Modern Wood Stoves

Would it be okay if I used a wood stove in Kansas City, MO.? People use them here?

What is better a pellet stove or wood stove?

What has been done for modern wood stoves that make them better? What is a catalyst? I ask this question of what to look because I think buying used and want to know if I can change an old myself. Is there a big difference between old and new?

Are masonry fireplaces and stoves, oil or any other name we give them something?

If I run a vent pipe on my windows in the basement did to reach above my roof?

Is it important to have a firebrick lining in a wood stove and why? What is the best material for your iron frying pan? Is it better to make it thicker? And they are hot to the touch?

Finally, as for the whole house furnaces operating in the vents and what is better and save energy and the amount of gas or electric? And what is an electric heat pump, as opposed to a furnace?

Check local regulations to see if you can install a wood stove where you live and what type is approved. You'll probably need an EPA approved one of those days.

Do not even think about 'change' an old man. Rather, they are carefully designed for the most part, and if you are an expert, you are more likely to ruin a stove than improve.

Catalytic system is designed to burn gas stove exhaust again if it emits fewer things. There are other ways to achieve the same goal. Your choice of which side you want to go.

Pellet stoves work very well for some people, but they require electricity to work are not so good for use when the power is off. And you can get free balls as you can with wood. If Home Depot is running out of pellets when you need it, you might be SOL for the use of your stove. Pellet stoves generally have a higher performance rating.

For the purposes of fire, check your local regs, again, but in general, your chimney should be removed from any part of your home that would impede air flow. Two or three feet above the closest thing within 10 feet is a rough guideline for the placement of fire.

masonry stoves and oil stoves two things are quite different.

Some stoves have refractory bricks, others not. Usually this steel pans that have it. The cast has sufficient mass that the firebrick is not necessary. I prefer cast iron, but it is heavy. Wood stove may be hot to the touch, warmer generally on the front, top and side firebox, so the focus is on one side.