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Banna

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Ever miss a inside fire?
« on: February 18, 2015, 07:07:17 AM »

This is our first with a OWB, we have a Buck insert we used for years. So far I like the OWB, mostly because all the mess is outside. The last few days here in Tennessee we have had some snow and ice. Kinda missing the roaring fire in the house.

So do you ever miss the inside fire?
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2015, 07:15:40 AM »

You mean do I miss getting wood inside, the occasional smoke, the dry air, dusting constantly and having to carry ash outside?

Not at all.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2015, 07:34:37 AM »

Before the OWB, for seven years we had a pellet/corn burner with a glass door, in the livingroom. Kinda miss seeing the open flame but I don't miss the 80 degree living room and the 65 degree bedroom, or the 55 degree finished basement. It's 74 top to bottom and end to end now.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2015, 08:18:23 AM »

Our old house used to have a wood stove with a glass door I miss seeing the flame sometimes but would always choose owb over the two.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2015, 08:24:18 AM »

I would miss a inside fire... but I left my woodstove where it was, now on sub-zero nights or Sunday evenings I have a fire just for fun.  Its hard to beat the radiant heat off of an indoor woodstove.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2015, 08:25:19 AM »

My brother has an indoor glass type looking fireplace.  I say he has the ambiance, but I have the heat!!  I def choose the heat over the look, but I would like having an indoor fireplace just for cozy evenings and such. 

Sometimes after I load the stove I'll stand and watch for a while.  Close enough I guess!! :bag:
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2015, 09:01:44 AM »

I dont miss it one bit either.. Even my wife likes the OWB...
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2015, 09:04:30 AM »

Yes, I miss the radiant heat. 

I've heated same house for 17 winters with 6 different wood appliances:
1. Woodland radiant wood stove.
2. Englander add on wood furnace.
3. US STove add on wood furnace.
4. Wadena outdoor forced air wood furnace.
5. Nature's Comfort gt-220 gasification boiler
6. P&M Optimizer 250 gasification boiler

Pros and Cons to each and every one of these units.  But, the boiler makes a warm house, garage, and DHW with one fire.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2015, 09:10:31 AM »

We have an Elmira cookstove in the main room .
It heats the main floor only,, not the basement.
It used no wood  ;D compared to the 4400 .[ok a bit sluggo] ;D
Don't miss the mess in the house, or the  burning of my wrist :bash: while loading :bash:
We still use it a bit,, before and after,, we shut down the boiler.

Like the looks of it,, but love the OWB.
 
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2015, 09:59:35 AM »

This is our first with a OWB, we have a Buck insert we used for years. So far I like the OWB, mostly because all the mess is outside. The last few days here in Tennessee we have had some snow and ice. Kinda missing the roaring fire in the house.

So do you ever miss the inside fire?

Nope,....    Durin' May/ early Jume, 'n September to November, the ole lady heats the riverhouse with a woodstove,...

So that means, I gotta feed two fires durin' early May, 'n from September, til she moves back to the winter home,...
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2015, 10:03:02 AM »

never ;)
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2015, 10:10:32 AM »

I still burn a few cords of wood in my fireplace just cause I can.  Well actually that part of the house is on a slab and it's chilly even with the thermostat set at 74...its more like 67 on the floor.  Who wants that??
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2015, 04:35:10 PM »

Nope. We have an insert for those really cold days or when we want mood lighting. :thumbup:
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2015, 04:47:28 PM »

That's why I have a pellet stove.  Very little mess or work with all of the ambiance of having a fire inside.
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Re: Ever miss a inside fire?
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2015, 09:20:49 PM »

On real cold nights I still fire up the old stove in the basement. Hell sometimes I grab a few cold ones and sit next to it with the door open and enjoy the heat they give off.
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