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RockRaven

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4. That sounds nice. I would cast out an "alas" about us not being able to have wood fires anymore

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 11:18 PM

Dec 2020

but I recognize the bigger picture... My city/county/region has air quality issues, and restrictions which accompany them. I don't begrudge it, but there's nostalgia about fires in the fireplace when I was a kid.

When we did a remodel a few years ago we had to put a gas insert into our fireplace to meet code. It heats the room (and adjacent rooms) nicely and looks fine and is convenient on/off, but it isn't the same by a long shot.

I've got relatives in the Sierras and San Gabriels who still have wood stoves and wood fireplaces, so I get my "fix" when we visit them in the fall or winter.

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I have 2 2460 Consolidated Dutchwest Stoves.... [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 OP

We have a Lopi Endeavor woodstove. yankeepants Dec 2020 #1

Truth be known, I just went thru 96 hours with no power and a 20" snow dump. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2020 #2

Holy crap! Where are you and What is the D/s stove? yankeepants Dec 2020 #3

That sounds nice. I would cast out an "alas" about us not being able to have wood fires anymore RockRaven Dec 2020 #4

Ours meets EPA standards for clean burn. yankeepants Dec 2020 #5

You know, I never investigated *stoves* per se, our issue was remodelling involving a masonry RockRaven Dec 2020 #6