Hi Dan,
Sounds like you must be heating, a fairly large place -- as when we were burning wood -- if we didn,t keep it turned down, we would start to "melt"..
I did , however , crack it open occationally to run hot, and burn off all the buildup, in the chimeney !!
We switched to oil, some years ago, as we just didn,t have time to go get wood and weren,t home to tend the fires....
Now, we are thinking of going back to wood, as oil has gone to $3 a gallon !!!
I did keep our wood stove though -- but after years in the shed -- it,s not to pretty !!!
The thought of WINTER, makes me want to head south !! Bill H....