| You're getting a new wood stove and you have | | | | ductwork will have to be reworked to get the |
| many decisions to make. Other than brand, you | | | | heat from the wood furnace to the existing |
| need to decide whether you will use hot air or hot | | | | ductwork. Or you can install a coil into the |
| water to get the heat from the stove to the | | | | ductwork on the supply side of the furnace, for |
| living space. | | | | the water to run through from a hot water wood |
| If you have a hot water heating system already | | | | burner. This is probably the best way to heat if |
| installed then you obviously need to have a water | | | | you have a hot air furnace. Installing the hot |
| stove. If you are thinking about what to install in a | | | | water coil is a very simple process and the piping |
| new home or already have hot air then you need | | | | is fairly easy to hookup. |
| to consider what will be the best option for you. | | | | Hot air wood furnaces are almost always a inside |
| Now if you are installing a new system then you | | | | the structure appliance, which means that you |
| want to go hot water. That is by far the best | | | | have the mess of the wood and the ashes inside. |
| way of heating and will be the best way to heat | | | | This dust and dirt mess is something that is much |
| using a wood stove. Hot water heating is one of | | | | better kept outside where it can be cleaned up |
| the best ways to get great heat transfer from | | | | much easier. |
| the fire to the water to the air. | | | | Bottom line here is that you want to use a hot |
| If you have hot air heat and want to heat with | | | | water wood burning stove if you can. You will be |
| wood then you can install a wood hot air furnace, | | | | much happier with the heat that you get from |
| and set it beside your existing furnace. The | | | | burning wood. |