basement wood stove flue

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  1. morganp107

    Basement Wood Stove

    Hi All, Currently have a wood stove on the first floor of my house, which does a great job of heating the first and second floor. Last year, I finished my basement, and now I am considering what type of heat source to place in that space. Right now, I am wavering between a small wood stove, or...
  2. otsegony

    Jotul F55 — Where does the heat go?

    Sorry for the lengthy post, but this is a complex issue. A bit of background: We live in upstate NY in a 2000 sq. ft. house built in 2003 that is very well insulated. When we originally built the house it was designed to have an internal wood boiler to supply hot water to the radiant heat...
  3. D

    Old wood stove flue in basement

    Hi , I have an 80 year old home with a masonry fireplace. the masonry extends to the basement as well and has an 8 inch hole which to me looks like a hole for a wood stove it. I stuffed a piece of newspaper in it and lit it to see if the smoke would go up and not into my basement, it did go up...