I wonder how many folks fell into woodstove heating, because the house they bought had one. Having grown up with many open fireplaces (old houses), my plan when I bought our current house was to tear out the woodstove the previous owners had installed in one of the large cooking fireplaces (see my avatar). My wife thought we should give the stove a try, though, and the rest is history.
I still miss and prefer an open fireplace (smells better, looks better, sounds better), but after realizing how much oil we can save while using the stove, we bought a second for one of the other fireplaces.
Had my first new house built in the seventies during the oil crunch. Had a wood stove instead of a fireplace installed and have had one ever since.
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