Without the wood heater, life would not be worth living. Sitting next to the fire is one of life's little pleasures, I miss it in the summer when I don't use it.

But when the wind is blowin in the dead of winter, and the rain is belting down on the roof...... hell what would it feel like without the fire going. Sitting in front of a heater just doesn't cut it.

Thats it..... shift. No fire , no stay.

There have been several long threads about wood heating, and I seem to remember that having a separate shack (25' away) burns twice as much wood (as opposed to a Franklin stove in your living room), with the horrible characteristic of causing lots of building fires.

Of course we are a farm so that may be lots different than town.

Just how we do wood heat and get it insured with no problems.

Tom

Bummer.

First of all, I would NEVER encourage ANYBODY to do anything that was less than appropriate, but...

I recall reading somewhere about a homwowner who purchased and installed an heating-oil burning storage tank and furnace that was UL and code-approved, and after the inspector signed off on it, I was appalled to read that the homeowner adapted it to use WVO (whatever THAT is) with some of the exhaust warming a coil of the incoming oil to thin it.

If you catch anybody doing this, please warn them of the dangers (after you first post some pictures...)

Like serving red wine (in a brown paper sack) with chicken, I don't know why it isn't done, but there MUST be some reason?

there are lots of companies that would love to do business with you.
and let your old insurance know why the are getting kicked to the curb.

that is what i would do.

luckeydog