heating entire house from basement | Hearth.com Forums Home
we are looking at buying a house that has a stone fireplace in the living room and a place in the basement to connect a woodstove, the house is 1456 sq ft on one floor and the basement is same sq. footage and completely open. was wondering if placing a woodstove in the basement wood supply...

How high should I run my stove pipe inside? - Hearth.com Forums
Hello, I am new to the forum. Lurking for a while now. I joined to ask if, in a through the wall installation, should I run my stove pipe up as high as possible before going through the wall? If I terminated at the minimum distance, I would have over 15' of chimney up the side of my house and...

Smoke in house every time I load wood into my new stove
Could use some advice. Just starting using our new Hearthstone Homestead wood stove. Can't seem to put wood in the fire box without letting smoke into my house. This has got to stop. Any advice would be appreciated. Note, I tried several things, but none of them seems to work. Your help would...

Stacking firewood near house - ok? | Hearth.com Forums Home
Stacking wood against the house allows critters (from termites and carpenter ants to spiders and snakes) easy access to your home. Stacking wood against any structure (house or fence) limits air-circulation and inhibits the drying process.

Keeping pipes from freezing - unheated pump house.
From there the main to the house goes underground to the main house and comes up an exterior wall and actually above the ceiling into the attic space (under insulation but still meh). Kitchen sink and original shower are both exterior walls.

Tips on if Your pellet stove is burning lazy and or getting smoke in ...
If you are getting smoke in the house or you stove just don’t seem to be burning like should. Check the door seal and latch for a tight fit. Check the ash pan for shut tight and latched If all doors seals are good and latched. MOST pellet stove are Negative air. (Inside of the Firebox is...

Pellet stove in basement to heat whole house? - Hearth.com Forums
Hey guys, So I have a very small house in Western MA (main floor just under 900sq ft + walkout basement/built in garage which will not be heated, about 700sq ft of basement that will be heated). I have all electric baseboard heat on my main floor and my basement has a non-functioning gas stove...

Chimney Pulling Away from House and Loose/Detached
Hey guys, So as a lot of you know, I have been looking at getting my chimney lined and getting a new wood stove. Today I got some pretty discouraging news to say the least. I am very glad that I decided to get multiple estimates because this is the third guy that has came to the house and...

gap between house and chimney | Hearth.com Forums Home
Cleaning my gutters out when I noticed I have a rather -concerning- gap between the house and chimney, the widest part at the top. The chimney is not original to the house (built 1920), added on a min. of 30 years ago. Just looking for any opinions, level of concern, and what, if anything, I...

Moving Woodstove Heat around the house - Hearth.com Forums
Our house has a split level entry with the basement stairs going to the right and the upstairs going straight up from the landing halfway between. The woodstove is down the stairs, turn left and then it is sort of right in the middle of the living room (downstairs).