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Old 03-23-2012, 06:59 AM   #31
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Default Re: Shop heater

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Originally Posted by Craig Lewis View Post

A woodstove does provide the best feeling heat in my opinion...and not as dangerous as some might think given some common sense.
(even though common sense maybe ain't so common)
The reality is they are no more dangerous than any garage heater that uses a flame for heat inside, which fed by inside air for combustion. The key is to keep any unit up off of the floor, the higher the better, to keep the burner away from vapors, which being heavier than air tend to stay down near the floor.

Outside wood furnaces also work very well and a number of our neighbors use them, as about 50% of the people here in Northern New England heat with wood.

We are fortunate to be able to by firewood for $175- $200 a cord delivered.
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