| The first heating bill I received when heating my | | | | from the stove pipe which was mounted to the |
| home with electric heat was a shocking $300.00 | | | | bottom of the box and the chimney. The heater |
| for less than 2 months. The weather had not | | | | was tipped back a little and the stove pipe was |
| been bitterly cold, so there is no way I could | | | | squeezed into the collar hole, coming out of the |
| continue to heat my home using electricity. | | | | center of the heater. Again every thing was |
| While visiting a local hardware store I got an idea. | | | | squared up and checked for level. Before the |
| I would try the most economical and basic form | | | | workmen left, I used some wood pieces I had |
| of heating system possible. I would have a wood | | | | stored for that purpose and lit a small fire in the |
| heater installed in my entrance room. There was | | | | heater to test it out. Through the window in the |
| a cute little heater, available for $500.00. The | | | | heater's door one could see the fire burning |
| store manager agreed to deliver the heater, so | | | | merrily along. The heater gave off that new, not |
| that took care of the transportation problem. I | | | | yet broken in smell, as the first heat released |
| checked with a furnace servicing company who | | | | whatever the factory had applied to the metal |
| also installed heating systems, and got an | | | | surfaces of the heater. That smell dissipated after |
| estimate for installing the heater. The heater was | | | | a few moments. There were no smoke leaks and |
| delivered without any hassle. | | | | everything looked like it was working well. |
| A few days later the furnace installation people | | | | The heater is designed to be super efficient. |
| came to install my new heater. Having checked | | | | There is a chamber above the fire box where |
| on where I wanted to have it installed in the | | | | the smoke is mixed with oxygenated air to allow |
| room, they first laid down a metal covered piece | | | | any wood gasses to be reburned. This also has |
| of plywood about 3 feet square. This was to | | | | the effect of reducing the amount of smoke |
| protect the floor against extreme heat and fire | | | | emissions expelled by the heater. When the fire |
| damage. They squared it all up and positioned the | | | | has started burning properly, and is producing |
| heater on top of the metal floor protector base. | | | | heat, you can see the distortion of heat in the air |
| They measured and calculated where to make | | | | coming from the chimney, but no smoke. |
| the hole in the ceiling and roof for the stove pipe, | | | | During the 7 years I have used the wood heater, |
| coupling box, and chimney to go through. Then | | | | it has paid for itself several times over, compared |
| the sawing began. It didn't take long before there | | | | to what I would have spent on electricity over |
| was a hole in the roof, and ceiling through which | | | | that time. The bonus is, I have dependable heat, |
| the base of a metal chimney was poking. | | | | even if there is a power black out. The nice part |
| A heat dissipation, coupling box was mounted in | | | | is, that wood heat gives off a special rosy |
| the ceiling and connected to the chimney. This | | | | warmth, a comfortable homey sort of heat, that |
| device would spread out and radiate the heat | | | | cannot be surpassed. |