Woodstove in a doublewide

Yeah, it frosts me too. We bought without a mortgage with the idea that it would be our last home. What happens after that doesn't matter to us.

It's all pretty amusing when you look at how poorly many site built homes are built. Areas with no codes and no inspection have some amazing site built homes for sale.

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We've had a Fischer mobile home approved stove in here (doublewide) for the past 35 years and love it! It is vented thru the floor too but has a damper in the stove pipe and also in the stove itself so that you CAN regulate the heat. We built a hearth from sheetrock and fake brick (fireproof).

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Thanks all, I'm feeling encouraged...
My dh says our doublewide is built surprisingly well (1996 model). I know in many ways it is more comfortable than the log home was and more family friendly (6 kids).

The vented thru the floor is actually drawing it's fresh air thru the floor. All mobil home appliances with a flame must have a fresh air intake from outside, that is part of the code. My gas water heater has an outside air intake by code for a mobil home. My woodstove does not as it's not a mobil home approved stove. I also run with scissors occasionally, what can I say.

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first of all, the stove must be mobile or modular home approved.
HCD is the place to get your building permit, not local county typically..

some requirements for mobiles:
1. stove must say its approved for mobile/ modular on its label.
1,a. stove must have outside air source
2. stove must use close clearance(double wall) interior pipe
3. stove must be bolted down so it cant fall over if you ever move(dumb code huh?)
4. stove must be grounded with #10 copper wire or equivilant

here is some info on choosing a new heater http://woodheatstoves.com/choosing-y...r-p-12040.html

inserts into fireplace need to be zero clearance approved.

for any heater, follow installation instructions from maker

My insurance got canceled and the bank never said anything. Wasn't my choice, guess the house was too deteriorated for them to want to insure. I am running into the trouble where no one wants to refi the place without insurance. Current bank never said anything but I really don't like the idea of a ARM.

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We got our bill for the insurance the other day. It's crazy what the bank requires be insured. They have a falling down, rotting chicken house insured for $3000! Geesh! The total bill was over 1000 for 6 months (we have several outbuildings). Our other property (with the log home) is half that much. I'm wondering if I can somehow (legally) get it any cheaper.

i'd make a fuss about them saying the buildings are worth more than they are--my ins co did that and then tried to tell me that they had to give me the money no matter what. i was told thats not true--i changed ins co. its a good idea to shop around occassionally for ins.

to get your house ins co approval you are headed in the right direction putting in the insert..as your co installed fireplace is considered a safe install for your home..and adding an insert is NOT changing the fireplaces codes..at all..however if you do a freestanding model elsewhere..you are going to encounter insurance problems..so go with the insert or an outside wood boiler that brings liquid to a heat exchanger under your propane furnace..like we did..expensive but it works.

Don't forget, where insurance is concerned, you're SUPPLEMENTING with wood heat. Your central unit or whatever other approved heating method you have in place is still your primary heat source. How much you choose to supplement should be up to you.

Consider the Li'l House Outside Wood Heater. Costs about $1500 to heat an entire home, and avoids most of the insurance and code problems.

I'm not affiliated, don't know them personally, and don't get a penny from them. I just love the things because they are actually affordable (they usually pay for themselves the first winter), and they are relatively easy to install.

Here's the link to their photos page:
http://www.outsidewoodheater.com/page2.html

(Tell them Chickensense.com sent you.)

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