Keep The Bills Down With Wood Fire Heaters

Anyone who has ever attempted to heat a place with electric heaters knows just how bad the power bills can get. Kerosene heats much more cheaply, but it smokes, smells, gets spilled, and cannot be left on when the house is unattended. Wood fire heaters can offer an excellent alternative, even if there is no fireplace within the dwelling.

Few people realize that a wood burning stove can be installed with relative ease. The smoke is guided outside through the smoke stack, and this can be run through the wall or ceiling, or simply hung out the window and held in place metal coat hangers if necessary. Duct tape is not recommended since the smoke stack will get extremely hot.

In fact, stoves themselves do get very hot, so certain precautions must be taken when installing the device. Masonite wall boards behind the unit are more than a keen idea. The Masonite will absorb the heat without allowing it to be transferred to the walls of the room on the other side, even if affixed permanently to the wall.

Concrete is not recommended as the material to rest the unit upon, as it can get hot and explode. Even the feet of your unit may get extremely warm, so it is best to protect the floors underneath by creating a pedestal of brick or stone. In fact, in a pinch, four inches of sand dumped on the floor can keep the heat from transferring, and thus protect the home from burning down.

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Sometimes very old homes have fireplaces which are not able to be used any longer due to it being a fire risk. Sometimes the fireplace can get cracked or damaged, or the flue can be unsafe due to a buildup of sap, resin, or soot. In such a dwelling one can actually install the unit on the fireplace hearth and run the smoke stack up through the chimney that is already there.

Choosing the woods one intends to burn is an important task, and should not be taken lightly. Pine and eucalyptus are two woods which, in most households, are strictly forbidden to burn inside. Save the pine logs for the fire pit outside by the pool, and enjoy those fires during the warmer time of the year.

There are many very aromatic woods that people love to burn in their homes such as apple, mahogany, or mesquite. In fact, one can burn cinnamon sticks, or a whole cinnamon broom along with the apple to create a festive Holiday atmosphere inside. Such details help many people who suffer yearly weather-related depressive mood swings stay in the Holiday spirit.

In many areas of the United States, the weather becomes dangerous and bitter-cold for only a few weeks each year. It is during this time that many people will run up astronomical heating bills, or find themselves without the power to heat their home at all. When you have the ability to burn logs for heat, households are able to get through this bitter-cold period without running up bills that may take them weeks or months to pay