Hi everybody
just to tell you that after trying various types of heating, I have been using wood for 15 years now.
it is in my opinion the healthiest mode of heating; my wife has been asthmatic since her childhood and her condition has improved since the transition to fireplace and stove mode.
I lived for a while in a slightly damp house and there is nothing better to clean up a house subject to humidity.
of course, it takes a little space to store the wood, cut it and split it if necessary and return it every evening; empty the ashes (which can be used). (these are activities that also heat up)
it is an ecological heating as long as the wood does not come from wild cuts but from a serious sector (renewable energy)
moreover a good wood fire soothes: what could be more relaxing than a good outbreak
I sweep once a month; it takes me about 15 min including cleaning
where I live, the stove is obviously in the living room and it is open (godin type colonial) almost all day; even the cat is camping in front.
above we put the orange and lemon peels or eucaliptus or a small earthenware container with essential oils to flavor the house.
it keeps dishes warm
we make embers in potatoes or a good chamalos session
on the old stove that I used, we even cooked the dishes (soup, stew ect) we prepared the day before and it went to cooking in the morning until evening
the food cooked in the old style very slowly in wood, it's deadly
ah, i almost forgot, we always leave a little water on it in a small saucepan or other to avoid too strong drying of the atmosphere when the weather is cold but dry
and I'm not telling you the hug sessions in front of the fireplace
good here, it was just to say
see you