Wood heat
Most complaints about a wood stove turn out to be complaints about wet wood. These guides cover choosing a stove, splitting and seasoning the wood that feeds it, and the chimney maintenance nobody enjoys. Installation is a manual-and-local-code job and we say so.
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Seasoning and Storing Firewood
EPA puts good firewood under 20 percent moisture. How stacking, cover and airflow get you there, why a meter beats guessing, and what wet wood costs you.
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Electric against gas, what tonnage does and does not tell you, and why a knotty elm round beats a bigger number. Plus when a maul is still the right answer.
Read the guideWood Stove Guide
EPA sizes stoves small, medium and large, not by square feet. Catalytic against non-catalytic, what certification means, and why clearances only come from your model's manual.
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