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Originally posted by latinasojourn
some years back we heated a large building with a modern wood furnace and air duct system.
the only thing i can say is make sure your insurance carrier knows you have a wood stove, after two chimney fires that could have destroyed the building we scrapped wood heating.
most insurance companies either will not allow wood stoves or tack on big premiums.
make sure you are burning wood that is fully seasoned (dried) and get your chimney flue cleaned at least every season. if you do get a chimney fire going they are difficult to put out, and many homes are lost each year because of that.
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Insurance knows about it.
We do plan to get the chimney cleaned every fall. I grew up in a home that had two wood stoves so I know the dangers of chimney fires. Putting them out is not really all that difficult. Throw baking soda in the fire. It eats up all the oxygen in the stove and chokes the fire in the chimney.