On 12/26/2020 10:22 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:11:13 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2020-12-26 9:53 p.m., Bob wrote:
>>>>
>>> When I was younger heating with wood was good exercise and using the
>>> stove to cook at times was fun. Famil room was always nice and warm too.
>>> Not sure how much money I actually saved but at some point I found it
>>> easier to write checks for oil than split and haul wood.
>>
>> Not to mention the problem of most fireplaces sucking all that warm air
>> out of the rest of the house to feed the fire.
>
> So fireplaces make the room colder instead of warmer. Damn, I should
> have known!

A plain fireplace is pretty but quite inefficient for heating. Most of
the heat goes right up the chimney.

A free standing wood stove does a much better job for heating.