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WOOD STOVE sa CHIMNEY sa COOKSTOVE & OVEN -- WOOD-FIRED sa FIREPLACE sa FIREWOOD sa WATER HEATER -- WOOD-FIRED xx FIREPLACE xx HEATING SYSTEM xx STOVE Special edition on wood heat. Includes helpful hints on buying a wood stove, tips on burning wood safely, determining how much heat a wood stove will put out, how big a stove you will need, safety standards for wood stoves, and keeping your firewood dry. Build your own thermostatic control to open and close the air inlet damper on a wood stove. The unit incorporates a thermostat, a battery powered motor, a switch, and a drive mechanism made from ErectorSet parts. How to heat safely with wood. A look at zero-clearance fireplaces, freestanding fireplaces and airtight wood stoves as alternative sources of heat for your home. A computer controlled wood stove. Controlling a water-heating wood stove called the "Hydrostove", in conjunction with an oil burner to reduce the cost of heating an entire house. Woodstoves. Careful planning and proper installation are the keys to success in heating with wood. Understand your wood stove. Tips on selection, chimneys and installation. Includes formulas for computing the size stove you need to supplement an oil furnace. Heating with wood efficiently. A review of the pros and cons of wood heating options. Out of the stone age. An update on what's happening with wood heating. Tips on buying a woodstove. Guide to firewood. Chimney safety. Gas fireplaces. Tips on overcoming a chimney "downdrafting" problem with a woodstove. How to install floor and wall heat shields for a woodstove. Basic rules for safe heating with wood. Finding and repairing a junkyard stove. Part 2. How to repair the exterior sheet metal panels, the warming cabinet, and replace stove pipe and hand damper. Also covers replacing the heat indicator, painting, replating ornamental parts, and firing up the stove for the first time. Building a barrel wood-burning stove using steel barrels or ungalvanized water tanks. Evaluating the Vogelzang barrel stove kit. Includes a modification to partially solve identified problems. Tip on installing a PVC pipe air duct to deliver outside air to a woodstove. Maximizer barrel stove is built from a 55-gallon drum and purchased heat-exchanger tubes. Heating with wood. Several articles on safely using a woodburning stove. How to install a wood burning helper unit that piggybacks onto an existing forced air heating system. Article looks at features to be considered when shopping for a unit. How to fit your wood stove with a heat reclaiming unit. A look at wood-burning and multi-fuel furnaces. Tips on furnace shopping, picking the right size unit, special features to check, and installing the unit. How to select a woodburning stove. A look at quality, design, size, and material. Ten ways to avoid woodstove fires. A fender for your woodstove. Surround your stove with a guard rail made from plumbing fittings to keep children from burning themselves. Est. cost: $55. Special section on heating with wood. Looks at selecting and cutting trees, splitting, stacking & drying firewood. Includes tips on selecting and installing wood stove. New creosote theories. Preliminary results of tests designed to investigate the creation of creosote in wood stoves and fireplaces. Breakthroughs in woodheat technology. Update on what is available in woodburners, solid fuel furnaces, hot water heaters, chimneys and safety devices. How to protect your walls and floors from a wood-burning stove. A look at minimum clearances and wall/floor coverings that will provide fire protection. Safe chimney installation. Guidelines for installing a wood-burning stove and metal chimney. Tip on using hat channel and two layers of drywall to form a non-combustible surround for a woodstove. A stone cookstove and heater. This dual-purpose unit includes masonry, steel, and a long smoke path. An under-the-floor masonry stove is an adaptation of the ancient Roman hypocaust and the Chinese k'ang subfloor heating systems. Masonry heater hybrid. Cross a traditional fireplace with a masonry stove. Basic design and construction is illustrated. A cast concrete fire wall for use behind a woodstove is decorated by embedding colorful rocks in the face. Homebuilt sawdust-burning shop heater is made from a 55-gal. steel drum. How to select the right wood stove to meet your needs. An update on new makes of wood stoves and tips on fire safety. A look at installing a basement wood stove. How to rebuild an old or inexpensive wood stove. A look at what's available in wood stoves, how to figure what you need, and what to look for in features. A look at the dangers of wood stoves and guidelines on their proper installation. Tips on maintaining a "clean burning" wood stove to reduce chimney emissions. Cast-iron phoenix. How to retrofit an antique wood-fired cookstove and convert it into an airtight wood stove. Mass appeal. An introduction to the design and use of a Finnish contraflow heater and a Kachelofen design heater. Tips on locating the cause of wood stove smoking. Tips on the best way to start a fire in a woodstove. Restoring cast-iron stoves. The description of the work by a Canadian restorer and his suggestions on how to determine whether an old stove is worth buying. Canadian expert "Mr. Wood Heat" shares tips on heating with wood, starting a fire from the top down, selection and use of firewood, etc. How to install a woodstove and build a faux-stone chimney. Includes a guide to great-looking woodburners. Cleaning and reconditioning a wood stove. Tip: How to channel excess heat from a woodburning stove into an adjacent room using a T-section of stovepipe with a damper. Tip: Wood stove is made from two oil drums, a 55-gallon and a 15-gallon. The small drum serves as an oven to cook food. SPECIAL SECTION: HOME ENERGY. Raising comfort and lowering costs. (1) Chart of 20 ways to a more energy-efficient home. (2) Wood heating. (3) Insulation. (4) Houses designed for energy efficiency. Tips on installing a brick facing behind a wood-burning stove. Six pages of photos show what's available in coal and woodburning stoves, furnaces and fireplaces. Includes manufacturer's addresses. Incluces tips on design considerations and wood requirements. Tip shows how to make a scoop for removing ashes. Tips on selecting and installing a wood stove. Tips: (1) How to make a fireproof tray to catch falling ashes from a wood stove. (2) A pair of "bookend" holders for firewood. Wood stove catalog. A guide to air-starvation type stoves. Includes safety rules for using wood heat. A guide to today's models of wood stoves. How to heat safely with wood. How to calculate the amount of heat which must be produced by a new wood- or coal-burning unit which you plan to add to your house. How to install a wood-burning heating stove. Installation of a Metalbestos Stainless Steel Chimney system also described. A look at the Ultimate Wood Furnace designed by engineering students at the University of Maine. It is capable of heating an entire house and all hot water as well. Complete technical information can be obtained from the University. Est. cost: $1,800. Report on 124 wood-burning stoves and fireplaces. Eleven steps to a safe stove installation. How to add a wood burning stove to an existing fireplace. One installation described. Two woodburning stoves to build yourself. (1) Pit stove consists of a firepit dug in the ground, covered with a sheet of steel and a stovepipe. Use to heat tents or greenhouses. (2) Stove made from a 5-gallon or larger tar or oil drum. Tips on installing a woodstove on the hearth in front of an existing fireplace. Preseason cleaning for woodburning stoves. Warm air from a wood stove. How to install ductwork to move heated air from one room to another. Make a wood stove or forge from a 55-gallon steel barrel (drum). A wood-burning furnace is built from steel sheets and cast-iron pipe. Used to preheat the cold-air-return air before it enters a conventional furnace. Wood stoves. How to use them safely. Part 2. Covers stovepipes and stove accessories. Includes instructions on installing a damper and making your own stovepipe adapter. Also looks at firewoods which will give you the most heat with the fewest problems (smoke, sparks, etc.). A homebuilt wood-burning stove made from a discarded electric water heater tank. Plans must be ordered. Est. cost: $35. Accessories you can make for a woodburning stove. Scoop, draft tube cleaner, poker, and stand. Build a wood-burning furnace. Description of a furnace built by Allan M. Brown of Lincoln Center, Maine. How to restore an old wood-burning stove. Wood stove safety. Covers picking a stove, installation, chimney connection, and maintenance. A woodburning hot-oil furnace you can build. Tip: Place a 30-gallon barrel of water on top of a wood stove and the room will stay warmer at night. Wood-burning stove made from automobile tire rims welded together. Two low-cost approaches to safe heater installation: install woodstove thermal barriers to protect nearby walls and floors. Compact wood-fired cookstove and heater is built from three nongalvanized scrap water heaters. Features a built-in baking oven and griddle. Est. cost: $50. Make an earthen stove from mud. Suitable for outdoor use. A catalytic converter you can build for your woodburning stove. How bad is pollution from wood stoves and what should be done about it. Tips on buying retrofit catalytic converters for your wood stove. Install your own woodstove. Installing or retrofitting a chimney, moving a heavy stove, clearances, sheet metal work, etc. Tip on cleaning the glass in the door of a woodstove. Wood stove shopping checklist. How to install a wood stove correctly and safely. Build a metal heat shield for the walls and floors around a wood stove. Uses sheets of 20-gauge steel. Make your woodstove more efficient by giving it a thorough cleaning. The safe stove. Two tested ways to shield your walls from fire caused by free-standing wood stoves. Is wood heat for you? A worksheet helps determine if you should install a wood-burning device. Includes a computerized worksheet program, written in BASIC, for those with a computer. A buyers' guide to clean-burning woodstoves. A guide to safe woodstove installation. A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of coal and wood as fuel. Ten uses for wood ashes. A look at a dual (wood-plus-LP gas) home heating system manufactured by the Longwood Furnace Corp. How to select the right wood stove for your needs. How to distribute the heat from wood stoves to obtain maximum comfort. How to eliminate creosote deposits by using correct burning procedures. Chimney and wood stove cleaning instructions. Wood heat safety guidelines. A checklist so you can evaluate the safety of your system. A snug-fitting ash container for gathering your ashes from a wood stove. Box is cut from sheet metal. A guide to choosing the wood stove that's right for you. How to use a stack thermometer to monitor a wood fire for safety and efficiency. Getting wood to burn clean. Some ways to make a wood stove pollute less. Get the most from your wood stove. Controlling air intake is the key to efficiency. Tip: How to keep a wood stove from emitting a cloud of smoke when the door is opened to add wood. Get more heat by burning wood. Tips on selecting, installing and using wood burning stoves. How to install woodstoves, stovepipe, and chimneys so as to prevent an accidental fire. Space heaters. How to choose from among 31 types. How to get more heat from a space heater. Tips on efficient operation of wood, kerosene, coal, electric, oil, and gas space heaters. How to install a tile wall behind your wood stove for beauty and safety. Improve your woodstove with a catalytic combustor. Tips on selection and installation. Simple sheet-metal hood channels wood stove ashes into an ash bucket with a minimum of mess. Diagram shows suggested wood stove clearances from surrounding walls along with shape of protective facing needed for floor and wall. Antique kitchen stoves. Tips on what is involved in restoring an old wood, coal, or gas-fired stove. Generalized clearance and wall protection needed for free-standing wood stoves. Wood as fuel. The science of woodburning and the efficient use of wood stoves. Tips from one man who heats a 1600 sq.ft. house with one small woodburning stove. How to turn a 15 to 30-gallon drum into a wood burning stove. Two styles shown. One version burns sawdust and woodshavings instead of whole wood. The secrets of a good wood stove. Detailed descriptions of the features to look for. Ten different woodburning stoves are compared. Build your own wood stove from 1/4" thick steel plate. Two designs are shown. A small unit for a cabin and a larger unit able to heat 2,000 sq.ft. Est. cost: $75 to $100. Woodburner efficiency. How to measure woodstove and fireplace efficiency using only three thermometers and the formulas given here. How to control creosote for safer wood burning. Solid-fuel alternatives. Besides wood, what else can you burn in your wood stove. Two-story prebuilt house uses a wide-open floor plan and open stairwell to heat the entire house with a single, centrally-placed wood stove. Conventional system of ducts moves the heated air to all rooms. Wood-stove ducting. How a few, low-cost modifications to existing warm-air ducts can integrate a wood stove into the heating system. Thermosiphoning platform for a wood-stove will turn an airtight stove into a heat circulator. Hollow-core masonry blocks capture radiated heat and force it out into the room at floor level. Use a short length of gutter to catch ashes which fall out of your woodstove whenever the door is opened. Tips on adapting an oil- or gas-fired forced-air furnace system to circulate heat from a wood stove. Tiled wood-stove guard. Tips on installing "Durock", a heat-resistant cement-based board to protect your walls and floors from a wood stove. Conceal the "Durock" by applying decorative ceramic tiles. Today's efficient fireplaces and wood stoves described and a look at how they can be incorporated in existing homes. Sketch shows how a metal flue can be covered with plywood in the shape of a traditional chimney. Why and how wood for heating is making a comeback. A look at an assortment of the wood-burning heaters that are available and tips on the three main choices available in flue systems. Tip: Freestanding wood stove turns on a stainless-steel lazy Susan so that the decorative fire can face in more than one direction. How to decide on a wood-burning stove. How to build and install a sheet metal heater to burn sawdust. Quality means efficiency in a wood burning stove. Tips on selecting, installing and using a wood burning stove. Is buying a wood stove your heating solution? Some tips. Homemade brick hearth for a wood stove. A raised platform is built in the corner of a room. The platform and halfway up the walls are covered with bricks. The wood stove is placed on the platform. How to install a pellet stove that burns wood pellets and has few emissions. A summary of factors to consider. | |||||||||
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