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- Subject: Re: Wood Heating
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- From: Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford)
- Date: 21 Dec 92 09:57:28 -0600
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- In article <1992Dec19.002153.24672@cbfsb.cb.att.com>,
- mvm@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (michael.v.murphy) wrote:
- >
- > In talking to a builder about heating with wood, I mentioned that I wanted
- > to heat a house that I am planning to build partially with wood.
-
- If you are building a _new_ home, I strongly suggest that priority
- be given to a modern wood-burning furnace which will supplement
- (or occasionally substitute for) the central unit. In other words,
- a fireplace is nice to have and a woodburning stove is too, but the
- real ticket is an efficient furnace.
-
- ...and a real important point concerns the cold-air returns and general
- efficiency of convection (static) warm-air systems. With a new home
- and a wood-burning furnace, you can built it right to begin with and
- obviate the (very common) problems with circulation one gets when just
- adding wood-burners.
-
- My place, for example, is a older farm home which has been added onto
- and as a result, the cold-air returns are completely inadequate. I
- have to open the laundry shute doors open to get cold air to return!
-