Hi everyone. I didn't see a specific intro section so I hope I posted this in the right place. I figured I should introduce myself before I start a barage of questions. You may ask why a South Floridian is interested in wood stoves and fireplaces.....Well, I have always been interested in fireplaces, etc. and plan on having them in my house when I retire to Arkansas. Retirement is still 5 to 10 years away and I am still in the baby stage of designing the retirement home. However, the recent dip of temperatures into the 30 degree range (believe it or not, I actually am in Florida) has lit the fire (so to speak) under me to start researching various types and designs. That has landed me here. I'm looking forward to gleaning a lot of information from this site and will probably ask a lot of questions since I have no clue but I promise to use the search function first!