On Apr 13, 3:21*pm, stryped wrote:
I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

Just saw this. Know nothimg about them.
http://www.csia.org/
Karl

On Apr 14, 11:21*am, stryped wrote:
I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

Anything is feasible - but unless you have access to free wood, it
will be cheaper with what you got. And, as has been mentioned
the stove probably needs to be EPA certified
its a lot of hard work feeding the things - depending where you are,
you will need a huge amount of wood to get thru the winter....

My 80yo cousin in Tasmania still cuts his own wood - he has a block
20km out of town, takes his chainsaws out in the back of his tray body
landcruiser, cuts a truckload, loads it, then brings it home to split
it. Has to do this every 2 weeks, and he is slowing down a bit these
days....

Andrew VK3BFA.

On Apr 16, 7:00*am, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:
On Apr 14, 11:21*am, stryped wrote:





I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

Anything is feasible - but unless you have access to free wood, it
will be cheaper with what you got. And, as has been mentioned
the stove probably needs to be EPA certified
its a lot of hard work feeding the things - depending where you are,
you will need a huge amount of wood to get thru the winter....

My 80yo cousin in Tasmania still cuts his own wood - he has a block
20km out of town, takes his chainsaws out in the back of his tray body
landcruiser, cuts a truckload, loads it, then brings it home to split
it. Has to do this every 2 weeks, and he is slowing down a bit these
days....

Andrew VK3BFA.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You make a good point about being able to do it.

I have seen several individuals who depended on wood for heat in the
past suddenly have a serious problem when illiness/disability made
wood prep impossible.

I view wood as a supplemental heat solution...not a primary one.

Even settlers to America would face their shelters to the south to
take in solar knowing that it reduced the wood/coal/dung they would
have to use stay warm.

TMT

On Apr 16, 8:00*am, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:

Anything is feasible - but unless you have access to free wood, it
will be cheaper with what you got. And, as has been mentioned
the stove probably needs to be EPA certified
its a lot of hard work feeding the things - depending where you are,
you will need a huge amount of wood to get thru the winter....

Andrew VK3BFA.

My neighbor get free wood delivered. He knows several people that do
tree removal and allows them to dump wood on his property. He has an
outside wood furnace that will take wood bigger than he can lift.
And still he left for Florida in January with his fifth wheel travel
trailer and still has not come back.

Dan

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:21:57 -0700 (PDT), stryped
wrote:

I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house
would help out with my propane cost in the winter. I have als heard
that some of these can heat your hot water. I would love an outdoor
unit but they are out of my proce range. I have a pre fab type
fireplace but no massonary chimnay. WOuld it be possible to mount a
stove flush in this spot? I know I will have to replace my current
chimney pipe with class A chimney. Can I do this from the top, pulling
the old pipe up and out and installing the new that way? Is there a
way to mount a stove in my current openign flush after taking the
insert out and making it look and work right? (AAnd be safe).
Would there be a way to distrubute the heat from the stove to the back
end of the house where the bedrooms are? Maybe installing another
return register in the living room and running the central air unit's
fan? I appreciate any advice and help. Here is a copy of a video of my
current set up.

Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSCJunbavM

I am not sure if any of these publications would be of help:

http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/pubs/arcpubs

I sure found them interesting.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC