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I miss having a working wood stove. The ex and I had a free-standing, cast iron box stove in the living room that was our primary heat source (in a small, open-plan house) for several years. Mechanical, thermostatically-controlled damper, catalyic converter beneath the cooktop, no fans. The downside is, when you live where the temperature drops well below freezing, you can't take off for a few days in the dead of winter withoug making accommodations for houseplants and such.
We lived 12 miles from town and lost power for a full week after a snowstorm in March of 1993. That little stove was a life saver. Kept it so hot my daughter cooked-up burgers and fries on the thing. Good to have as a backup regardless of your primary heat source.
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