On 12/27/2020 3:58 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 3:30:05 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>> 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.
> A free standing wood stove does radiate a lot of heat but my guess is that most of the heat still goes up the chimney.
>

Old stoves were 50% efficient on a good day, but now they are about 85%