wood burning question

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Here's a few shots of the inside
(Those blue coveralls are mandatory for when they take the 4 wheelers out...too many of their friends have gone home wearing his clothes cos theirs were covered in mud)

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No "cold" fires. Put mine in in 2001, chimney checked every year, still clean as a whistle. DONT burn anything but dry hardwood. People want to choke them down so far to make it last all night. That's not a fire, it's a smoulder, and it's a recipe for a chimney fire.
 
8x8 is 64 square feet but that stove is too big. You need a stove matched to the space. You won't be able to run it slow enough to not overheat the room.
 
thanks guys
ive abandoned the wood burning option and decided to order an electric space heater instead

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Do you have enough power to run it?
I heat my garage with a propane wall heater, it requires no electricity, just set the thermostat and it cycles on/off to regulate the heat.
 
They are ventless stoves, never had a co issue with it.
I also use a couple of them to heat my house.
 
Very efficient, cut my heating bill in half from a regular furnace.
All the ones I have seen are set up for duel fuel propane or natural gas.
I run natural gas in the house and propane gas grill bottles in the garage.
Insulation is not the best in the garage so in the dead cold 0 degrees in the winter, the most it will burn is two tanks in the winter. So $26 a week to heat the garage in the dead of winter.
 
Very efficient, cut my heating bill in half from a regular furnace.
All the ones I have seen are set up for duel fuel propane or natural gas.
I run natural gas in the house and propane gas grill bottles in the garage.
Insulation is not the best in the garage so in the dead cold 0 degrees in the winter, the most it will burn is two tanks in the winter. So $26 a week to heat the garage in the dead of winter.
Not bad at all. I have only had wood heat, but when we move to Alabama we may wind up with some gas units. Like I said, so many houses seem to have them judging from the pics on Zillow.
 
Alabama,
I would look into how large the ac unit is. It may get cold enough to snow a couple of flakes once a winter.
My sister has lived there for a long time.
When she and her family comes home for Christmas here in WVa they wear way too heavy a jacket, and complain it is cold.
Last Christmas she was wearing a parka and it was only about 40 degrees here. They literally freeze to death.
Not much heat needed in Alabama.
But a super huge ac unit is a must, the humidity is rough.
 
The shed thread was awesome, I just read it! I say keep the electric heater, and put in a lift with the savings!! You can use it for bunk beds while camping!!
 
Pellet stove. In that little space it would idle all day long on less than a bag a day.
Up here bags run $6 per bag.
I run stove in shop only when im working, a bag goes 2-1/2 to 3 days.
 
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