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- heating entire house from basement | Hearth. com Forums Home
we are looking at buying a house that has a stone fireplace in the living room and a place in the basement to connect a woodstove, the house is 1456 sq ft on one floor and the basement is same sq footage and completely open was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply
- recommendations for interior or exterior chimney? - Hearth. com Forums
The advantages of having an interior chimney are many Look at the house of yore when people didn't have central heating You won't find many exterior chimneys there The advantages are: better draft, less cooling of flue gas equalling less creosote, far less heat loss to outdoors and most of it instead radiated to the interior of the house and less deterioration due to weather
- Please advise! Neighbours wood smoke blowing into my home
The stack was lower than my house and it would set off a smoke detector in my attic The town elected to work with him and after he put in a 30' extension on his stack it became far less of an issue Obviously making your home tighter will reduce the smoke getting inside If you have a chimney and are not using it, that is logical thing to seal
- Straw bales for exterior insulation? | Hearth. com Forums Home
Context: 78 YO house, 2 ft thick uninsulated masonry walls, full daylight basement with walkin on north side (bummer), massive concrete foundation with basement stairs, laundry room floor, and two porches all poured along with the foundation The front of the house faces south, but the south
- Will a Wood Stove Smell-up The House??? - Hearth. com Forums
The latest road block on my way to burning wood in the house is that my Wife is afraid that the whole house will smell like wood smoke - everything, clothes, clothes in the closet, funiture, carpet, the dog, etc , and if she ain't happy, nobody is happy! Will a nice modern wood stove smell-up the house?
- Rainey’s home (homestead rescue) burns to the ground
Anyone watch Homestead Rescue Raneys ranch on Discovery channel? I was watching it last night and the fathers house had a bit of a chimney fire that got out of hand and they completely lost their cabin on the homestead they have been working on for most of the show for the last few years Not
- Using hvac system to circulate woodstove heat? - Hearth. com Forums
Just installed my first woodstove, a pleasant hearth 1800sq ft woodstove in my 1200sq rancher It’s located on one side of the house I have floor vents and wall returns near the ceiling with insulated duct in the basement I was wondering if it’s possible to run the hvac system fan to help
- Pellet Stove in the basement questions - Hearth. com Forums
My house is approx 2200 sq feet of livable space with the unfinished basement adding another 500 sq feet What size stove might I need? Do any of you have one installed in the basement? Do you think a pellet stove will put out enough heat to help me? I really do not have a spot to install it on the main level of the house
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