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This article discusses
best fireplace home wood stoves tips and advice.
Installing a wood stoves can save you a considerable amount of money.
Wood stoves are fast becoming a cost-efficient supplementary means of
heating houses.
Cost: $150 uninstalled to $1,000 installed.
Wood itself is sold by the cord (128 cubic feet usually cut into
two-foot-long pieces and split in half). Price varies by locality. You
can save money by doing the cutting, splitting, and stacking yourself.
The local parks department may let you cut wood for free to save the
department the cost of having it cut and hauled.
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wood stoves
for more information.
Rule of thumb: The median range for the heating value of wood is about
25 million BTUs per cord. A well-insulated house of 2,000 square feet in
a relatively cold climate requires about 100 million BTUs per heating
season (about four cords per winter).
Calculate the economic logic of switching to wood heat, by estimating
how much you can comfortably reduce oil consumption by putting a wood
stove in your living room. If the saving over two or three winters adds
up to more than the cost of buying and installing a wood stove, plus the
cost of four cords of wood per winter, a stove is a good idea.
Shortcomings: Wood stoves usually mean chillier upstairs bedrooms. Also,
you must dispose of ash and remove creosote from the pipe connecting the
stove to the chimney.
Alternative Fuels For Stoves And
Fireplaces: Fuel substitutes for fireplaces and wood burning stoves:
1. Compressed wood logs.
2. Pelletized fuel made from fibrous organic material. Caution:
Wood-burning stoves must have insulated linings or be airtight cast iron
to use pelletized fuel. The heat generated hits 1,800°F. It works best
when burned with wood or coal.
3. Coal produces twice as much heat as seasoned hardwood.
4. Combinations of hardwood chips and coal chunks processed with an
organic resin binder.
5. Newspaper logs don't produce as much heat as coal products, but they
are very cheap. All you need is wire to bind newspaper tightly together
(or purchase a newspaper roller).
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Super insulating Homes To Slash Fuel
Bills: Energy-conscious contractors in the U.S. and Canada are building
homes that require little or no gas, oil, or electricity for space
heating. Cooling bills, too, are greatly reduced. Basic concept: Super
insulation. It
maintains temperatures by using the heat generated by appliances,
lights, water heaters, even human bodies. Modest backup heaters are
usually available, too.
Cost range: 1 % to 3 % above standard building expenses, including land.
Key elements:
Solar orientation: North-south axis. Most solar windows are on the
southern wall, where incoming sunlight provides maximum direct heating.
Triple-glazed windows: For heat retention without loss of light or
views.
Heavy insulation: In all floors and ceilings. Double-wall construction:
For all exteriors, the large inner cavities filled with insulation.
Air-infiltration barrier: A 6mm polyethylene sheet fastened to framing
lumber during construction. The barrier prevents heat leakage and keeps
condensation from reducing effectiveness of insulation.
Air-to-air heat exchanger: Located at the point where stale air is drawn
out and fresh air in, it transfers 80% of outgoing heat to the incoming
air.
Entrance hallways: At doors to baffle and help contain icy blasts.
Designs of super insulated homes differ little from conventional houses,
except for the concentration of windows on the south wall.
Super insulated homes in Springfield, VA, average 230 gallons of fuel
oil in a year for heat. Comparison: 1,200 gallons for neighboring homes.
Payback period: About 18 months.
While searching the internet for
wood stoves be sure to add
to your search string the name of your state and city so that you get local
wood stoves shops. For your convenient here is a list of US states and biggest
cities: in Alabama, in Alaska, in Arizona, in Arkansas, in California, in Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, in Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, in New Jersey, New Mexico, in New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. in New York, in Los
Angeles, in Chicago, in Houston, in Philadelphia, in Phoenix, in San Antonio, San Diego,
in Dallas, in San Jose, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, in San Francisco,
in Columbus, Ohio, Austin, Memphis, Baltimore, Fort Worth, Charlotte, El Paso,
Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston, Denver, Louisville- Jefferson County,
Washington, Nashville-Davidson, in Las Vegas, Portland, Oklahoma City, Tucson,
Albuquerque, Long Beach, Atlanta, Fresno, Sacramento, New Orleans,
Cleveland, Kansas City, UK, Virginia Beach, Omaha, Oakland, Miami, Tulsa,
Honolulu, Minneapolis, Colorado Springs, Arlington.
Source: Consumer Information Center
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