| The wood burning stove has a rustic appeal to it, | | | | If you want to heat your entire house with one |
| something that speaks to the "old days", those | | | | stove you could put it in the basement and have |
| happy memories of our youth when we sat | | | | the heat rise, but to get it through the floor |
| around a fire and got warm in between trips out | | | | enough you'd probably overheat your basement |
| to play in the snow. There's just something | | | | to the point where it's almost unusable. You'll want |
| homey about burning real wood and it reminds us | | | | to have this stove within eyesight because they |
| of mom and apple pie. | | | | can be a fire hazard if not probably managed. It |
| Most wood burning stoves I've seen are black, | | | | burns real wood with a real fire, so be sure you |
| probably because it hides any soot and dirt well. | | | | have a fire extinguisher handy and are familiar |
| They usually have a stove pipe that runs up and | | | | with house to use the stove at all times. |
| out of the house to vent smoke. And yes, they | | | | If you live in an area that is densely populated |
| burn real wood. This requires manual labor for | | | | with trees then this kind of heat source could be |
| wood chopping, storing it, and hauling it, but you | | | | perfect for you. My husband has always wanted |
| are assured of a heat source no matter how long | | | | to put one in his shop to provide an economical |
| the electricity is out and some of them produce | | | | heat source for winter wood working projects. I |
| so much heat it can cover an entire floor. With | | | | have no objections other than making sure it was |
| the right one you can even boil water and provide | | | | carefully watched to prevent fires. |
| for the basics during a crisis. | | | | |