A heads up for those looking for a heater.

[oz in SC]

Seems Lowes is selling heaters for half price.

I found the following on sale for $73.50.

Heats up to 800 sq ft
Burns up to 24" logs
Affordable heat at low cost
Cool Touch spring handle
Two-6" cook lids with lid lifter
Swing-away top for easy loading
100% Cast Iron Construction

[Westwood]

We've used one much like it for 5 years now. Not airtight, but certainly gets the job done.

[oz in SC]

I would think fo rthat price unless it falls apart it would be a good deal.

[uncle Will in In.]

Does it say Vogelzang on the door? They make stoves that look like that, and come in different widths. People used to have these type stoves in their summer kitchens, and called them laundry stoves. They heated a tub of water on them for the old time wringer washers. Good stoves. Keep wood in them and they will heat 4 average rooms. A wider one would hold fire longer.

[MississippiSlim]

I have one like that except bigger (Boxwood deluxe?) Anyway, it heats my house nicely but will work you to death putting wood in it! Every 3 hours or so it seems. But for the price compared to a buck stove it is worth the work. I still have penty of firewood from Hurricane Katrina!

[sisterpine]

Dh has one of these in the shop but paid 125.00 for it at ACE hardware a few years ago, will heat you out of the shop (12x 18 feet) but does need to be fed every few hours, was thinking about one for my studio but have not got there yet. Yesterday the high was 10 and sunny, at 2 pm my studio was 58 degrees! Seems I will make it through the winter if I only work in there on sunny days! Sis

[WhiteChristmas]

unforunately. sigh I'd love to have a wood stove.

but my understanding to put one in here would cost a mint.



white

[oz in SC]

I believe we will buy one for the barn apartment.

It is a Vogelzang by the way.

Lowes also is selling off some of their electric heaters REALLY cheap.

[SherrieC]

does anybody out there know if there is a wood stove of any kind that an insurance company would let me install? I hesitate to contact my insurance comp. because I don't want to get them digging around. We had a wood burner and a wood cook stove in our old home that's how we heated and cooked. It burnt down in 2000{not wood stove related!,} and we had all these animals to tend to and were renting 25 mins away, so we put in a double wide or "modular" as they call them or "Glorified trailer" if you ask me. It is on a full basement, I hate this feeling of Helplessness in this home. We have no way to heat or draw water without the electric. in our old home it was set up for non-electric living, of course we installed elec, and runing water. When the power went out all weekend it was so quiet, and what did we care we had heat & water. I'm inclined to Hide one in the basement if we aren't allowed to have one. Complete with heat shields of course.

[oz in SC]

To be honest,IF the insurance company doesn't ask,don't tell.

And if they ask if it has a fireplace and you have a woodstove you can truthfully answer no.

Of course the insurance co. will do everything in it's power to NOT pay you.

We have a Papa Bear(or perhaps a Mama bear ) in our present house but have stopped using it,we did use it for a three or four years to heat our house though.

I wonder if a woodstove in the basement would be considered IN the house???

[marvella]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

To be honest,IF the insurance company doesn't ask,don't tell.

And if they ask if it has a fireplace and you have a woodstove you can truthfully answer no.

Of course the insurance co. will do everything in it's power to NOT pay you.

We have a Papa Bear(or perhaps a Mama bear ) in our present house but have stopped using it,we did use it for a three or four years to heat our house though.

I wonder if a woodstove in the basement would be considered IN the house???

the problem with this is if you do have a fire and they find out you had an undisclosed woodstove that they identify as the cause of the fire, they will not pay.

[oz in SC]

Marvella,that is why you answer their questions honestly but ONLY answer their question,offer no more info.

Of course an insurance co. will do almost anything to avoid paying out if there is a way...

Anywhere a hurrican hits you always read stories of how an insurance co. will say the damage was from flooding rather than the roof blowing off....that way unless you have flood insurance they do not have to pay.

It is of course up to the individual whether they want to take the risk...

A person could always remove the woodstove before the insurance co. arrives.....

[WhiteChristmas]

was reading the paper about how State Farm lost a case against some people who lost thier home to a hurricane and how State Farm claims that the after blow winds from the hurricane is what destroyed the home not the hurricane so they refused to pay.


white

[Aintlifegrand]

Oz..waht is the space requirement for this one? How far out from the wall and what type of surround are you going to use?

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by Aintlifegrand

Oz..waht is the space requirement for this one? How far out from the wall and what type of surround are you going to use?

Here is a link from the Vogelzang website:

http://www.vogelzang.com/bx26e.htm

From a quick look the stove needs to be 36'' from the walls.

We are planning to have wood walls inside but the stove will of course be on a fireproof material,perhaps a slab of stone(it helps to have a wife working in the ceramic tile/stone business..)

I guess we would run the chimney out the side of the barn.

[grannygardner]

That particular stove says it may NOT be installed in a mobile home. There are wood burning stoves that are approved for mobile homes. We had one in our mobile in the Arizona mountains. I don't remember the name of it but it was about the size of this Vogelzang and did a good job of heating our 950 square foot of living space.

[OK Yankee]

Thank you Oz. I called one of the Tulsa stores and found out they had 4 left. I bought 2. We have 200 acres here and with all the branches that are coming down we will have wood to burn til a warm place freezes.

Yankee

[marvella]

please pay attention when people are telling you that it has to be loaded frequently. it is NOT an airtight stove and therefore will use tremendous amounts of wood to sort of keep you warm. it is probably not intended to be used as a primary heat source, but will probably be ok for a shop or some small outbuilding.

[botebum]

I'll be hitting Lowes tomorrow on the way home. Thanks!

Doug

[TNHermit]

You can help these stoves out by getting some fire caulk and using it in the cracks.Where it goes together Not very pretty cause I think firecaulk is red. Mine is. but it will help for a while. Also they make fiberglass door gasket and cement you can use in some cracks. i have one in the green house.
Definitely put a damper in the stove pipe. These don't regulate that well and it will help lot.