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I’ve considered an “airtight” fireplace insert, as an emergency backup heat source (it occasionally dips below 0 degrees Fahrenheit here, as it did night before last). But this is our seventh winter here and have yet had such a need.
I haven’t looked into what those things cost these days, but I do recall from the days when I and several people I knew heated with wood that quality stoves weren’t an inconsequential expense even then. Part of what makes it at least worth considering is that the chimney is entirely lined with metalbestos pipe already.
I haven’t looked into what those things cost these days, but I do recall from the days when I and several people I knew heated with wood that quality stoves weren’t an inconsequential expense even then. Part of what makes it at least worth considering is that the chimney is entirely lined with metalbestos pipe already.
