| The pot belly stove is the symbol of Americana. | | | | energy efficient. Pot belly stoves normally burned |
| Its' use in colonial America was not just to | | | | either wood or coal, but more popularly burn |
| provide sufficient heat. This famous stove was | | | | wood pellets and grains. A lot of people still use |
| also used as the place to cook the household's | | | | these materials today, especially if they have |
| meals in more affluent homes. | | | | bought a true vintage pot belly. Many companies |
| They were constructed entirely from solid cast | | | | that restore old stoves will also convert the stove |
| iron. The better the casting the more insulated | | | | to gas or electricity for a fee. |
| the stove would be and therefore, the distribution | | | | When thinking about installing the little stove make |
| of heat would last longer. Antique wood burning | | | | sure you have measured the room and found an |
| stoves were more ornate while the pot belly | | | | appropriate spot for the it to call home. Every pot |
| stove was small and compact. Its' size made it | | | | belly stove has a chimney that is attached to let |
| great for use in public places such as general | | | | the smoke out. Because of the intense heat put |
| stores, one room schoolhouses and railroad | | | | out by the stove set up must be at least 36" |
| stations. If you watch an old western movie you | | | | from anything combustible. When you purchase a |
| will usually see a this kind of stove off in the | | | | stove, be sure that it has sufficient draft controls, |
| corner heating the room. | | | | so that the heat can be properly controlled. If you |
| Many people remember the old stove in their | | | | increase the draft, the pot belly stove can turn |
| grandparents' kitchen. The kitchen became the | | | | out more heat, which is a must when the outside |
| most common room in the house for | | | | temperature drops and you want to keep the |
| conversation and a friendly get together because | | | | indoor temperature steady. All stoves should have |
| of the warmth and coziness provided by the little | | | | an ash pan at the bottom to collect the ash from |
| pot belly. People today are trying to recapture | | | | whatever fuel you are using. The pan should be |
| that bygone era feeling by installing an antique | | | | easy to remove so that the stove can be easily |
| stove in their own kitchen. | | | | cleaned. |
| Wood burning stoves are a great way to heat | | | | The classic looks of an antique pot belly stove are |
| the modern home. Any models made after the | | | | something that attracts a lot of people to this |
| early 1990s and approved by the Environmental | | | | design. Some of these stoves are over one |
| Protection Agency are likely to save at least | | | | hundred years old and still in proper working |
| one-third the cost of heating with a traditional | | | | condition. If you have a small room that does not |
| stove. While the most famous stoves are cast | | | | have any other form of heating then a pot belly |
| iron, contemporary makers have found stainless | | | | stove could be a great choice to keep the room |
| steel versions with glass doors to be quite popular. | | | | at a comfortable temperature. These stoves are |
| If you have your heart set on a traditional | | | | very fuel efficient appliances and goodness knows |
| potbelly stove you can find exact replicas made | | | | in this day and age that can really help with the |
| to today's specifications and therefore, more | | | | family heating budget. |